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How popular is “Linford” in the USA?

Number of people named “Linford” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Linford” by birth year

This chart shows how “Linford” 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
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 -100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 -100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 -100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 -100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 -100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1924 20 0.000008398 20 -100%
1925 17 0.000007286 17 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1927 18 0.000007761 18 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 -100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 -100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 -100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 -100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 -100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1941 15 0.000006157 15 -100%
1942 17 0.000006223 17 -100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 -100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 -100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 -100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 -100%
1951 15 0.000004072 15 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 -100%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 -100%
1959 12 0.000002886 12 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1975 9 0.000002981 9 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%

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