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How popular is “Selby” in the USA?

Number of people named “Selby” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Selby” by birth year

This chart shows how “Selby” 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
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 -100%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 -100%
1918 20 0.000009212 20 -100%
1919 13 0.00000616 13 -100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 -100%
1921 21 0.000008995 21 -100%
1922 24 0.000010484 24 -100%
1923 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1924 17 0.000007138 17 -100%
1925 13 0.000005572 13 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1928 12 0.000005308 12 -100%
1929 14 0.000006386 14 -100%
1930 13 0.000005847 5 8 -23%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 16 0.000007578 16 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 15 0.000007223 15 -100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 -100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 -100%
1937 14 0.000006571 6 8 -14%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 17 0.000007715 5 12 -41%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 -100%
1942 13 0.000004759 5 8 -23%
1943 10 0.000003543 10 -100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 -100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1950 14 0.000003996 5 9 -29%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 -100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 13 0.000003238 6 7 -8%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 6 6 0%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1987 17 0.000004715 12 5 41%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 100%
1990 12 0.000003036 7 5 17%
1991 11 0.000002824 5 6 -9%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 100%
1993 26 0.000006896 10 16 -23%
1994 14 0.000003766 8 6 14%
1995 18 0.000004915 11 7 22%
1996 13 0.000003564 5 8 -23%
1997 15 0.000004137 15 100%
1998 17 0.000004622 11 6 29%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 100%
2003 14 0.000003682 9 5 29%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 100%
2006 18 0.00000455 11 7 22%
2007 9 0.000002251 9 100%
2008 14 0.000003562 7 7 0%
2009 13 0.000003403 13 100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 100%
2011 10 0.000002734 5 5 0%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 100%
2014 12 0.000003238 7 5 17%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 100%

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