Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Saul” in the USA?

Number of people named “Saul” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Saul” by birth year

This chart shows how “Saul” 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 15 0.000074448 15 -100%
1882 15 0.00006771 15 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1885 11 0.000045671 11 -100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 -100%
1887 11 0.000044464 11 -100%
1888 20 0.000066784 20 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 -100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 -100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 -100%
1894 16 0.000047241 16 -100%
1895 13 0.000037035 13 -100%
1896 11 0.000030771 11 -100%
1897 11 0.000031704 11 -100%
1898 11 0.000028837 11 -100%
1899 17 0.000050113 17 -100%
1900 23 0.000051082 23 -100%
1901 13 0.000037593 13 -100%
1902 24 0.000062058 24 -100%
1903 17 0.000044596 17 -100%
1904 26 0.000064439 26 -100%
1905 12 0.000028307 12 -100%
1906 18 0.000042012 18 -100%
1907 36 0.000077354 36 -100%
1908 35 0.000071626 35 -100%
1909 41 0.0000802 41 -100%
1910 42 0.000071101 42 -100%
1911 57 0.000088471 57 -100%
1912 125 0.00012651 125 -100%
1913 148 0.000130155 148 -100%
1914 162 0.000114379 162 -100%
1915 207 0.000112965 207 -100%
1916 222 0.000114763 222 -100%
1917 228 0.000113617 228 -100%
1918 239 0.000110082 239 -100%
1919 232 0.00010994 232 -100%
1920 206 0.000091044 206 -100%
1921 229 0.000098094 229 -100%
1922 204 0.000089116 204 -100%
1923 225 0.000097721 225 -100%
1924 213 0.000089435 213 -100%
1925 206 0.000088287 206 -100%
1926 189 0.00008232 189 -100%
1927 189 0.000081488 189 -100%
1928 179 0.000079171 179 -100%
1929 156 0.000071163 156 -100%
1930 149 0.000067018 149 -100%
1931 138 0.000065577 138 -100%
1932 122 0.000057785 122 -100%
1933 131 0.000065518 131 -100%
1934 130 0.000062596 130 -100%
1935 109 0.000052156 109 -100%
1936 120 0.00005776 120 -100%
1937 113 0.000053035 113 -100%
1938 123 0.000055591 123 -100%
1939 98 0.000044476 98 -100%
1940 88 0.000038216 88 -100%
1941 97 0.000039812 97 -100%
1942 107 0.000039168 107 -100%
1943 97 0.000034366 97 -100%
1944 79 0.000029367 79 -100%
1945 85 0.00003204 85 -100%
1946 101 0.000031609 101 -100%
1947 112 0.000031091 112 -100%
1948 104 0.000030123 104 -100%
1949 103 0.000029557 103 -100%
1950 115 0.000032826 115 -100%
1951 123 0.00003339 123 -100%
1952 103 0.00002712 103 -100%
1953 117 0.000030361 117 -100%
1954 121 0.000030397 121 -100%
1955 118 0.000029389 118 -100%
1956 115 0.000027892 115 -100%
1957 138 0.00003284 138 -100%
1958 154 0.000037253 154 -100%
1959 137 0.000032949 137 -100%
1960 128 0.000030815 128 -100%
1961 169 0.000040799 169 -100%
1962 144 0.000035684 144 -100%
1963 143 0.000036128 143 -100%
1964 123 0.000031639 123 -100%
1965 167 0.000046063 167 -100%
1966 135 0.000038842 135 -100%
1967 159 0.000046835 159 -100%
1968 159 0.000047064 159 -100%
1969 193 0.000055534 193 -100%
1970 219 0.000060723 219 -100%
1971 193 0.00005623 193 -100%
1972 244 0.000077633 244 -100%
1973 250 0.000082867 250 -100%
1974 267 0.000087829 267 -100%
1975 279 0.000092403 279 -100%
1976 295 0.000097222 295 -100%
1977 324 0.000101999 324 -100%
1978 291 0.000091686 291 -100%
1979 351 0.0001055 351 -100%
1980 367 0.000106546 5 362 -97%
1981 411 0.000118808 411 -100%
1982 368 0.000104904 7 361 -96%
1983 379 0.000109432 379 -100%
1984 395 0.000113221 6 389 -97%
1985 415 0.000116275 7 408 -97%
1986 411 0.000115544 411 -100%
1987 429 0.000118981 429 -100%
1988 440 0.000119078 5 435 -98%
1989 530 0.000137861 8 522 -97%
1990 574 0.000145225 7 567 -98%
1991 598 0.00015352 5 593 -98%
1992 621 0.000161665 5 616 -98%
1993 580 0.000153835 580 -100%
1994 598 0.000160854 598 -100%
1995 713 0.000194694 713 -100%
1996 869 0.000238265 869 -100%
1997 1052 0.000290147 7 1045 -99%
1998 916 0.000249034 916 -100%
1999 891 0.000241211 891 -100%
2000 1065 0.000281753 6 1059 -99%
2001 1103 0.000294653 1103 -100%
2002 1028 0.000274992 1028 -100%
2003 1072 0.000281933 1072 -100%
2004 1110 0.000290506 6 1104 -99%
2005 1113 0.000289479 1113 -100%
2006 1120 0.000283101 1120 -100%
2007 1070 0.000267655 1070 -100%
2008 999 0.000254155 999 -100%
2009 867 0.000226953 867 -100%
2010 761 0.000205913 761 -100%
2011 715 0.000195473 715 -100%
2012 690 0.00018866 690 -100%
2013 656 0.00017994 656 -100%
2014 663 0.000178881 663 -100%
2015 592 0.000159961 592 -100%
2016 560 0.000152643 560 -100%
2017 605 0.000169174 605 -100%
2018 534 0.000151882 534 -100%
2019 538 0.000155002 538 -100%
2020 484 0.000144885 484 -100%
2021 513 0.000151419 513 -100%
2022 581 0.000171734 581 -100%
2023 515 0.000155533 515 -100%
2024 529 0.00015893 529 -100%

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