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How popular is “Karlton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Karlton” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Karlton” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Karlton” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Karlton” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Karlton” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Karlton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Karlton” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1915 5 0.000002729 5 -100%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 -100%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 -100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 -100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 -100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 -100%
1925 6 0.000002571 6 -100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1941 13 0.000005336 13 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 -100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1954 21 0.000005275 21 -100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 -100%
1956 24 0.000005821 24 -100%
1957 22 0.000005235 22 -100%
1958 24 0.000005806 24 -100%
1959 23 0.000005532 23 -100%
1960 19 0.000004574 19 -100%
1961 27 0.000006518 27 -100%
1962 27 0.000006691 27 -100%
1963 21 0.000005305 21 -100%
1964 27 0.000006945 27 -100%
1965 23 0.000006344 23 -100%
1966 34 0.000009782 34 -100%
1967 21 0.000006186 21 -100%
1968 20 0.00000592 20 -100%
1969 19 0.000005467 19 -100%
1970 26 0.000007209 26 -100%
1971 26 0.000007575 26 -100%
1972 21 0.000006682 21 -100%
1973 15 0.000004972 15 -100%
1974 33 0.000010855 33 -100%
1975 31 0.000010267 31 -100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 -100%
1977 22 0.000006926 22 -100%
1978 17 0.000005356 17 -100%
1979 35 0.00001052 35 -100%
1980 22 0.000006387 22 -100%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 -100%
1982 23 0.000006557 23 -100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 -100%
1984 24 0.000006879 24 -100%
1985 23 0.000006444 23 -100%
1986 25 0.000007028 25 -100%
1987 27 0.000007488 27 -100%
1988 34 0.000009202 34 -100%
1989 34 0.000008844 34 -100%
1990 31 0.000007843 31 -100%
1991 47 0.000012066 47 -100%
1992 32 0.000008331 32 -100%
1993 33 0.000008753 33 -100%
1994 33 0.000008877 33 -100%
1995 28 0.000007646 28 -100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 -100%
1997 18 0.000004964 18 -100%
1998 15 0.000004078 15 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 -100%
2001 21 0.00000561 21 -100%
2002 15 0.000004013 15 -100%
2003 14 0.000003682 14 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 -100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 -100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 -100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2012 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 -100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 -100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 -100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 -100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 -100%

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