Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Per” in the USA?

Number of people named “Per” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Per” by birth year

This chart shows how “Per” 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
1923 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 -100%
1959 11 0.000002646 11 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 13 0.000003222 13 -100%
1963 14 0.000003537 14 -100%
1964 14 0.000003601 14 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 -100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1974 12 0.000003947 12 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 -100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%

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