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How popular is “Tex” in the USA?

Number of people named “Tex” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Tex” by birth year

This chart shows how “Tex” 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
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 -100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 -100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 -100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 -100%
1918 20 0.000009212 5 15 -50%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 -100%
1920 13 0.000005745 13 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 21 0.000009174 21 -100%
1923 24 0.000010424 24 -100%
1924 26 0.000010917 26 -100%
1925 22 0.000009429 22 -100%
1926 17 0.000007404 17 -100%
1927 27 0.000011641 27 -100%
1928 24 0.000010615 24 -100%
1929 29 0.000013229 29 -100%
1930 24 0.000010795 24 -100%
1931 29 0.000013781 29 -100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 -100%
1933 30 0.000015004 6 24 -60%
1934 26 0.000012519 26 -100%
1935 30 0.000014355 30 -100%
1936 20 0.000009627 20 -100%
1937 30 0.00001408 30 -100%
1938 64 0.000028926 64 -100%
1939 43 0.000019515 43 -100%
1940 67 0.000029096 67 -100%
1941 49 0.000020111 49 -100%
1942 49 0.000017937 49 -100%
1943 48 0.000017006 48 -100%
1944 56 0.000020817 56 -100%
1945 49 0.00001847 49 -100%
1946 66 0.000020655 66 -100%
1947 52 0.000014435 52 -100%
1948 41 0.000011875 41 -100%
1949 42 0.000012052 42 -100%
1950 50 0.000014272 50 -100%
1951 32 0.000008687 32 -100%
1952 33 0.000008689 33 -100%
1953 28 0.000007266 28 -100%
1954 30 0.000007536 30 -100%
1955 32 0.00000797 32 -100%
1956 25 0.000006063 25 -100%
1957 31 0.000007377 31 -100%
1958 14 0.000003387 14 -100%
1959 21 0.000005051 21 -100%
1960 18 0.000004333 18 -100%
1961 15 0.000003621 15 -100%
1962 21 0.000005204 21 -100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 18 0.000004965 18 -100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 19 0.000005624 19 -100%
1969 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 -100%
1976 13 0.000004284 13 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1983 14 0.000004042 14 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 -100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 -100%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 11 0.000003017 11 -100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 -100%
2015 13 0.000003513 13 -100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 -100%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 -100%
2018 21 0.000005973 21 -100%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 -100%
2020 22 0.000006586 22 -100%
2021 20 0.000005903 20 -100%
2022 23 0.000006798 23 -100%
2023 38 0.000011476 38 -100%
2024 20 0.000006009 20 -100%

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