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How popular is “Tess” in the USA?

Number of people named “Tess” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Tess” by birth year

This chart shows how “Tess” 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
1889 6 0.000020765 6 100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 100%
1905 13 0.000030666 13 100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 100%
1914 17 0.000012003 17 100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 100%
1916 24 0.000012407 24 100%
1917 19 0.000009468 19 100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 100%
1919 29 0.000013742 29 100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 100%
1922 16 0.000006989 16 100%
1923 11 0.000004777 11 100%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 100%
1925 21 0.000009 21 100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 100%
1955 16 0.000003985 16 100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 100%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 100%
1959 17 0.000004089 17 100%
1960 23 0.000005537 23 100%
1961 20 0.000004828 20 100%
1962 19 0.000004708 19 100%
1963 27 0.000006821 27 100%
1964 21 0.000005402 21 100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 100%
1966 16 0.000004603 16 100%
1967 50 0.000014728 50 100%
1968 79 0.000023384 79 100%
1969 92 0.000026472 92 100%
1970 94 0.000026064 94 100%
1971 80 0.000023308 80 100%
1972 49 0.00001559 49 100%
1973 40 0.000013259 40 100%
1974 29 0.000009539 29 100%
1975 32 0.000010598 32 100%
1976 38 0.000012523 38 100%
1977 20 0.000006296 20 100%
1978 28 0.000008822 28 100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 100%
1980 13 0.000003774 13 100%
1981 104 0.000030063 104 100%
1982 133 0.000037914 133 100%
1983 191 0.000055149 191 100%
1984 216 0.000061913 216 100%
1985 218 0.00006108 218 100%
1986 194 0.000054539 194 100%
1987 185 0.000051309 185 100%
1988 183 0.000049526 183 100%
1989 270 0.000070231 270 100%
1990 403 0.000101961 403 100%
1991 465 0.000119376 465 100%
1992 529 0.000137715 529 100%
1993 524 0.000138982 524 100%
1994 477 0.000128307 477 100%
1995 435 0.000118783 435 100%
1996 409 0.000112141 409 100%
1997 448 0.000123561 448 100%
1998 430 0.000116905 430 100%
1999 437 0.000118304 437 100%
2000 475 0.000125665 475 100%
2001 393 0.000104985 393 100%
2002 417 0.000111548 417 100%
2003 494 0.000129921 494 100%
2004 424 0.000110968 424 100%
2005 461 0.000119901 461 100%
2006 385 0.000097316 385 100%
2007 311 0.000077795 311 100%
2008 322 0.00008192 322 100%
2009 342 0.000089525 342 100%
2010 338 0.000091457 338 100%
2011 283 0.000077369 283 100%
2012 255 0.000069722 255 100%
2013 251 0.000068849 251 100%
2014 235 0.000063404 235 100%
2015 229 0.000061877 229 100%
2016 217 0.000059149 217 100%
2017 203 0.000056764 203 100%
2018 176 0.000050058 176 100%
2019 158 0.000045521 158 100%
2020 175 0.000052386 175 100%
2021 142 0.000041913 142 100%
2022 107 0.000031627 107 100%
2023 117 0.000035335 117 100%
2024 113 0.000033949 113 100%

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