Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Pearson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Pearson” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Pearson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Pearson” 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
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 12 0.000006549 12 -100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 -100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 -100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 -100%
1921 13 0.000005569 13 -100%
1922 8 0.000003495 8 -100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1924 8 0.000003359 8 -100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 -100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 -100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 -100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 -100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 -100%
1992 15 0.000003905 15 -100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 -100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 -100%
1995 17 0.000004642 17 -100%
1996 22 0.000006032 22 -100%
1997 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1998 25 0.000006797 25 -100%
1999 37 0.000010017 37 -100%
2000 27 0.000007143 27 -100%
2001 35 0.00000935 35 -100%
2002 34 0.000009095 34 -100%
2003 31 0.000008153 31 -100%
2004 32 0.000008375 32 -100%
2005 36 0.000009363 6 30 -67%
2006 46 0.000011627 46 -100%
2007 45 0.000011257 8 37 -64%
2008 62 0.000015773 10 52 -68%
2009 44 0.000011518 6 38 -73%
2010 45 0.000012176 6 39 -73%
2011 35 0.000009569 35 -100%
2012 57 0.000015585 9 48 -68%
2013 39 0.000010698 5 34 -74%
2014 39 0.000010522 39 -100%
2015 56 0.000015131 7 49 -75%
2016 57 0.000015537 6 51 -79%
2017 61 0.000017057 6 55 -80%
2018 48 0.000013652 9 39 -63%
2019 69 0.000019879 11 58 -68%
2020 47 0.000014069 5 42 -79%
2021 54 0.000015939 9 45 -67%
2022 53 0.000015666 9 44 -66%
2023 46 0.000013892 5 41 -78%
2024 56 0.000016824 9 47 -68%

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