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How popular is “Lyman” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lyman” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lyman” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lyman” 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 31 0.000153858 31 -100%
1881 21 0.000108984 21 -100%
1882 41 0.000185074 41 -100%
1883 26 0.000119845 26 -100%
1884 37 0.000151975 37 -100%
1885 29 0.000120405 29 -100%
1886 34 0.000133168 34 -100%
1887 23 0.00009297 23 -100%
1888 34 0.000113532 34 -100%
1889 21 0.000072678 21 -100%
1890 27 0.000089582 27 -100%
1891 30 0.000104649 30 -100%
1892 28 0.000083739 28 -100%
1893 29 0.00008917 29 -100%
1894 26 0.000076766 26 -100%
1895 21 0.000059826 21 -100%
1896 23 0.000064339 23 -100%
1897 35 0.000100877 35 -100%
1898 32 0.000083889 32 -100%
1899 33 0.000097278 33 -100%
1900 39 0.000086617 39 -100%
1901 26 0.000075185 26 -100%
1902 26 0.00006723 26 -100%
1903 33 0.000086569 33 -100%
1904 29 0.000071874 29 -100%
1905 28 0.00006605 28 -100%
1906 29 0.000067686 29 -100%
1907 32 0.00006876 32 -100%
1908 28 0.000057301 28 -100%
1909 39 0.000076287 39 -100%
1910 31 0.000052479 31 -100%
1911 45 0.000069846 45 -100%
1912 88 0.000089063 88 -100%
1913 91 0.000080027 91 -100%
1914 171 0.000120733 171 -100%
1915 180 0.00009823 180 -100%
1916 190 0.000098221 190 -100%
1917 220 0.00010963 220 -100%
1918 156 0.000071853 156 -100%
1919 164 0.000077716 164 -100%
1920 181 0.000079995 181 -100%
1921 201 0.0000861 201 -100%
1922 205 0.000089553 205 -100%
1923 191 0.000082954 191 -100%
1924 195 0.000081877 195 -100%
1925 186 0.000079715 186 -100%
1926 185 0.000080578 185 -100%
1927 151 0.000065104 151 -100%
1928 176 0.000077844 176 -100%
1929 152 0.000069338 152 -100%
1930 149 0.000067018 149 -100%
1931 121 0.000057499 121 -100%
1932 135 0.000063942 135 -100%
1933 115 0.000057516 115 -100%
1934 120 0.000057781 120 -100%
1935 127 0.000060768 127 -100%
1936 114 0.000054872 114 -100%
1937 106 0.00004975 106 -100%
1938 127 0.000057399 127 -100%
1939 119 0.000054006 119 -100%
1940 117 0.00005081 117 -100%
1941 124 0.000050894 124 -100%
1942 118 0.000043195 118 -100%
1943 129 0.000045703 129 -100%
1944 110 0.000040891 110 -100%
1945 100 0.000037694 100 -100%
1946 90 0.000028166 90 -100%
1947 120 0.000033312 120 -100%
1948 104 0.000030123 104 -100%
1949 87 0.000024966 87 -100%
1950 91 0.000025975 91 -100%
1951 92 0.000024975 92 -100%
1952 84 0.000022117 84 -100%
1953 68 0.000017646 68 -100%
1954 86 0.000021604 86 -100%
1955 85 0.00002117 85 -100%
1956 74 0.000017948 74 -100%
1957 84 0.00001999 84 -100%
1958 66 0.000015966 66 -100%
1959 70 0.000016835 70 -100%
1960 62 0.000014926 62 -100%
1961 53 0.000012795 53 -100%
1962 64 0.00001586 64 -100%
1963 58 0.000014653 58 -100%
1964 46 0.000011832 46 -100%
1965 42 0.000011585 42 -100%
1966 44 0.000012659 44 -100%
1967 37 0.000010899 37 -100%
1968 46 0.000013616 46 -100%
1969 35 0.000010071 35 -100%
1970 49 0.000013587 49 -100%
1971 41 0.000011945 41 -100%
1972 34 0.000010818 34 -100%
1973 27 0.00000895 27 -100%
1974 31 0.000010197 31 -100%
1975 26 0.000008611 26 -100%
1976 28 0.000009228 28 -100%
1977 25 0.00000787 25 -100%
1978 21 0.000006617 21 -100%
1979 26 0.000007815 26 -100%
1980 27 0.000007839 27 -100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 -100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 -100%
1983 26 0.000007507 26 -100%
1984 26 0.000007453 26 -100%
1985 26 0.000007285 26 -100%
1986 23 0.000006466 23 -100%
1987 18 0.000004992 18 -100%
1988 20 0.000005413 20 -100%
1989 19 0.000004942 19 -100%
1990 18 0.000004554 18 -100%
1991 25 0.000006418 25 -100%
1992 22 0.000005727 22 -100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 -100%
1994 15 0.000004035 15 -100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 -100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 -100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 -100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 -100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 -100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 -100%
2016 16 0.000004361 16 -100%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 -100%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 -100%
2021 11 0.000003247 11 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%

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