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How popular is “Thayer” in the USA?

Number of people named “Thayer” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Thayer” by birth year

This chart shows how “Thayer” 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
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 -100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 -100%
1916 9 0.000004653 9 -100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 -100%
1918 17 0.00000783 17 -100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 -100%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 -100%
1922 10 0.000004368 10 -100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 -100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 -100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 5 0.000002156 5 -100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 -100%
1933 9 0.000004501 9 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 11 0.000005295 5 6 -9%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 -100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 -100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1946 15 0.000004694 5 10 -33%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1961 12 0.000002897 5 7 -17%
1962 15 0.000003717 6 9 -20%
1963 13 0.000003284 13 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 -100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1976 10 0.000003296 5 5 0%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 19 0.000005446 6 13 -37%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1986 10 0.000002811 5 5 0%
1987 14 0.000003883 5 9 -29%
1988 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 -100%
1990 20 0.00000506 20 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 -100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 -100%
1994 16 0.000004304 16 -100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 -100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 -100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 -100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 -100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 -100%
2001 18 0.000004808 6 12 -33%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 -100%
2003 18 0.000004734 7 11 -22%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2005 16 0.000004161 16 -100%
2006 13 0.000003286 13 -100%
2007 16 0.000004002 16 -100%
2008 12 0.000003053 12 -100%
2009 15 0.000003927 15 -100%
2010 18 0.00000487 18 -100%
2011 20 0.000005468 20 -100%
2012 36 0.000009843 36 -100%
2013 44 0.000012069 44 -100%
2014 52 0.00001403 52 -100%
2015 52 0.000014051 52 -100%
2016 45 0.000012266 45 -100%
2017 52 0.000014541 6 46 -77%
2018 49 0.000013937 7 42 -71%
2019 49 0.000014117 49 -100%
2020 16 0.00000479 16 -100%
2021 27 0.000007969 27 -100%
2022 20 0.000005912 20 -100%
2023 20 0.00000604 20 -100%
2024 23 0.00000691 23 -100%

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