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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Keir” in the USA?

Number of people named “Keir” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Keir” by birth year

This chart shows how “Keir” 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
1963 13 0.000003284 13 -100%
1964 21 0.000005402 21 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1966 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 28 0.000008288 28 -100%
1969 51 0.000014675 6 45 -76%
1970 74 0.000020518 11 63 -70%
1971 52 0.00001515 6 46 -77%
1972 32 0.000010181 32 -100%
1973 23 0.000007624 6 17 -48%
1974 31 0.000010197 9 22 -42%
1975 20 0.000006624 20 -100%
1976 31 0.000010217 6 25 -61%
1977 28 0.000008815 5 23 -64%
1978 14 0.000004411 5 9 -29%
1979 16 0.000004809 16 -100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 -100%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 -100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 -100%
1983 17 0.000004909 17 -100%
1984 15 0.0000043 5 10 -33%
1985 20 0.000005604 20 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 18 0.000004992 18 -100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
1989 14 0.000003642 14 -100%
1990 25 0.000006325 25 -100%
1991 17 0.000004364 17 -100%
1992 15 0.000003905 15 -100%
1993 17 0.000004509 17 -100%
1994 18 0.000004842 5 13 -44%
1995 16 0.000004369 16 -100%
1996 21 0.000005758 21 -100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 -100%
1998 16 0.00000435 16 -100%
1999 17 0.000004602 17 -100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 -100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 -100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 -100%
2003 16 0.000004208 16 -100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2005 16 0.000004161 16 -100%
2006 19 0.000004803 19 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2008 16 0.000004071 16 -100%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2011 13 0.000003554 13 -100%
2012 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2013 15 0.000004114 15 -100%
2014 16 0.000004317 16 -100%
2015 21 0.000005674 21 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2019 12 0.000003457 12 -100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 -100%
2021 17 0.000005018 17 -100%
2022 20 0.000005912 20 -100%
2023 17 0.000005134 17 -100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 -100%

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