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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Robinson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Robinson” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Robinson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Robinson” 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
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 15 0.000010591 15 -100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 -100%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 -100%
1917 12 0.00000598 12 -100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 -100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 -100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 -100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 -100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 -100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 -100%
1925 7 0.000003 7 -100%
1926 13 0.000005662 13 -100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 -100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 -100%
1929 8 0.000003649 8 -100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 -100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 -100%
1932 16 0.000007578 16 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 -100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 -100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1949 15 0.000004304 15 -100%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 -100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 -100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 -100%
1954 16 0.000004019 16 -100%
1955 19 0.000004732 19 -100%
1956 15 0.000003638 15 -100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 -100%
1958 12 0.000002903 12 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 18 0.000004333 18 -100%
1961 20 0.000004828 20 -100%
1962 26 0.000006443 26 -100%
1963 17 0.000004295 17 -100%
1964 21 0.000005402 21 -100%
1965 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1966 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1967 19 0.000005597 19 -100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 -100%
1969 24 0.000006906 24 -100%
1970 24 0.000006655 24 -100%
1971 22 0.00000641 22 -100%
1972 23 0.000007318 23 -100%
1973 22 0.000007292 22 -100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 -100%
1975 32 0.000010598 32 -100%
1976 21 0.000006921 21 -100%
1977 19 0.000005981 19 -100%
1978 34 0.000010712 34 -100%
1979 21 0.000006312 21 -100%
1980 28 0.000008129 28 -100%
1981 36 0.000010407 36 -100%
1982 33 0.000009407 33 -100%
1983 39 0.000011261 39 -100%
1984 33 0.000009459 33 -100%
1985 38 0.000010647 38 -100%
1986 45 0.000012651 45 -100%
1987 37 0.000010262 37 -100%
1988 44 0.000011908 44 -100%
1989 54 0.000014046 54 -100%
1990 52 0.000013156 52 -100%
1991 48 0.000012323 48 -100%
1992 53 0.000013798 53 -100%
1993 47 0.000012466 47 -100%
1994 35 0.000009415 35 -100%
1995 38 0.000010376 38 -100%
1996 40 0.000010967 40 -100%
1997 42 0.000011584 42 -100%
1998 40 0.000010875 40 -100%
1999 54 0.000014619 54 -100%
2000 32 0.000008466 32 -100%
2001 44 0.000011754 44 -100%
2002 40 0.0000107 40 -100%
2003 34 0.000008942 34 -100%
2004 30 0.000007852 30 -100%
2005 43 0.000011184 43 -100%
2006 56 0.000014155 56 -100%
2007 38 0.000009506 38 -100%
2008 49 0.000012466 49 -100%
2009 32 0.000008377 32 -100%
2010 45 0.000012176 45 -100%
2011 48 0.000013123 48 -100%
2012 58 0.000015858 58 -100%
2013 62 0.000017006 62 -100%
2014 64 0.000017268 64 -100%
2015 54 0.000014591 54 -100%
2016 54 0.000014719 54 -100%
2017 43 0.000012024 43 -100%
2018 44 0.000012515 44 -100%
2019 48 0.000013829 48 -100%
2020 33 0.000009879 33 -100%
2021 45 0.000013282 45 -100%
2022 31 0.000009163 31 -100%
2023 41 0.000012382 41 -100%
2024 32 0.000009614 32 -100%

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