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How popular is “Rufus” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rufus” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Rufus” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rufus” 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 163 0.000808997 163 -100%
1881 121 0.000627958 121 -100%
1882 147 0.000663558 147 -100%
1883 125 0.00057618 125 -100%
1884 117 0.00048057 117 -100%
1885 118 0.000489923 118 -100%
1886 139 0.000544423 139 -100%
1887 119 0.000481018 119 -100%
1888 126 0.000420738 126 -100%
1889 108 0.000373772 108 -100%
1890 115 0.000381551 115 -100%
1891 107 0.000373248 107 -100%
1892 137 0.000409721 137 -100%
1893 139 0.000427399 139 -100%
1894 128 0.000377927 128 -100%
1895 135 0.000384593 135 -100%
1896 145 0.000405613 145 -100%
1897 124 0.000357393 124 -100%
1898 141 0.000369637 141 -100%
1899 127 0.000374373 127 -100%
1900 157 0.000348689 157 -100%
1901 121 0.000349901 121 -100%
1902 152 0.000393036 152 -100%
1903 134 0.000351522 134 -100%
1904 138 0.00034202 138 -100%
1905 157 0.000370351 157 -100%
1906 156 0.000364102 156 -100%
1907 175 0.000376029 175 -100%
1908 156 0.000319248 156 -100%
1909 206 0.000402954 206 -100%
1910 221 0.000374125 221 -100%
1911 230 0.000356989 230 -100%
1912 336 0.00034006 336 -100%
1913 416 0.00036584 6 410 -97%
1914 495 0.000349491 495 -100%
1915 595 0.000324706 7 588 -98%
1916 577 0.000298281 577 -100%
1917 646 0.000321914 646 -100%
1918 728 0.000335312 7 721 -98%
1919 682 0.000323185 5 677 -99%
1920 735 0.000324841 6 729 -98%
1921 721 0.000308845 721 -100%
1922 746 0.000325884 9 737 -98%
1923 678 0.000294465 678 -100%
1924 717 0.000301057 8 709 -98%
1925 683 0.000292718 7 676 -98%
1926 651 0.000283548 10 641 -97%
1927 697 0.000300514 7 690 -98%
1928 608 0.000268915 6 602 -98%
1929 571 0.000260474 5 566 -98%
1930 565 0.000254128 565 -100%
1931 488 0.000231896 6 482 -98%
1932 511 0.000242032 511 -100%
1933 477 0.000238566 477 -100%
1934 480 0.000231123 480 -100%
1935 460 0.000220106 460 -100%
1936 455 0.000219005 6 449 -97%
1937 479 0.000224812 479 -100%
1938 443 0.000200219 443 -100%
1939 430 0.000195149 430 -100%
1940 468 0.000203241 8 460 -97%
1941 457 0.00018757 457 -100%
1942 461 0.000168752 5 456 -98%
1943 483 0.000171121 483 -100%
1944 480 0.000178433 480 -100%
1945 411 0.000154924 411 -100%
1946 467 0.000146152 467 -100%
1947 489 0.000135746 489 -100%
1948 471 0.000136422 5 466 -98%
1949 504 0.000144629 6 498 -98%
1950 407 0.000116174 407 -100%
1951 450 0.000122158 5 445 -98%
1952 462 0.000121643 6 456 -97%
1953 449 0.000116513 449 -100%
1954 475 0.000119326 475 -100%
1955 412 0.000102613 6 406 -97%
1956 402 0.000097501 402 -100%
1957 415 0.000098759 5 410 -98%
1958 347 0.00008394 347 -100%
1959 358 0.000086099 358 -100%
1960 332 0.000079927 332 -100%
1961 335 0.000080873 5 330 -97%
1962 272 0.000067404 272 -100%
1963 301 0.000076045 301 -100%
1964 303 0.00007794 303 -100%
1965 233 0.000064268 5 228 -96%
1966 228 0.000065599 228 -100%
1967 232 0.000068338 232 -100%
1968 193 0.000057127 193 -100%
1969 206 0.000059275 206 -100%
1970 184 0.000051019 184 -100%
1971 196 0.000057104 196 -100%
1972 178 0.000056634 178 -100%
1973 164 0.000054361 164 -100%
1974 144 0.000047368 144 -100%
1975 147 0.000048685 147 -100%
1976 149 0.000049105 149 -100%
1977 142 0.000044703 142 -100%
1978 132 0.00004159 132 -100%
1979 134 0.000040277 134 -100%
1980 149 0.000043257 149 -100%
1981 139 0.000040181 139 -100%
1982 119 0.000033923 119 -100%
1983 120 0.000034649 120 -100%
1984 108 0.000030957 108 -100%
1985 125 0.000035023 125 -100%
1986 89 0.000025021 89 -100%
1987 97 0.000026902 97 -100%
1988 96 0.000025981 96 -100%
1989 78 0.000020289 78 -100%
1990 81 0.000020493 81 -100%
1991 78 0.000020024 78 -100%
1992 67 0.000017442 67 -100%
1993 55 0.000014588 55 -100%
1994 62 0.000016677 62 -100%
1995 44 0.000012015 44 -100%
1996 39 0.000010693 39 -100%
1997 47 0.000012963 47 -100%
1998 42 0.000011419 42 -100%
1999 43 0.000011641 43 -100%
2000 36 0.000009524 36 -100%
2001 34 0.000009083 34 -100%
2002 39 0.000010433 39 -100%
2003 28 0.000007364 28 -100%
2004 41 0.00001073 41 -100%
2005 34 0.000008843 34 -100%
2006 36 0.0000091 36 -100%
2007 29 0.000007254 29 -100%
2008 27 0.000006869 27 -100%
2009 24 0.000006282 24 -100%
2010 36 0.000009741 36 -100%
2011 40 0.000010936 40 -100%
2012 30 0.000008203 30 -100%
2013 44 0.000012069 44 -100%
2014 20 0.000005396 20 -100%
2015 43 0.000011619 43 -100%
2016 35 0.00000954 35 -100%
2017 36 0.000010067 36 -100%
2018 26 0.000007395 26 -100%
2019 30 0.000008643 30 -100%
2020 26 0.000007783 26 -100%
2021 25 0.000007379 25 -100%
2022 27 0.000007981 27 -100%
2023 19 0.000005738 19 -100%
2024 26 0.000007811 26 -100%

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