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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lord” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lord” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lord” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lord” 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
1917 5 0.000002492 5 -100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 -100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 -100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 -100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 -100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 -100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 -100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 -100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 -100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 -100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 -100%
2001 16 0.000004274 16 -100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 18 0.000004711 18 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 -100%
2015 20 0.000005404 20 -100%
2016 21 0.000005724 21 -100%
2017 13 0.000003635 13 -100%
2018 18 0.00000512 18 -100%
2019 18 0.000005186 18 -100%
2020 21 0.000006286 21 -100%
2021 29 0.00000856 29 -100%
2022 14 0.000004138 14 -100%
2023 24 0.000007248 24 -100%
2024 14 0.000004206 14 -100%

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