Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Song” in the USA?

Number of people named “Song” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Song” by birth year

This chart shows how “Song” 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
1957 5 0.00000119 5 100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 100%
1982 21 0.000005986 9 12 -14%
1983 24 0.00000693 16 8 33%
1984 11 0.000003153 6 5 9%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 100%
1986 11 0.000003092 5 6 -9%
1987 15 0.00000416 8 7 7%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%
1989 18 0.000004682 12 6 33%
1990 24 0.000006072 17 7 42%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 100%
1992 12 0.000003124 7 5 17%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 100%
1995 12 0.000003277 7 5 17%
1997 11 0.000003034 6 5 9%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 -100%

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