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How popular is “Terrell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Terrell” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Terrell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Terrell” 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
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1900 8 0.000017768 8 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 -100%
1909 8 0.000015649 8 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 -100%
1912 27 0.000027326 27 -100%
1913 15 0.000013191 15 -100%
1914 25 0.000017651 25 -100%
1915 30 0.000016372 30 -100%
1916 35 0.000018093 35 -100%
1917 30 0.00001495 30 -100%
1918 35 0.000016121 35 -100%
1919 34 0.000016112 34 -100%
1920 52 0.000022982 5 47 -81%
1921 36 0.000015421 36 -100%
1922 47 0.000020532 5 42 -79%
1923 32 0.000013898 32 -100%
1924 46 0.000019315 46 -100%
1925 36 0.000015429 36 -100%
1926 36 0.00001568 36 -100%
1927 45 0.000019402 45 -100%
1928 42 0.000018576 42 -100%
1929 41 0.000018703 41 -100%
1930 36 0.000016192 36 -100%
1931 28 0.000013306 28 -100%
1932 48 0.000022735 48 -100%
1933 47 0.000023506 47 -100%
1934 57 0.000027446 57 -100%
1935 64 0.000030623 64 -100%
1936 70 0.000033693 5 65 -86%
1937 72 0.000033792 5 67 -86%
1938 79 0.000035705 7 72 -82%
1939 100 0.000045384 12 88 -76%
1940 126 0.000054719 8 118 -87%
1941 142 0.000058282 12 130 -83%
1942 119 0.000043561 17 102 -71%
1943 126 0.00004464 7 119 -89%
1944 148 0.000055017 17 131 -77%
1945 150 0.000056542 17 133 -77%
1946 211 0.000066034 24 187 -77%
1947 200 0.00005552 18 182 -82%
1948 244 0.000070673 32 212 -74%
1949 229 0.000065714 27 202 -76%
1950 226 0.00006451 23 203 -80%
1951 215 0.000058365 21 194 -80%
1952 201 0.000052923 24 177 -76%
1953 196 0.000050861 18 178 -82%
1954 219 0.000055015 24 195 -78%
1955 226 0.000056288 27 199 -76%
1956 224 0.000054329 23 201 -79%
1957 243 0.000057828 30 213 -75%
1958 299 0.000072329 36 263 -76%
1959 248 0.000059644 27 221 -78%
1960 250 0.000060186 30 220 -76%
1961 226 0.000054559 20 206 -82%
1962 250 0.000061952 24 226 -81%
1963 277 0.000069981 23 254 -83%
1964 252 0.000064821 32 220 -75%
1965 262 0.000072267 19 243 -85%
1966 270 0.000077683 23 247 -83%
1967 364 0.00010722 37 327 -80%
1968 345 0.000102119 48 297 -72%
1969 365 0.000105026 46 319 -75%
1970 417 0.000115624 63 354 -70%
1971 404 0.000117703 59 345 -71%
1972 398 0.000126631 46 352 -77%
1973 402 0.00013325 38 364 -81%
1974 379 0.000124671 40 339 -79%
1975 536 0.000177519 44 492 -84%
1976 536 0.000176647 34 502 -87%
1977 621 0.000195499 30 591 -90%
1978 524 0.000165098 22 502 -92%
1979 626 0.000188158 33 593 -89%
1980 631 0.00018319 27 604 -91%
1981 636 0.000183848 36 600 -89%
1982 703 0.000200401 21 682 -94%
1983 737 0.0002128 24 713 -93%
1984 833 0.000238767 32 801 -92%
1985 913 0.000255806 23 890 -95%
1986 885 0.0002488 28 857 -94%
1987 883 0.000244896 15 868 -97%
1988 944 0.000255477 26 918 -94%
1989 1004 0.000261156 21 983 -96%
1990 945 0.000239091 20 925 -96%
1991 960 0.000246453 11 949 -98%
1992 864 0.000224925 15 849 -97%
1993 863 0.000228896 16 847 -96%
1994 746 0.000200664 12 734 -97%
1995 718 0.000196059 22 696 -94%
1996 679 0.00018617 10 669 -97%
1997 688 0.000189754 688 -100%
1998 871 0.0002368 9 862 -98%
1999 712 0.000192752 7 705 -98%
2000 614 0.000162438 6 608 -98%
2001 537 0.000143453 6 531 -98%
2002 503 0.000134553 503 -100%
2003 516 0.000135707 516 -100%
2004 512 0.000133999 512 -100%
2005 524 0.000136286 5 519 -98%
2006 505 0.000127648 5 500 -98%
2007 521 0.000130325 521 -100%
2008 486 0.000123643 6 480 -98%
2009 451 0.000118057 451 -100%
2010 378 0.00010228 378 -100%
2011 383 0.000104708 383 -100%
2012 350 0.000095697 350 -100%
2013 322 0.000088324 322 -100%
2014 276 0.000074466 276 -100%
2015 248 0.000067011 248 -100%
2016 229 0.00006242 229 -100%
2017 244 0.000068229 244 -100%
2018 215 0.000061151 215 -100%
2019 190 0.00005474 190 -100%
2020 173 0.000051787 173 -100%
2021 176 0.000051949 176 -100%
2022 160 0.000047293 160 -100%
2023 108 0.000032617 108 -100%
2024 120 0.000036052 120 -100%

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