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How popular is “Karolyn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Karolyn” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Karolyn” 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 “Karolyn” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Karolyn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Karolyn” 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
1912 6 0.000006072 6 100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 100%
1916 6 0.000003102 6 100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 100%
1919 6 0.000002843 6 100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 100%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 100%
1926 18 0.00000784 18 100%
1927 12 0.000005174 12 100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 100%
1929 8 0.000003649 8 100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 100%
1931 21 0.000009979 21 100%
1932 25 0.000011841 25 100%
1933 32 0.000016004 32 100%
1934 45 0.000021668 45 100%
1935 41 0.000019618 41 100%
1936 42 0.000020216 42 100%
1937 65 0.000030507 65 100%
1938 79 0.000035705 79 100%
1939 105 0.000047653 105 100%
1940 107 0.000046467 107 100%
1941 149 0.000061155 149 100%
1942 129 0.000047221 129 100%
1943 154 0.00005456 154 100%
1944 133 0.000049441 133 100%
1945 132 0.000049757 132 100%
1946 167 0.000052264 167 100%
1947 148 0.000041085 148 100%
1948 122 0.000035337 122 100%
1949 114 0.000032714 114 100%
1950 92 0.000026261 92 100%
1951 97 0.000026332 97 100%
1952 97 0.00002554 97 100%
1953 79 0.0000205 79 100%
1954 73 0.000018338 73 100%
1955 60 0.000014944 60 100%
1956 64 0.000015523 64 100%
1957 90 0.000021418 90 100%
1958 74 0.000017901 74 100%
1959 65 0.000015633 65 100%
1960 70 0.000016852 70 100%
1961 98 0.000023658 98 100%
1962 106 0.000026268 106 100%
1963 77 0.000019453 77 100%
1964 92 0.000023665 92 100%
1965 109 0.000030065 109 100%
1966 89 0.000025607 89 100%
1967 72 0.000021208 72 100%
1968 72 0.000021312 72 100%
1969 84 0.00002417 84 100%
1970 81 0.000022459 81 100%
1971 71 0.000020686 71 100%
1972 63 0.000020045 63 100%
1973 53 0.000017568 53 100%
1974 63 0.000020724 63 100%
1975 62 0.000020534 62 100%
1976 70 0.00002307 70 100%
1977 78 0.000024555 78 100%
1978 56 0.000017644 56 100%
1979 54 0.000016231 54 100%
1980 39 0.000011322 39 100%
1981 55 0.000015899 55 100%
1982 53 0.000015108 53 100%
1983 43 0.000012416 43 100%
1984 40 0.000011465 40 100%
1985 48 0.000013449 48 100%
1986 39 0.000010964 39 100%
1987 53 0.000014699 53 100%
1988 45 0.000012178 45 100%
1989 55 0.000014306 55 100%
1990 56 0.000014168 56 100%
1991 44 0.000011296 44 100%
1992 63 0.000016401 63 100%
1993 48 0.000012731 48 100%
1994 49 0.00001318 49 100%
1995 50 0.000013653 50 100%
1996 37 0.000010145 37 100%
1997 52 0.000014342 52 100%
1998 32 0.0000087 32 100%
1999 37 0.000010017 37 100%
2000 32 0.000008466 32 100%
2001 42 0.00001122 42 100%
2002 32 0.00000856 32 100%
2003 31 0.000008153 31 100%
2004 40 0.000010469 40 100%
2005 44 0.000011444 44 100%
2006 38 0.000009605 38 100%
2007 44 0.000011006 44 100%
2008 28 0.000007123 28 100%
2009 29 0.000007591 29 100%
2010 26 0.000007035 26 100%
2011 19 0.000005194 19 100%
2012 25 0.000006836 25 100%
2013 32 0.000008778 32 100%
2014 30 0.000008094 30 100%
2015 20 0.000005404 20 100%
2016 24 0.000006542 24 100%
2017 27 0.00000755 27 100%
2018 36 0.000010239 36 100%
2019 13 0.000003745 13 100%
2020 17 0.000005089 17 100%
2021 16 0.000004723 16 100%
2022 23 0.000006798 23 100%
2023 15 0.00000453 15 100%
2024 22 0.00000661 22 100%

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