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How popular is “Roswell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Roswell” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Roswell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Roswell” 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 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 -100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1886 9 0.00003525 9 -100%
1891 20 0.000069766 20 -100%
1892 14 0.000041869 14 -100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1897 17 0.000048997 17 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 -100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 22 0.000022266 22 -100%
1913 24 0.000021106 24 -100%
1914 28 0.000019769 28 -100%
1915 34 0.000018555 34 -100%
1916 28 0.000014475 28 -100%
1917 35 0.000017441 35 -100%
1918 45 0.000020727 45 -100%
1919 48 0.000022746 48 -100%
1920 42 0.000018562 42 -100%
1921 33 0.000014136 33 -100%
1922 33 0.000014416 33 -100%
1923 24 0.000010424 24 -100%
1924 25 0.000010497 25 -100%
1925 28 0.000012 28 -100%
1926 37 0.000016116 37 -100%
1927 30 0.000012935 30 -100%
1928 22 0.00000973 22 -100%
1929 28 0.000012773 28 -100%
1930 15 0.000006747 15 -100%
1931 24 0.000011405 24 -100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 -100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 -100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 -100%
1935 21 0.000010048 21 -100%
1936 20 0.000009627 20 -100%
1937 17 0.000007979 17 -100%
1938 20 0.000009039 20 -100%
1939 14 0.000006354 14 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 -100%
1942 25 0.000009151 25 -100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 -100%
1944 13 0.000004833 13 -100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 -100%
1946 17 0.00000532 17 -100%
1947 19 0.000005274 19 -100%
1948 12 0.000003476 12 -100%
1949 14 0.000004017 14 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 14 0.000003686 14 -100%
1953 13 0.000003373 13 -100%
1954 17 0.000004271 17 -100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 -100%
1958 14 0.000003387 14 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2017 9 0.000002517 9 -100%
2020 10 0.000002993 10 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%
2023 8 0.000002416 8 -100%
2024 10 0.000003004 10 -100%

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