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How popular is “Percival” in the USA?

Number of people named “Percival” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Percival” by birth year

This chart shows how “Percival” 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 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 -100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 -100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 -100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 -100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 11 0.000006003 11 -100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 -100%
1917 13 0.000006478 13 -100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 -100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 -100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 -100%
1921 22 0.000009424 22 -100%
1922 25 0.000010921 25 -100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 -100%
1924 10 0.000004199 10 -100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 -100%
1926 19 0.000008276 19 -100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 -100%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 -100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 -100%
1943 6 0.000002126 6 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 -100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 13 0.000003344 13 -100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 -100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 -100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 -100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2011 13 0.000003554 13 -100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2014 16 0.000004317 16 -100%
2015 16 0.000004323 16 -100%
2016 12 0.000003271 12 -100%
2017 19 0.000005313 19 -100%
2018 19 0.000005404 19 -100%
2019 38 0.000010948 38 -100%
2020 46 0.00001377 46 -100%
2021 46 0.000013578 46 -100%
2022 51 0.000015075 51 -100%
2023 63 0.000019026 63 -100%
2024 93 0.000027941 93 -100%

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