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How popular is “Lawyer” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lawyer” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lawyer” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lawyer” 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
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1905 11 0.000025948 11 -100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1908 10 0.000020465 10 -100%
1909 15 0.000029341 15 -100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 -100%
1911 21 0.000032595 21 -100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 -100%
1916 24 0.000012407 24 -100%
1917 27 0.000013455 27 -100%
1918 23 0.000010594 23 -100%
1919 18 0.00000853 18 -100%
1920 16 0.000007071 16 -100%
1921 13 0.000005569 13 -100%
1922 21 0.000009174 21 -100%
1923 18 0.000007818 18 -100%
1924 17 0.000007138 17 -100%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 -100%
1926 18 0.00000784 18 -100%
1927 17 0.00000733 17 -100%
1928 18 0.000007961 18 -100%
1929 16 0.000007299 16 -100%
1930 31 0.000013943 31 -100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 -100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 -100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 -100%
1934 15 0.000007223 15 -100%
1935 12 0.000005742 12 -100%
1936 18 0.000008664 18 -100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 -100%
1938 14 0.000006327 14 -100%
1939 21 0.000009531 21 -100%
1940 15 0.000006514 15 -100%
1941 15 0.000006157 15 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 -100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 -100%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 -100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 -100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 -100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 -100%
1948 12 0.000003476 12 -100%
1949 15 0.000004304 15 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 11 0.000002986 11 -100%
1952 15 0.000003949 15 -100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 -100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 -100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 -100%
1956 18 0.000004366 18 -100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 -100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 -100%

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