Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lang” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lang” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lang” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lang” 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
1918 7 0.000003224 7 -100%
1919 6 0.000002843 6 -100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 -100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 -100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 -100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 -100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 10 0.000002478 10 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 -100%
1981 11 0.00000318 11 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 -100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 -100%
1985 17 0.000004763 6 11 -29%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 -100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 -100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%

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