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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Orange” in the USA?

Number of people named “Orange” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Orange” by birth year

This chart shows how “Orange” 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
1881 9 0.000046708 9 -100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 -100%
1883 11 0.000050704 11 -100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 -100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1888 10 0.000033392 10 -100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1897 10 0.000028822 10 -100%
1898 12 0.000031458 12 -100%
1900 8 0.000017768 8 -100%
1901 9 0.000026026 9 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 -100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 15 0.000007754 15 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 -100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 -100%
1920 25 0.000011049 5 20 -60%
1921 16 0.000006854 16 -100%
1922 16 0.000006989 6 10 -25%
1923 12 0.000005212 12 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 -100%
1928 20 0.000008846 7 13 -30%
1929 16 0.000007299 16 -100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 -100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 -100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 -100%
1940 9 0.000003908 9 -100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 -100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 14 0.000005277 14 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%

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