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How popular is “Powell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Powell” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Powell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Powell” 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
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 -100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 23 0.000020227 23 -100%
1914 19 0.000013415 19 -100%
1915 17 0.000009277 17 -100%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 -100%
1917 25 0.000012458 25 -100%
1918 28 0.000012897 28 -100%
1919 32 0.000015164 32 -100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 -100%
1921 24 0.000010281 24 -100%
1922 22 0.000009611 22 -100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 24 0.000010077 24 -100%
1925 28 0.000012 28 -100%
1926 18 0.00000784 18 -100%
1927 15 0.000006467 15 -100%
1928 24 0.000010615 24 -100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 -100%
1930 21 0.000009445 21 -100%
1931 22 0.000010454 22 -100%
1932 20 0.000009473 20 -100%
1933 22 0.000011003 22 -100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 -100%
1935 16 0.000007656 16 -100%
1936 19 0.000009145 19 -100%
1937 14 0.000006571 14 -100%
1938 21 0.000009491 21 -100%
1939 22 0.000009984 22 -100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 -100%
1941 23 0.00000944 23 -100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 -100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 -100%
1944 16 0.000005948 16 -100%
1945 22 0.000008293 22 -100%
1946 19 0.000005946 19 -100%
1947 20 0.000005552 20 -100%
1948 16 0.000004634 16 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 -100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 -100%
1952 15 0.000003949 15 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 -100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 -100%
1955 15 0.000003736 15 -100%
1956 10 0.000002425 10 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1958 19 0.000004596 19 -100%
1959 12 0.000002886 12 -100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 17 0.000004213 17 -100%
1963 15 0.00000379 15 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1965 13 0.000003586 13 -100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 -100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1981 12 0.000003469 12 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 -100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 -100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 14 0.000003704 14 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2013 10 0.000002743 10 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2016 17 0.000004634 6 11 -29%
2017 14 0.000003915 14 -100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 -100%
2022 12 0.000003547 12 -100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 -100%
2024 10 0.000003004 10 -100%

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