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How popular is “Taft” in the USA?

Number of people named “Taft” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Taft” by birth year

This chart shows how “Taft” 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
1907 16 0.00003438 16 -100%
1908 62 0.00012688 62 -100%
1909 52 0.000101717 52 -100%
1910 45 0.000076179 45 -100%
1911 23 0.000035699 23 -100%
1912 22 0.000022266 22 -100%
1913 22 0.000019347 22 -100%
1914 21 0.000014827 21 -100%
1915 17 0.000009277 17 -100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 -100%
1919 12 0.000005687 12 -100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 -100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 -100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1925 7 0.000003 7 -100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 -100%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 -100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 -100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 -100%
1932 22 0.00001042 22 -100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 -100%
1934 21 0.000010112 21 -100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 -100%
1936 13 0.000006257 13 -100%
1937 18 0.000008448 18 -100%
1938 19 0.000008587 19 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1940 15 0.000006514 15 -100%
1941 21 0.000008619 21 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 -100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 -100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 -100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 16 0.000004442 16 -100%
1948 12 0.000003476 12 -100%
1949 22 0.000006313 22 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 -100%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 -100%
1953 17 0.000004411 17 -100%
1954 16 0.000004019 16 -100%
1955 14 0.000003487 14 -100%
1956 15 0.000003638 15 -100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 -100%
1958 16 0.00000387 16 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 -100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 -100%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 -100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 -100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 -100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1971 17 0.000004953 17 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 -100%
1973 15 0.000004972 15 -100%
1975 16 0.000005299 16 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 9 0.000002705 9 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 -100%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 -100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 -100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 -100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 -100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 -100%
2002 12 0.00000321 12 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 -100%
2009 18 0.000004712 18 -100%
2010 19 0.000005141 19 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2013 17 0.000004663 17 -100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 -100%
2015 21 0.000005674 21 -100%
2016 22 0.000005997 22 -100%
2017 14 0.000003915 14 -100%
2018 20 0.000005688 20 -100%
2019 12 0.000003457 12 -100%
2020 15 0.00000449 15 -100%
2021 19 0.000005608 19 -100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 -100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 -100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 -100%

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