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How popular is “Malcolm” in the USA?

Number of people named “Malcolm” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Malcolm” by birth year

This chart shows how “Malcolm” 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 18 0.000089337 18 -100%
1881 17 0.000088226 17 -100%
1882 20 0.00009028 20 -100%
1883 23 0.000106017 23 -100%
1884 18 0.000073934 18 -100%
1885 14 0.000058127 14 -100%
1886 25 0.000097918 25 -100%
1887 21 0.000084886 21 -100%
1888 26 0.000086819 26 -100%
1889 27 0.000093443 27 -100%
1890 27 0.000089582 27 -100%
1891 31 0.000108137 31 -100%
1892 30 0.00008972 30 -100%
1893 27 0.00008302 27 -100%
1894 34 0.000100387 34 -100%
1895 33 0.000094012 33 -100%
1896 48 0.000134272 48 -100%
1897 30 0.000086466 30 -100%
1898 40 0.000104862 40 -100%
1899 35 0.000103174 35 -100%
1900 55 0.000122152 55 -100%
1901 35 0.000101211 35 -100%
1902 52 0.00013446 52 -100%
1903 48 0.000125918 48 -100%
1904 46 0.000114007 46 -100%
1905 65 0.00015333 65 -100%
1906 48 0.000112031 48 -100%
1907 54 0.000116032 54 -100%
1908 78 0.000159624 78 -100%
1909 83 0.000162355 83 -100%
1910 86 0.000145587 86 -100%
1911 140 0.000217298 140 -100%
1912 233 0.000235815 233 -100%
1913 293 0.000257671 5 288 -97%
1914 317 0.000223816 317 -100%
1915 464 0.000253216 464 -100%
1916 476 0.000246069 476 -100%
1917 544 0.000271085 544 -100%
1918 508 0.000233982 508 -100%
1919 504 0.000238835 5 499 -98%
1920 556 0.00024573 556 -100%
1921 599 0.000256585 599 -100%
1922 548 0.00023939 548 -100%
1923 623 0.000270578 623 -100%
1924 639 0.000268306 639 -100%
1925 627 0.000268718 9 618 -97%
1926 629 0.000273966 629 -100%
1927 622 0.000268178 9 613 -97%
1928 666 0.000294568 666 -100%
1929 604 0.000275527 7 597 -98%
1930 558 0.00025098 558 -100%
1931 589 0.000279891 5 584 -98%
1932 572 0.000270924 572 -100%
1933 525 0.000262573 525 -100%
1934 499 0.000240272 499 -100%
1935 545 0.000260778 545 -100%
1936 531 0.000255586 531 -100%
1937 502 0.000235607 502 -100%
1938 542 0.000244964 542 -100%
1939 522 0.000236902 522 -100%
1940 548 0.000237983 548 -100%
1941 497 0.000203987 497 -100%
1942 577 0.000211215 577 -100%
1943 678 0.000240208 5 673 -99%
1944 549 0.000204083 549 -100%
1945 511 0.000192619 511 -100%
1946 626 0.000195912 626 -100%
1947 630 0.000174887 630 -100%
1948 549 0.000159014 549 -100%
1949 520 0.00014922 520 -100%
1950 540 0.000154138 540 -100%
1951 593 0.000160978 5 588 -98%
1952 602 0.000158504 602 -100%
1953 551 0.000142982 5 546 -98%
1954 597 0.000149973 597 -100%
1955 593 0.000147693 593 -100%
1956 569 0.000138005 569 -100%
1957 562 0.000133741 562 -100%
1958 603 0.000145867 603 -100%
1959 501 0.000120491 501 -100%
1960 545 0.000131205 545 -100%
1961 525 0.000126741 525 -100%
1962 520 0.00012886 520 -100%
1963 485 0.00012253 485 -100%
1964 472 0.000121412 472 -100%
1965 614 0.000169358 614 -100%
1966 453 0.000130335 453 -100%
1967 430 0.000126661 430 -100%
1968 421 0.000124615 421 -100%
1969 441 0.000126895 441 -100%
1970 542 0.000150284 5 537 -98%
1971 525 0.000152956 7 518 -97%
1972 456 0.000145085 6 450 -97%
1973 395 0.00013093 5 390 -97%
1974 337 0.000110855 337 -100%
1975 367 0.000121548 367 -100%
1976 338 0.000111393 338 -100%
1977 326 0.000102629 326 -100%
1978 296 0.000093262 296 -100%
1979 295 0.000088668 5 290 -97%
1980 261 0.000075773 261 -100%
1981 275 0.000079494 275 -100%
1982 300 0.00008552 300 -100%
1983 222 0.0000641 222 -100%
1984 279 0.000079971 279 -100%
1985 386 0.00010815 386 -100%
1986 536 0.000150685 8 528 -97%
1987 638 0.000176946 5 633 -98%
1988 751 0.000203245 11 740 -97%
1989 905 0.000235404 905 -100%
1990 1163 0.000294246 5 1158 -99%
1991 1306 0.000335279 7 1299 -99%
1992 1495 0.000389194 1495 -100%
1993 1224 0.000324644 1224 -100%
1994 979 0.000263338 979 -100%
1995 887 0.000242207 887 -100%
1996 841 0.000230588 841 -100%
1997 766 0.000211267 766 -100%
1998 702 0.000190854 702 -100%
1999 712 0.000192752 712 -100%
2000 715 0.000189158 715 -100%
2001 614 0.000164022 614 -100%
2002 582 0.000155686 582 -100%
2003 507 0.00013334 507 -100%
2004 444 0.000116202 444 -100%
2005 448 0.00011652 448 -100%
2006 468 0.000118296 468 -100%
2007 453 0.000113316 453 -100%
2008 482 0.000122626 482 -100%
2009 432 0.000113084 432 -100%
2010 496 0.000134209 496 -100%
2011 524 0.000143256 524 -100%
2012 585 0.000159951 585 -100%
2013 649 0.00017802 649 -100%
2014 682 0.000184007 682 -100%
2015 741 0.000200221 741 -100%
2016 784 0.0002137 784 -100%
2017 814 0.000227616 814 -100%
2018 804 0.000228676 804 -100%
2019 1022 0.000294445 1022 -100%
2020 1170 0.000350239 1170 -100%
2021 1228 0.000362461 1228 -100%
2022 1219 0.000360317 1219 -100%
2023 1131 0.000341568 1131 -100%
2024 1088 0.000326874 1088 -100%

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