Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Richardson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Richardson” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Richardson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Richardson” 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
1919 8 0.000003791 8 -100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 -100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1928 12 0.000005308 12 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 -100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1984 13 0.000003726 13 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 -100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 -100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1994 14 0.000003766 14 -100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 -100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 -100%
2005 14 0.000003641 14 -100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 -100%
2007 15 0.000003752 15 -100%
2008 12 0.000003053 12 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
2011 16 0.000004374 16 -100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2013 11 0.000003017 11 -100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2016 14 0.000003816 14 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 -100%
2022 11 0.000003251 11 -100%
2023 14 0.000004228 14 -100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 -100%

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