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How popular is “Orson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Orson” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Orson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Orson” 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 7 0.000034742 7 -100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 -100%
1882 9 0.000040626 9 -100%
1883 12 0.000055313 12 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 25 0.000021986 25 -100%
1914 15 0.000010591 15 -100%
1915 24 0.000013097 24 -100%
1916 21 0.000010856 21 -100%
1917 22 0.000010963 22 -100%
1918 23 0.000010594 23 -100%
1919 29 0.000013742 29 -100%
1920 18 0.000007955 18 -100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 -100%
1922 21 0.000009174 21 -100%
1923 26 0.000011292 26 -100%
1924 26 0.000010917 26 -100%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 -100%
1926 18 0.00000784 18 -100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 16 0.000007299 16 -100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 -100%
1931 17 0.000008078 17 -100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1936 13 0.000006257 13 -100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 -100%
1940 22 0.000009554 22 -100%
1941 13 0.000005336 13 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1944 18 0.000006691 18 -100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 -100%
1946 18 0.000005633 18 -100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 -100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 -100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 -100%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 -100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 -100%
1952 13 0.000003423 13 -100%
1953 11 0.000002854 11 -100%
1954 14 0.000003517 14 -100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 -100%
1956 19 0.000004608 19 -100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 -100%
1958 21 0.00000508 21 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 -100%
1963 17 0.000004295 17 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 -100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 -100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1970 24 0.000006655 24 -100%
1971 19 0.000005536 19 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 19 0.00000625 19 -100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 -100%
1976 18 0.000005932 18 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 -100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 -100%
1980 13 0.000003774 13 -100%
1981 12 0.000003469 12 -100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 -100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 -100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 -100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 -100%
2002 12 0.00000321 12 -100%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 -100%
2004 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2005 13 0.000003381 13 -100%
2006 14 0.000003539 14 -100%
2007 23 0.000005753 23 -100%
2008 18 0.000004579 18 -100%
2009 23 0.000006021 23 -100%
2010 28 0.000007576 28 -100%
2011 34 0.000009295 34 -100%
2012 31 0.000008476 31 -100%
2013 42 0.000011521 42 -100%
2014 53 0.0000143 53 -100%
2015 66 0.000017833 66 -100%
2016 90 0.000024532 90 -100%
2017 73 0.000020413 73 -100%
2018 63 0.000017919 63 -100%
2019 105 0.000030251 105 -100%
2020 104 0.000031132 104 -100%
2021 98 0.000028926 98 -100%
2022 127 0.000037539 127 -100%
2023 132 0.000039865 132 -100%
2024 119 0.000035752 119 -100%

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