Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Sven” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sven” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Sven” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sven” 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
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 -100%
1915 11 0.000006003 11 -100%
1916 15 0.000007754 15 -100%
1917 13 0.000006478 13 -100%
1918 9 0.000004145 9 -100%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 -100%
1922 8 0.000003495 8 -100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1924 10 0.000004199 10 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 15 0.000006747 15 -100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 -100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 -100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 -100%
1954 17 0.000004271 17 -100%
1955 14 0.000003487 14 -100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 -100%
1957 21 0.000004997 21 -100%
1958 17 0.000004112 17 -100%
1959 23 0.000005532 23 -100%
1960 28 0.000006741 28 -100%
1961 19 0.000004587 19 -100%
1962 31 0.000007682 31 -100%
1963 23 0.000005811 23 -100%
1964 27 0.000006945 27 -100%
1965 32 0.000008826 32 -100%
1966 23 0.000006617 23 -100%
1967 45 0.000013255 45 -100%
1968 29 0.000008584 29 -100%
1969 39 0.000011222 39 -100%
1970 43 0.000011923 43 -100%
1971 39 0.000011362 39 -100%
1972 25 0.000007954 25 -100%
1973 26 0.000008618 26 -100%
1974 26 0.000008553 26 -100%
1975 24 0.000007949 24 -100%
1976 21 0.000006921 21 -100%
1977 35 0.000011018 35 -100%
1978 23 0.000007247 23 -100%
1979 31 0.000009318 31 -100%
1980 25 0.000007258 25 -100%
1981 21 0.00000607 21 -100%
1982 32 0.000009122 32 -100%
1983 24 0.00000693 24 -100%
1984 20 0.000005733 20 -100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 -100%
1986 31 0.000008715 31 -100%
1987 25 0.000006934 25 -100%
1988 29 0.000007848 29 -100%
1989 29 0.000007543 29 -100%
1990 22 0.000005566 22 -100%
1991 23 0.000005905 23 -100%
1992 25 0.000006508 25 -100%
1993 26 0.000006896 26 -100%
1994 27 0.000007263 27 -100%
1995 22 0.000006007 22 -100%
1996 18 0.000004935 18 -100%
1997 31 0.00000855 31 -100%
1998 36 0.000009787 36 -100%
1999 31 0.000008392 31 -100%
2000 29 0.000007672 29 -100%
2001 26 0.000006946 26 -100%
2002 27 0.000007223 27 -100%
2003 20 0.00000526 20 -100%
2004 35 0.00000916 35 -100%
2005 18 0.000004682 18 -100%
2006 31 0.000007836 31 -100%
2007 25 0.000006254 25 -100%
2008 33 0.000008396 33 -100%
2009 28 0.00000733 28 -100%
2010 34 0.0000092 34 -100%
2011 24 0.000006561 24 -100%
2012 34 0.000009296 34 -100%
2013 33 0.000009052 33 -100%
2014 56 0.000015109 56 -100%
2015 58 0.000015672 58 -100%
2016 36 0.000009813 36 -100%
2017 37 0.000010346 37 -100%
2018 52 0.00001479 52 -100%
2019 53 0.00001527 53 -100%
2020 53 0.000015866 53 -100%
2021 44 0.000012987 44 -100%
2022 51 0.000015075 51 -100%
2023 53 0.000016006 53 -100%
2024 51 0.000015322 51 -100%

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