Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Linus” in the USA?

Number of people named “Linus” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Linus” by birth year

This chart shows how “Linus” 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
1882 10 0.00004514 10 -100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 -100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 -100%
1912 20 0.000020242 20 -100%
1913 31 0.000027262 31 -100%
1914 30 0.000021181 30 -100%
1915 47 0.000025649 47 -100%
1916 49 0.000025331 49 -100%
1917 51 0.000025414 51 -100%
1918 49 0.000022569 49 -100%
1919 46 0.000021798 46 -100%
1920 55 0.000024308 55 -100%
1921 62 0.000026558 62 -100%
1922 45 0.000019658 45 -100%
1923 46 0.000019978 46 -100%
1924 48 0.000020154 48 -100%
1925 54 0.000023143 54 -100%
1926 61 0.000026569 61 -100%
1927 46 0.000019833 46 -100%
1928 46 0.000020346 46 -100%
1929 41 0.000018703 41 -100%
1930 34 0.000015293 34 -100%
1931 30 0.000014256 30 -100%
1932 39 0.000018472 39 -100%
1933 28 0.000014004 28 -100%
1934 31 0.000014927 31 -100%
1935 36 0.000017226 36 -100%
1936 33 0.000015884 33 -100%
1937 25 0.000011733 25 -100%
1938 40 0.000018078 40 -100%
1939 28 0.000012707 28 -100%
1940 45 0.000019542 45 -100%
1941 34 0.000013955 34 -100%
1942 43 0.00001574 43 -100%
1943 35 0.0000124 35 -100%
1944 33 0.000012267 33 -100%
1945 32 0.000012062 32 -100%
1946 24 0.000007511 24 -100%
1947 29 0.00000805 29 -100%
1948 32 0.000009269 32 -100%
1949 33 0.00000947 33 -100%
1950 29 0.000008278 29 -100%
1951 19 0.000005158 19 -100%
1952 31 0.000008162 31 -100%
1953 30 0.000007785 30 -100%
1954 30 0.000007536 30 -100%
1955 31 0.000007721 31 -100%
1956 32 0.000007761 32 -100%
1957 25 0.000005949 25 -100%
1958 35 0.000008467 35 -100%
1959 20 0.00000481 20 -100%
1960 34 0.000008185 34 -100%
1961 24 0.000005794 24 -100%
1962 31 0.000007682 31 -100%
1963 26 0.000006569 26 -100%
1964 19 0.000004887 19 -100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 -100%
1966 24 0.000006905 24 -100%
1967 16 0.000004713 16 -100%
1968 20 0.00000592 20 -100%
1969 19 0.000005467 19 -100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 -100%
1971 21 0.000006118 21 -100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 -100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1974 17 0.000005592 17 -100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 -100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 -100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 -100%
1988 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
1990 15 0.000003795 15 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 16 0.000004165 16 -100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 -100%
1994 18 0.000004842 18 -100%
1995 18 0.000004915 18 -100%
1996 23 0.000006306 23 -100%
1997 32 0.000008826 32 -100%
1998 29 0.000007884 29 -100%
1999 49 0.000013265 49 -100%
2000 48 0.000012699 48 -100%
2001 44 0.000011754 44 -100%
2002 41 0.000010968 41 -100%
2003 50 0.00001315 50 -100%
2004 63 0.000016488 63 -100%
2005 66 0.000017166 66 -100%
2006 66 0.000016683 66 -100%
2007 91 0.000022763 91 -100%
2008 113 0.000028748 113 -100%
2009 111 0.000029056 111 -100%
2010 117 0.000031658 117 -100%
2011 126 0.000034447 126 -100%
2012 141 0.000038552 141 -100%
2013 130 0.000035659 130 -100%
2014 163 0.000043978 163 -100%
2015 163 0.000044043 163 -100%
2016 131 0.000035707 131 -100%
2017 166 0.000046418 166 -100%
2018 147 0.00004181 147 -100%
2019 112 0.000032268 112 -100%
2020 124 0.000037119 124 -100%
2021 113 0.000033354 113 -100%
2022 126 0.000037244 126 -100%
2023 114 0.000034429 114 -100%
2024 129 0.000038756 129 -100%

Explore other names

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