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How popular is “Ross” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ross” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ross” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ross” 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 69 0.000342459 69 -100%
1881 82 0.000425558 82 -100%
1882 96 0.000433344 96 -100%
1883 88 0.000405631 88 -100%
1884 110 0.000451818 110 -100%
1885 109 0.000452556 109 -100%
1886 107 0.000419088 107 -100%
1887 85 0.000343584 85 -100%
1888 90 0.000300527 90 -100%
1889 115 0.000397998 115 -100%
1890 101 0.000335102 101 -100%
1891 91 0.000317435 5 86 -89%
1892 90 0.00026916 90 -100%
1893 76 0.000233686 76 -100%
1894 110 0.000324781 110 -100%
1895 73 0.000207965 73 -100%
1896 83 0.000232178 83 -100%
1897 62 0.000178697 62 -100%
1898 75 0.000196616 75 -100%
1899 95 0.000280043 95 -100%
1900 83 0.000184339 83 -100%
1901 72 0.000208206 72 -100%
1902 90 0.000232719 90 -100%
1903 67 0.000175761 67 -100%
1904 73 0.000180924 73 -100%
1905 74 0.00017456 74 -100%
1906 88 0.000205391 88 -100%
1907 76 0.000163304 76 -100%
1908 99 0.000202599 99 -100%
1909 81 0.000158443 81 -100%
1910 103 0.000174366 103 -100%
1911 140 0.000217298 140 -100%
1912 240 0.0002429 240 -100%
1913 305 0.000268224 5 300 -97%
1914 366 0.000258412 6 360 -97%
1915 451 0.000246122 451 -100%
1916 463 0.000239349 6 457 -97%
1917 512 0.000255139 9 503 -96%
1918 577 0.000265763 8 569 -97%
1919 582 0.000275797 13 569 -96%
1920 548 0.000242195 548 -100%
1921 525 0.000224887 11 514 -96%
1922 584 0.000255116 8 576 -97%
1923 581 0.000252336 6 575 -98%
1924 595 0.000249831 7 588 -98%
1925 568 0.000243432 9 559 -97%
1926 537 0.000233895 7 530 -97%
1927 453 0.000195313 453 -100%
1928 488 0.00021584 5 483 -98%
1929 414 0.000188855 414 -100%
1930 500 0.000224892 500 -100%
1931 459 0.000218116 7 452 -97%
1932 423 0.000200351 423 -100%
1933 414 0.000207057 414 -100%
1934 448 0.000215715 5 443 -98%
1935 427 0.000204316 427 -100%
1936 481 0.00023152 6 475 -98%
1937 465 0.000218241 465 -100%
1938 485 0.000219202 6 479 -98%
1939 485 0.00022011 5 480 -98%
1940 458 0.000198898 458 -100%
1941 518 0.000212607 5 513 -98%
1942 556 0.000203527 556 -100%
1943 584 0.000206904 584 -100%
1944 571 0.000212261 7 564 -98%
1945 560 0.000211089 5 555 -98%
1946 650 0.000203423 650 -100%
1947 790 0.000219303 790 -100%
1948 720 0.000208543 720 -100%
1949 763 0.000218952 763 -100%
1950 774 0.000220931 5 769 -99%
1951 888 0.000241059 5 883 -99%
1952 908 0.000239073 908 -100%
1953 921 0.000238995 921 -100%
1954 1000 0.000251212 1000 -100%
1955 1028 0.000256035 1028 -100%
1956 991 0.000240357 991 -100%
1957 959 0.000228217 5 954 -99%
1958 1040 0.000251578 8 1032 -98%
1959 1029 0.000247475 1029 -100%
1960 1050 0.00025278 6 1044 -99%
1961 1024 0.000247206 1024 -100%
1962 1141 0.00028275 7 1134 -99%
1963 1140 0.00028801 13 1127 -98%
1964 1023 0.000263144 1023 -100%
1965 987 0.000272242 987 -100%
1966 916 0.000263547 916 -100%
1967 796 0.00023447 796 -100%
1968 845 0.000250117 845 -100%
1969 892 0.000256667 7 885 -98%
1970 881 0.00024428 881 -100%
1971 863 0.000251431 6 857 -99%
1972 707 0.000224945 707 -100%
1973 726 0.000240645 11 715 -97%
1974 681 0.000224013 7 674 -98%
1975 684 0.000226536 6 678 -98%
1976 680 0.000224104 680 -100%
1977 822 0.000258776 822 -100%
1978 924 0.000291127 5 919 -99%
1979 1013 0.000304479 11 1002 -98%
1980 1044 0.000303091 5 1039 -99%
1981 1240 0.000358446 1240 -100%
1982 1479 0.000421612 14 1465 -98%
1983 1355 0.000391241 11 1344 -98%
1984 1758 0.000503905 14 1744 -98%
1985 1898 0.000531785 14 1884 -99%
1986 1791 0.000503503 16 1775 -98%
1987 1674 0.000464276 7 1667 -99%
1988 1783 0.000482538 15 1768 -98%
1989 1797 0.000467427 10 1787 -99%
1990 1629 0.000412147 9 1620 -99%
1991 1452 0.00037276 6 1446 -99%
1992 1277 0.000332442 1277 -100%
1993 942 0.000249849 942 -100%
1994 838 0.000225411 838 -100%
1995 1047 0.000285897 1047 -100%
1996 1041 0.000285425 1041 -100%
1997 796 0.000219541 796 -100%
1998 789 0.000214507 789 -100%
1999 672 0.000181923 5 667 -99%
2000 566 0.000149739 5 561 -98%
2001 503 0.00013437 503 -100%
2002 425 0.000113688 425 -100%
2003 384 0.000100991 6 378 -97%
2004 357 0.000093433 6 351 -97%
2005 313 0.000081408 313 -100%
2006 283 0.000071533 283 -100%
2007 262 0.000065538 262 -100%
2008 258 0.000065638 258 -100%
2009 227 0.000059421 227 -100%
2010 219 0.000059257 219 -100%
2011 214 0.000058505 214 -100%
2012 212 0.000057965 212 -100%
2013 194 0.000053214 194 -100%
2014 185 0.000049914 185 -100%
2015 168 0.000045394 8 160 -90%
2016 191 0.000052062 191 -100%
2017 168 0.000046977 6 162 -93%
2018 177 0.000050343 177 -100%
2019 133 0.000038318 133 -100%
2020 136 0.000040712 136 -100%
2021 154 0.000045455 7 147 -91%
2022 151 0.000044633 151 -100%
2023 121 0.000036543 5 116 -92%
2024 139 0.000041761 139 -100%

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