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How popular is “Perley” in the USA?

Number of people named “Perley” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Perley” by birth year

This chart shows how “Perley” 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 18 0.000089337 18 -100%
1881 24 0.000124554 24 -100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 -100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 -100%
1884 8 0.000032859 8 -100%
1885 12 0.000049823 12 -100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 -100%
1887 12 0.000048506 12 -100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1890 16 0.000053085 5 11 -38%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 -100%
1892 20 0.000059813 20 -100%
1893 11 0.000033823 11 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1908 14 0.00002865 14 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 -100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 -100%
1913 16 0.000014071 16 -100%
1914 22 0.000015533 22 -100%
1915 30 0.000016372 30 -100%
1916 22 0.000011373 22 -100%
1917 24 0.00001196 24 -100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 -100%
1919 26 0.000012321 26 -100%
1920 26 0.000011491 26 -100%
1921 22 0.000009424 22 -100%
1922 23 0.000010047 23 -100%
1923 19 0.000008252 19 -100%
1924 29 0.000012177 5 24 -66%
1925 24 0.000010286 24 -100%
1926 21 0.000009147 21 -100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 -100%
1928 21 0.000009288 21 -100%
1929 24 0.000010948 24 -100%
1930 26 0.000011694 26 -100%
1931 30 0.000014256 30 -100%
1932 21 0.000009947 21 -100%
1933 29 0.000014504 6 23 -59%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 -100%
1935 13 0.00000622 13 -100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 -100%
1937 18 0.000008448 18 -100%
1938 20 0.000009039 5 15 -50%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 26 0.000011291 26 -100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 -100%
1942 16 0.000005857 6 10 -25%
1943 6 0.000002126 6 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 15 0.000005654 5 10 -33%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 -100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%

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