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How popular is “Ted” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ted” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ted” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ted” 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 13 0.000064521 13 -100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 -100%
1882 14 0.000063196 14 -100%
1883 13 0.000059923 13 -100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 -100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 -100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 -100%
1887 20 0.000080843 20 -100%
1888 21 0.000070123 21 -100%
1889 25 0.000086521 25 -100%
1890 20 0.000066357 20 -100%
1891 22 0.000076742 22 -100%
1892 15 0.00004486 15 -100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 -100%
1894 23 0.000067909 23 -100%
1895 24 0.000068372 24 -100%
1896 30 0.00008392 30 -100%
1897 28 0.000080702 28 -100%
1898 39 0.00010224 39 -100%
1899 34 0.000100226 34 -100%
1900 75 0.000166571 75 -100%
1901 64 0.000185072 64 -100%
1902 87 0.000224961 87 -100%
1903 71 0.000186254 71 -100%
1904 94 0.00023297 94 -100%
1905 120 0.000283071 5 115 -92%
1906 89 0.000207725 89 -100%
1907 112 0.000240658 112 -100%
1908 113 0.00023125 113 -100%
1909 122 0.000238643 122 -100%
1910 127 0.000214995 127 -100%
1911 97 0.000150556 97 -100%
1912 244 0.000246948 244 -100%
1913 247 0.000217217 247 -100%
1914 309 0.000218167 309 -100%
1915 403 0.000219927 403 -100%
1916 462 0.000238832 9 453 -96%
1917 508 0.000253146 10 498 -96%
1918 572 0.00026346 8 564 -97%
1919 582 0.000275797 10 572 -97%
1920 552 0.000243962 7 545 -97%
1921 624 0.000267294 10 614 -97%
1922 611 0.000266911 5 606 -98%
1923 599 0.000260154 7 592 -98%
1924 621 0.000260748 11 610 -96%
1925 670 0.000287147 670 -100%
1926 777 0.000338429 13 764 -97%
1927 772 0.000332851 10 762 -97%
1928 838 0.000370643 12 826 -97%
1929 863 0.000393675 10 853 -98%
1930 989 0.000444837 6 983 -99%
1931 989 0.00046997 6 983 -99%
1932 1076 0.000509641 9 1067 -98%
1933 1049 0.000524645 9 1040 -98%
1934 1052 0.000506545 1052 -100%
1935 1091 0.000522035 6 1085 -99%
1936 1071 0.000515504 7 1064 -99%
1937 1062 0.000498435 1062 -100%
1938 1111 0.00050213 1111 -100%
1939 1085 0.000492411 6 1079 -99%
1940 1047 0.000454687 1047 -100%
1941 1096 0.000449839 1096 -100%
1942 1257 0.000460133 5 1252 -99%
1943 1243 0.000440381 7 1236 -99%
1944 1174 0.000436418 8 1166 -99%
1945 1238 0.000466657 1238 -100%
1946 1490 0.000466309 1490 -100%
1947 1647 0.000457205 1647 -100%
1948 1476 0.000427514 1476 -100%
1949 1384 0.000397156 5 1379 -99%
1950 1355 0.000386772 1355 -100%
1951 1392 0.000377877 5 1387 -99%
1952 1413 0.000372037 1413 -100%
1953 1304 0.000338381 1304 -100%
1954 1348 0.000338633 5 1343 -99%
1955 1409 0.000350927 1409 -100%
1956 1462 0.000354593 5 1457 -99%
1957 1636 0.000389325 1636 -100%
1958 1748 0.000422845 5 1743 -99%
1959 1672 0.000402117 1672 -100%
1960 1695 0.000408059 1695 -100%
1961 1687 0.000407262 5 1682 -99%
1962 1702 0.00042177 1702 -100%
1963 1583 0.000399929 5 1578 -99%
1964 1507 0.000387642 1507 -100%
1965 1243 0.000342854 1243 -100%
1966 1074 0.000309007 1074 -100%
1967 963 0.000283661 10 953 -98%
1968 1047 0.000309909 1047 -100%
1969 1063 0.000305871 5 1058 -99%
1970 944 0.000261749 944 -100%
1971 809 0.000235698 7 802 -98%
1972 670 0.000213173 5 665 -99%
1973 543 0.000179987 543 -100%
1974 478 0.000157237 478 -100%
1975 455 0.000150692 455 -100%
1976 432 0.000142372 432 -100%
1977 417 0.000131277 417 -100%
1978 361 0.000113741 361 -100%
1979 354 0.000106402 354 -100%
1980 370 0.000107417 6 364 -97%
1981 339 0.000097995 339 -100%
1982 317 0.000090366 317 -100%
1983 299 0.000086333 299 -100%
1984 288 0.000082551 288 -100%
1985 266 0.000074528 266 -100%
1986 298 0.000083777 298 -100%
1987 282 0.000078211 282 -100%
1988 290 0.000078484 290 -100%
1989 269 0.000069971 269 -100%
1990 249 0.000062998 249 -100%
1991 177 0.00004544 177 -100%
1992 188 0.000048942 188 -100%
1993 179 0.000047477 179 -100%
1994 163 0.000043845 163 -100%
1995 150 0.000040959 150 -100%
1996 135 0.000037015 135 -100%
1997 127 0.000035027 127 -100%
1998 106 0.000028818 106 -100%
1999 112 0.000030321 112 -100%
2000 97 0.000025662 97 -100%
2001 99 0.000026447 99 -100%
2002 99 0.000026483 99 -100%
2003 74 0.000019462 74 -100%
2004 72 0.000018844 72 -100%
2005 75 0.000019507 75 -100%
2006 59 0.000014913 59 -100%
2007 61 0.000015259 61 -100%
2008 75 0.000019081 75 -100%
2009 53 0.000013874 53 -100%
2010 81 0.000021917 81 -100%
2011 66 0.000018044 66 -100%
2012 67 0.000018319 67 -100%
2013 73 0.000020024 73 -100%
2014 59 0.000015919 59 -100%
2015 48 0.00001297 48 -100%
2016 56 0.000015264 56 -100%
2017 56 0.000015659 56 -100%
2018 49 0.000013937 49 -100%
2019 55 0.000015846 55 -100%
2020 35 0.000010477 35 -100%
2021 38 0.000011216 38 -100%
2022 41 0.000012119 41 -100%
2023 43 0.000012986 43 -100%
2024 43 0.000012919 43 -100%

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