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How popular is “Oral” in the USA?

Number of people named “Oral” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Oral” by birth year

This chart shows how “Oral” 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 8 0.000039705 8 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 -100%
1886 15 0.000058751 6 9 -20%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 100%
1888 16 0.000053427 5 11 -38%
1889 14 0.000048452 5 9 -29%
1890 12 0.000039814 12 -100%
1891 15 0.000052324 7 8 -7%
1892 28 0.000083739 10 18 -29%
1893 21 0.000064571 11 10 5%
1894 23 0.000067909 6 17 -48%
1895 19 0.000054128 6 13 -37%
1896 21 0.000058744 12 9 14%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 -100%
1898 22 0.000057674 6 16 -45%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 -100%
1900 28 0.000062187 13 15 -7%
1901 13 0.000037593 6 7 -8%
1902 19 0.00004913 8 11 -16%
1903 14 0.000036726 7 7 0%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 -100%
1905 23 0.000054255 7 16 -39%
1906 28 0.000065352 14 14 0%
1907 19 0.000040826 6 13 -37%
1908 25 0.000051161 11 14 -12%
1909 26 0.000050858 8 18 -38%
1910 29 0.000049093 7 22 -52%
1911 30 0.000046564 8 22 -47%
1912 50 0.000050604 12 38 -52%
1913 56 0.000049248 12 44 -57%
1914 66 0.000046599 11 55 -67%
1915 105 0.000057301 22 83 -58%
1916 111 0.000057382 28 83 -50%
1917 123 0.000061293 24 99 -61%
1918 91 0.000041914 19 72 -58%
1919 105 0.000049757 26 79 -50%
1920 108 0.000047732 24 84 -56%
1921 94 0.000040265 14 80 -70%
1922 100 0.000043684 18 82 -64%
1923 58 0.00002519 9 49 -69%
1924 87 0.00003653 10 77 -77%
1925 76 0.000032572 13 63 -66%
1926 62 0.000027005 5 57 -84%
1927 69 0.00002975 9 60 -74%
1928 65 0.000028749 9 56 -72%
1929 57 0.000026002 10 47 -65%
1930 44 0.000019791 44 -100%
1931 43 0.000020433 43 -100%
1932 39 0.000018472 5 34 -74%
1933 39 0.000019505 39 -100%
1934 39 0.000018779 39 -100%
1935 41 0.000019618 5 36 -76%
1936 46 0.000022141 8 38 -65%
1937 30 0.00001408 6 24 -60%
1938 26 0.000011751 5 21 -62%
1939 19 0.000008623 19 -100%
1940 28 0.00001216 28 -100%
1941 23 0.00000944 23 -100%
1942 24 0.000008785 24 -100%
1943 26 0.000009211 6 20 -54%
1944 20 0.000007435 20 -100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 -100%
1946 22 0.000006885 22 -100%
1947 26 0.000007218 5 21 -62%
1948 21 0.000006083 21 -100%
1949 31 0.000008896 5 26 -68%
1950 25 0.000007136 25 -100%
1951 36 0.000009773 6 30 -67%
1952 36 0.000009479 36 -100%
1953 43 0.000011158 5 38 -77%
1954 51 0.000012812 51 -100%
1955 56 0.000013947 56 -100%
1956 50 0.000012127 50 -100%
1957 29 0.000006901 29 -100%
1958 34 0.000008225 34 -100%
1959 27 0.000006494 27 -100%
1960 23 0.000005537 23 -100%
1961 29 0.000007001 29 -100%
1962 22 0.000005452 22 -100%
1963 17 0.000004295 17 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 -100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 -100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 -100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%

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