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How popular is “Nestor” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nestor” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nestor” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nestor” 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
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 -100%
1913 18 0.00001583 18 -100%
1914 24 0.000016945 24 -100%
1915 31 0.000016917 31 -100%
1916 29 0.000014992 29 -100%
1917 23 0.000011461 23 -100%
1918 21 0.000009672 21 -100%
1919 14 0.000006634 14 -100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 -100%
1921 31 0.000013279 31 -100%
1922 14 0.000006116 14 -100%
1923 26 0.000011292 26 -100%
1924 26 0.000010917 26 -100%
1925 27 0.000011572 27 -100%
1926 24 0.000010453 24 -100%
1927 30 0.000012935 30 -100%
1928 28 0.000012384 28 -100%
1929 32 0.000014597 32 -100%
1930 32 0.000014393 32 -100%
1931 21 0.000009979 21 -100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 -100%
1933 18 0.000009002 18 -100%
1934 29 0.000013964 29 -100%
1935 24 0.000011484 24 -100%
1936 25 0.000012033 25 -100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 -100%
1938 23 0.000010395 23 -100%
1939 15 0.000006808 15 -100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 -100%
1941 19 0.000007798 19 -100%
1942 18 0.000006589 18 -100%
1943 22 0.000007794 22 -100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 -100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 -100%
1946 24 0.000007511 24 -100%
1947 28 0.000007773 28 -100%
1948 26 0.000007531 26 -100%
1949 29 0.000008322 29 -100%
1950 27 0.000007707 27 -100%
1951 23 0.000006244 23 -100%
1952 31 0.000008162 31 -100%
1953 41 0.000010639 41 -100%
1954 44 0.000011053 44 -100%
1955 34 0.000008468 34 -100%
1956 34 0.000008246 34 -100%
1957 56 0.000013327 56 -100%
1958 60 0.000014514 60 -100%
1959 54 0.000012987 54 -100%
1960 51 0.000012278 51 -100%
1961 56 0.000013519 56 -100%
1962 59 0.000014621 59 -100%
1963 52 0.000013137 52 -100%
1964 45 0.000011575 45 -100%
1965 42 0.000011585 42 -100%
1966 57 0.0000164 57 -100%
1967 56 0.000016495 56 -100%
1968 58 0.000017168 58 -100%
1969 60 0.000017265 60 -100%
1970 79 0.000021905 79 -100%
1971 67 0.00001952 67 -100%
1972 66 0.000020999 66 -100%
1973 78 0.000025854 78 -100%
1974 85 0.000027961 85 -100%
1975 56 0.000018547 56 -100%
1976 80 0.000026365 80 -100%
1977 73 0.000022981 73 -100%
1978 94 0.000029617 94 -100%
1979 90 0.000027051 90 -100%
1980 106 0.000030774 106 -100%
1981 98 0.000028329 98 -100%
1982 109 0.000031072 109 -100%
1983 108 0.000031184 108 -100%
1984 115 0.000032963 115 -100%
1985 139 0.000038945 139 -100%
1986 133 0.00003739 133 -100%
1987 173 0.000047981 173 -100%
1988 216 0.000058457 216 -100%
1989 255 0.000066329 255 -100%
1990 264 0.000066794 264 -100%
1991 300 0.000077017 300 -100%
1992 298 0.000077578 298 -100%
1993 290 0.000076917 290 -100%
1994 271 0.000072895 271 -100%
1995 253 0.000069085 253 -100%
1996 237 0.000064981 237 -100%
1997 201 0.000055437 201 -100%
1998 226 0.000061443 226 -100%
1999 247 0.000066868 247 -100%
2000 236 0.000062435 236 -100%
2001 218 0.000058236 218 -100%
2002 196 0.00005243 196 -100%
2003 189 0.000049707 189 -100%
2004 197 0.000051558 197 -100%
2005 226 0.00005878 226 -100%
2006 201 0.000050806 201 -100%
2007 209 0.00005228 209 -100%
2008 194 0.000049356 194 -100%
2009 157 0.000041098 157 -100%
2010 165 0.000044646 165 -100%
2011 123 0.000033627 123 -100%
2012 115 0.000031443 115 -100%
2013 106 0.000029076 106 -100%
2014 108 0.000029139 108 -100%
2015 125 0.000033775 125 -100%
2016 107 0.000029166 107 -100%
2017 126 0.000035233 126 -100%
2018 96 0.000027305 96 -100%
2019 108 0.000031116 108 -100%
2020 89 0.000026642 89 -100%
2021 94 0.000027745 94 -100%
2022 76 0.000022464 76 -100%
2023 91 0.000027483 91 -100%
2024 97 0.000029142 97 -100%

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