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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Robertson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Robertson” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Robertson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Robertson” 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
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 -100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 -100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 -100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 -100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 -100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 -100%
1964 16 0.000004116 16 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 -100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 -100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 -100%
2019 7 0.000002017 7 -100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 -100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 -100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 -100%

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