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How popular is “Sumner” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sumner” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Sumner” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sumner” 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 10 0.000049632 10 -100%
1881 8 0.000041518 8 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1883 12 0.000055313 12 -100%
1884 8 0.000032859 8 -100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 -100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 -100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 -100%
1911 15 0.000023282 15 -100%
1912 25 0.000025302 25 -100%
1913 30 0.000026383 30 -100%
1914 28 0.000019769 28 -100%
1915 41 0.000022375 41 -100%
1916 52 0.000026881 52 -100%
1917 37 0.000018438 37 -100%
1918 51 0.00002349 51 -100%
1919 47 0.000022272 47 -100%
1920 65 0.000028727 65 -100%
1921 46 0.000019704 46 -100%
1922 65 0.000028395 65 -100%
1923 51 0.00002215 51 -100%
1924 61 0.000025613 61 -100%
1925 57 0.000024429 57 -100%
1926 61 0.000026569 61 -100%
1927 48 0.000020695 48 -100%
1928 56 0.000024768 56 -100%
1929 60 0.00002737 60 -100%
1930 40 0.000017991 40 -100%
1931 41 0.000019483 41 -100%
1932 28 0.000013262 28 -100%
1933 32 0.000016004 32 -100%
1934 27 0.000013001 27 -100%
1935 26 0.000012441 26 -100%
1936 22 0.000010589 22 -100%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 -100%
1938 14 0.000006327 14 -100%
1939 23 0.000010438 23 -100%
1940 20 0.000008686 20 -100%
1941 22 0.00000903 22 -100%
1942 27 0.000009884 27 -100%
1943 22 0.000007794 22 -100%
1944 22 0.000008178 22 -100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 -100%
1946 25 0.000007824 25 -100%
1947 23 0.000006385 23 -100%
1948 21 0.000006083 21 -100%
1949 20 0.000005739 20 -100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 -100%
1951 10 0.000002715 10 -100%
1952 14 0.000003686 14 -100%
1953 19 0.00000493 19 -100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 -100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 -100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1968 12 0.000003552 12 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1979 16 0.000004809 6 10 -25%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 18 0.000005043 7 11 -22%
1986 14 0.000003936 5 9 -29%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1988 20 0.000005413 7 13 -30%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 100%
1990 20 0.00000506 20 -100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 -100%
1992 27 0.000007029 8 19 -41%
1993 24 0.000006366 7 17 -42%
1994 46 0.000012373 10 36 -57%
1995 31 0.000008465 12 19 -23%
1996 32 0.000008774 8 24 -50%
1997 33 0.000009102 13 20 -21%
1998 28 0.000007612 6 22 -57%
1999 23 0.000006227 9 14 -22%
2000 29 0.000007672 12 17 -17%
2001 21 0.00000561 7 14 -33%
2002 22 0.000005885 8 14 -27%
2003 24 0.000006312 5 19 -58%
2004 29 0.00000759 5 24 -66%
2005 26 0.000006762 7 19 -46%
2006 23 0.000005814 5 18 -57%
2007 20 0.000005003 5 15 -50%
2008 17 0.000004325 5 12 -41%
2009 18 0.000004712 18 -100%
2010 17 0.0000046 7 10 -18%
2011 16 0.000004374 6 10 -25%
2012 19 0.000005195 6 13 -37%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 -100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 -100%
2015 16 0.000004323 16 -100%
2016 11 0.000002998 11 -100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 -100%
2018 21 0.000005973 5 16 -52%
2019 11 0.000003169 11 -100%
2020 16 0.00000479 16 -100%
2021 12 0.000003542 12 -100%
2022 14 0.000004138 5 9 -29%
2023 23 0.000006946 12 11 4%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 -100%

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