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How popular is “Starling” in the USA?

Number of people named “Starling” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Starling” by birth year

This chart shows how “Starling” 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 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1908 13 0.000026604 13 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 -100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 -100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 -100%
1916 19 0.000009822 19 -100%
1917 19 0.000009468 19 -100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 -100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 -100%
1920 26 0.000011491 26 -100%
1921 18 0.00000771 18 -100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 -100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 -100%
1925 18 0.000007714 18 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 15 0.000006467 15 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 22 0.000009895 6 16 -45%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 -100%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 -100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 -100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 -100%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1941 12 0.000004925 5 7 -17%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 -100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 -100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 -100%
1945 15 0.000005654 15 -100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 -100%
1947 18 0.000004997 18 -100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 -100%
1949 16 0.000004591 16 -100%
1950 18 0.000005138 5 13 -44%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 15 0.000003892 5 10 -33%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 -100%
1956 14 0.000003396 14 -100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 6 6 0%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 -100%
1979 10 0.000003006 5 5 0%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1992 12 0.000003124 5 7 -17%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 -100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2008 12 0.000003053 7 5 17%
2009 10 0.000002618 5 5 0%
2010 14 0.000003788 8 6 14%
2011 15 0.000004101 8 7 7%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 100%
2014 16 0.000004317 11 5 38%
2015 21 0.000005674 12 9 14%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 100%
2017 14 0.000003915 9 5 29%
2018 14 0.000003982 6 8 -14%
2019 15 0.000004322 10 5 33%
2020 19 0.000005688 13 6 37%
2021 18 0.000005313 12 6 33%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 100%
2023 32 0.000009664 18 14 13%
2024 13 0.000003906 6 7 -8%

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