Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Malcom” in the USA?

Number of people named “Malcom” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Malcom” by birth year

This chart shows how “Malcom” 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 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1904 8 0.000019827 8 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 -100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 -100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 -100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 -100%
1912 24 0.00002429 24 -100%
1913 21 0.000018468 21 -100%
1914 21 0.000014827 21 -100%
1915 28 0.00001528 28 -100%
1916 30 0.000015509 30 -100%
1917 34 0.000016943 34 -100%
1918 32 0.000014739 32 -100%
1919 29 0.000013742 29 -100%
1920 48 0.000021214 48 -100%
1921 43 0.000018419 43 -100%
1922 42 0.000018347 42 -100%
1923 30 0.000013029 30 -100%
1924 44 0.000018475 44 -100%
1925 43 0.000018429 43 -100%
1926 42 0.000018293 42 -100%
1927 45 0.000019402 45 -100%
1928 53 0.000023442 53 -100%
1929 40 0.000018247 40 -100%
1930 40 0.000017991 40 -100%
1931 41 0.000019483 41 -100%
1932 33 0.00001563 33 -100%
1933 43 0.000021506 43 -100%
1934 23 0.000011075 23 -100%
1935 32 0.000015312 32 -100%
1936 28 0.000013477 28 -100%
1937 24 0.000011264 24 -100%
1938 37 0.000016723 37 -100%
1939 31 0.000014069 31 -100%
1940 35 0.0000152 35 -100%
1941 35 0.000014365 35 -100%
1942 27 0.000009884 27 -100%
1943 35 0.0000124 35 -100%
1944 20 0.000007435 20 -100%
1945 31 0.000011685 31 -100%
1946 29 0.000009076 29 -100%
1947 20 0.000005552 20 -100%
1948 29 0.0000084 29 -100%
1949 37 0.000010618 37 -100%
1950 42 0.000011988 42 -100%
1951 41 0.00001113 41 -100%
1952 42 0.000011058 42 -100%
1953 48 0.000012456 48 -100%
1954 53 0.000013314 53 -100%
1955 57 0.000014196 57 -100%
1956 64 0.000015523 64 -100%
1957 63 0.000014992 63 -100%
1958 64 0.000015482 64 -100%
1959 54 0.000012987 54 -100%
1960 55 0.000013241 55 -100%
1961 47 0.000011346 47 -100%
1962 47 0.000011647 47 -100%
1963 50 0.000012632 50 -100%
1964 45 0.000011575 45 -100%
1965 69 0.000019032 69 -100%
1966 49 0.000014098 49 -100%
1967 30 0.000008837 30 -100%
1968 27 0.000007992 27 -100%
1969 31 0.00000892 31 -100%
1970 37 0.000010259 37 -100%
1971 34 0.000009906 34 -100%
1972 43 0.000013681 43 -100%
1973 29 0.000009613 29 -100%
1974 43 0.000014145 43 -100%
1975 28 0.000009273 28 -100%
1976 32 0.000010546 32 -100%
1977 31 0.000009759 31 -100%
1978 39 0.000012288 39 -100%
1979 33 0.000009919 33 -100%
1980 23 0.000006677 23 -100%
1981 31 0.000008961 31 -100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 -100%
1983 18 0.000005197 18 -100%
1984 34 0.000009746 34 -100%
1985 34 0.000009526 34 -100%
1986 70 0.000019679 70 -100%
1987 66 0.000018305 66 -100%
1988 81 0.000021921 81 -100%
1989 107 0.000027832 107 -100%
1990 137 0.000034662 137 -100%
1991 139 0.000035684 139 -100%
1992 186 0.000048421 186 -100%
1993 124 0.000032889 124 -100%
1994 114 0.000030665 114 -100%
1995 82 0.000022391 82 -100%
1996 89 0.000024402 89 -100%
1997 101 0.000027856 101 -100%
1998 78 0.000021206 78 -100%
1999 80 0.000021658 80 -100%
2000 59 0.000015609 59 -100%
2001 62 0.000016563 62 -100%
2002 65 0.000017388 65 -100%
2003 50 0.00001315 50 -100%
2004 61 0.000015965 61 -100%
2005 47 0.000012224 47 -100%
2006 59 0.000014913 59 -100%
2007 63 0.000015759 63 -100%
2008 58 0.000014756 58 -100%
2009 30 0.000007853 30 -100%
2010 45 0.000012176 45 -100%
2011 49 0.000013396 49 -100%
2012 44 0.000012031 44 -100%
2013 40 0.000010972 40 -100%
2014 26 0.000007015 26 -100%
2015 49 0.00001324 49 -100%
2016 39 0.00001063 39 -100%
2017 39 0.000010905 39 -100%
2018 47 0.000013368 47 -100%
2019 80 0.000023049 80 -100%
2020 81 0.000024247 81 -100%
2021 74 0.000021842 74 -100%
2022 83 0.000024533 83 -100%
2023 90 0.000027181 90 -100%
2024 94 0.000028241 94 -100%

Explore other names

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  5. Malcoln
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