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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Medford” in the USA?

Number of people named “Medford” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Medford” by birth year

This chart shows how “Medford” 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
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 13 0.000013157 13 -100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 -100%
1916 15 0.000007754 15 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 23 0.000010594 23 -100%
1919 20 0.000009478 20 -100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 -100%
1923 25 0.000010858 25 -100%
1924 35 0.000014696 35 -100%
1925 20 0.000008572 20 -100%
1926 23 0.000010018 23 -100%
1927 21 0.000009054 21 -100%
1928 21 0.000009288 21 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1931 16 0.000007603 16 -100%
1932 9 0.000004263 9 -100%
1933 20 0.000010003 20 -100%
1934 14 0.000006741 14 -100%
1935 12 0.000005742 12 -100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 -100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 14 0.000006354 14 -100%
1940 18 0.000007817 18 -100%
1941 13 0.000005336 13 -100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 -100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 -100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%

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