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How popular is “Norris” in the USA?

Number of people named “Norris” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Norris” by birth year

This chart shows how “Norris” 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 12 0.000059558 12 -100%
1881 14 0.000072656 14 -100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 -100%
1883 11 0.000050704 11 -100%
1884 18 0.000073934 18 -100%
1885 12 0.000049823 12 -100%
1886 9 0.00003525 9 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 14 0.000046749 14 -100%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 -100%
1890 16 0.000053085 16 -100%
1891 13 0.000045348 13 -100%
1892 14 0.000041869 14 -100%
1893 15 0.000046122 15 -100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 -100%
1895 14 0.000039884 14 -100%
1896 13 0.000036365 13 -100%
1897 19 0.000054762 19 -100%
1898 14 0.000036702 14 -100%
1899 15 0.000044217 15 -100%
1900 18 0.000039977 18 -100%
1901 17 0.00004916 17 -100%
1902 19 0.00004913 5 14 -47%
1903 14 0.000036726 14 -100%
1904 25 0.00006196 25 -100%
1905 12 0.000028307 12 -100%
1906 26 0.000060684 26 -100%
1907 28 0.000060165 28 -100%
1908 39 0.000079812 39 -100%
1909 40 0.000078244 40 -100%
1910 55 0.000093108 7 48 -75%
1911 47 0.00007295 47 -100%
1912 112 0.000113353 8 104 -86%
1913 125 0.000109928 6 119 -90%
1914 150 0.000105906 150 -100%
1915 193 0.000105325 9 184 -91%
1916 210 0.00010856 7 203 -93%
1917 192 0.000095677 9 183 -91%
1918 231 0.000106397 5 226 -96%
1919 211 0.000099988 11 200 -90%
1920 234 0.000103419 6 228 -95%
1921 304 0.00013022 14 290 -91%
1922 273 0.000119258 13 260 -90%
1923 282 0.000122477 15 267 -89%
1924 323 0.000135623 15 308 -91%
1925 291 0.000124716 10 281 -93%
1926 243 0.000105841 13 230 -89%
1927 270 0.000116412 10 260 -93%
1928 243 0.000107478 9 234 -93%
1929 246 0.000112218 16 230 -87%
1930 241 0.000108398 13 228 -89%
1931 277 0.00013163 13 264 -91%
1932 266 0.000125989 10 256 -92%
1933 273 0.000136538 22 251 -84%
1934 254 0.000122303 13 241 -90%
1935 276 0.000132064 10 266 -93%
1936 262 0.000126108 14 248 -89%
1937 243 0.000114049 11 232 -91%
1938 258 0.000116606 6 252 -95%
1939 210 0.000095305 8 202 -92%
1940 216 0.000093804 11 205 -90%
1941 231 0.000094811 12 219 -90%
1942 234 0.000085657 9 225 -92%
1943 254 0.000089989 14 240 -89%
1944 219 0.00008141 11 208 -90%
1945 228 0.000085943 13 215 -89%
1946 247 0.000077301 6 241 -95%
1947 260 0.000072176 9 251 -93%
1948 242 0.000070094 9 233 -93%
1949 248 0.000071167 9 239 -93%
1950 252 0.000071931 8 244 -94%
1951 261 0.000070852 7 254 -95%
1952 292 0.000076882 6 286 -96%
1953 300 0.000077848 9 291 -94%
1954 252 0.000063305 8 244 -94%
1955 295 0.000073473 7 288 -95%
1956 292 0.000070822 8 284 -95%
1957 281 0.000066871 14 267 -90%
1958 227 0.000054912 227 -100%
1959 247 0.000059404 12 235 -90%
1960 253 0.000060908 7 246 -94%
1961 259 0.000062526 8 251 -94%
1962 221 0.000054766 221 -100%
1963 188 0.000047496 188 -100%
1964 159 0.000040899 159 -100%
1965 162 0.000044684 8 154 -90%
1966 116 0.000033375 116 -100%
1967 129 0.000037998 129 -100%
1968 122 0.000036112 122 -100%
1969 124 0.00003568 124 -100%
1970 117 0.000032441 5 112 -91%
1971 135 0.000039332 135 -100%
1972 94 0.000029908 94 -100%
1973 96 0.000031821 96 -100%
1974 92 0.000030263 92 -100%
1975 91 0.000030138 91 -100%
1976 76 0.000025047 76 -100%
1977 86 0.000027074 86 -100%
1978 92 0.000028987 92 -100%
1979 88 0.00002645 88 -100%
1980 81 0.000023516 81 -100%
1981 78 0.000022547 78 -100%
1982 71 0.00002024 71 -100%
1983 85 0.000024543 85 -100%
1984 77 0.000022071 77 -100%
1985 76 0.000021294 5 71 -87%
1986 70 0.000019679 70 -100%
1987 71 0.000019692 71 -100%
1988 82 0.000022192 82 -100%
1989 69 0.000017948 69 -100%
1990 69 0.000017457 69 -100%
1991 57 0.000014633 57 -100%
1992 55 0.000014318 55 -100%
1993 62 0.000016444 62 -100%
1994 52 0.000013987 52 -100%
1995 42 0.000011469 42 -100%
1996 44 0.000012064 44 -100%
1997 42 0.000011584 42 -100%
1998 43 0.00001169 43 -100%
1999 34 0.000009204 34 -100%
2000 33 0.00000873 33 -100%
2001 40 0.000010686 40 -100%
2002 27 0.000007223 27 -100%
2003 30 0.00000789 30 -100%
2004 36 0.000009422 36 -100%
2005 24 0.000006242 24 -100%
2006 20 0.000005055 20 -100%
2007 32 0.000008005 32 -100%
2008 25 0.00000636 25 -100%
2009 17 0.00000445 17 -100%
2010 25 0.000006765 25 -100%
2011 22 0.000006015 22 -100%
2012 25 0.000006836 25 -100%
2013 17 0.000004663 17 -100%
2014 35 0.000009443 35 -100%
2015 21 0.000005674 21 -100%
2016 17 0.000004634 17 -100%
2017 34 0.000009507 34 -100%
2018 24 0.000006826 24 -100%
2019 27 0.000007779 27 -100%
2020 19 0.000005688 19 -100%
2021 18 0.000005313 18 -100%
2022 28 0.000008276 28 -100%
2023 17 0.000005134 17 -100%
2024 14 0.000004206 14 -100%

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