Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Spring” in the USA?

Number of people named “Spring” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Spring” by birth year

This chart shows how “Spring” 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
1951 7 0.0000019 7 100%
1952 30 0.000007899 30 100%
1953 27 0.000007006 27 100%
1954 38 0.000009546 38 100%
1955 41 0.000010212 41 100%
1956 104 0.000025224 104 100%
1957 77 0.000018324 77 100%
1958 44 0.000010644 44 100%
1959 34 0.000008177 34 100%
1960 29 0.000006982 29 100%
1961 20 0.000004828 20 100%
1962 26 0.000006443 26 100%
1963 23 0.000005811 23 100%
1964 18 0.00000463 18 100%
1965 24 0.00000662 24 100%
1966 23 0.000006617 23 100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 100%
1968 28 0.000008288 28 100%
1969 57 0.000016401 57 100%
1970 100 0.000027728 100 100%
1971 81 0.000023599 81 100%
1972 91 0.000028953 91 100%
1973 86 0.000028506 86 100%
1974 85 0.000027961 85 100%
1975 162 0.000053653 162 100%
1976 251 0.000082721 251 100%
1977 182 0.000057296 182 100%
1978 174 0.000054823 174 100%
1979 176 0.000052901 176 100%
1980 128 0.000037161 128 100%
1981 113 0.000032665 113 100%
1982 76 0.000021665 76 100%
1983 71 0.0000205 71 100%
1984 66 0.000018918 66 100%
1985 46 0.000012888 46 100%
1986 41 0.000011526 41 100%
1987 24 0.000006656 24 100%
1988 42 0.000011367 42 100%
1989 35 0.000009104 35 100%
1990 45 0.000011385 45 100%
1991 30 0.000007702 30 100%
1992 21 0.000005467 21 100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 100%
1994 27 0.000007263 27 100%
1995 30 0.000008192 30 100%
1996 28 0.000007677 28 100%
1997 32 0.000008826 32 100%
1998 34 0.000009244 34 100%
1999 25 0.000006768 25 100%
2000 33 0.00000873 33 100%
2001 25 0.000006678 25 100%
2002 25 0.000006688 25 100%
2003 29 0.000007627 29 100%
2004 24 0.000006281 24 100%
2005 23 0.000005982 23 100%
2006 18 0.00000455 18 100%
2007 22 0.000005503 22 100%
2008 14 0.000003562 14 100%
2009 20 0.000005235 20 100%
2010 11 0.000002976 11 100%
2011 16 0.000004374 16 100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 100%
2013 16 0.000004389 16 100%
2014 17 0.000004587 17 100%
2015 22 0.000005944 22 100%
2016 16 0.000004361 16 100%
2017 16 0.000004474 16 100%
2018 28 0.000007964 28 100%
2019 17 0.000004898 17 100%
2020 23 0.000006885 23 100%
2021 42 0.000012397 42 100%
2022 18 0.000005321 18 100%
2023 19 0.000005738 19 100%
2024 20 0.000006009 20 100%

Explore other names

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  10. Spurgeon
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