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How popular is “Tony” in the USA?

Number of people named “Tony” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Tony” by birth year

This chart shows how “Tony” 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 42 0.000208453 42 -100%
1881 36 0.000186831 36 -100%
1882 46 0.000207644 46 -100%
1883 32 0.000147502 32 -100%
1884 41 0.000168405 41 -100%
1885 33 0.000137012 33 -100%
1886 29 0.000113585 29 -100%
1887 40 0.000161687 40 -100%
1888 57 0.000190334 57 -100%
1889 51 0.000176504 6 45 -76%
1890 44 0.000145985 5 39 -77%
1891 53 0.00018488 53 -100%
1892 47 0.000140561 47 -100%
1893 42 0.000129142 42 -100%
1894 48 0.000141723 48 -100%
1895 43 0.0001225 43 -100%
1896 56 0.00015665 56 -100%
1897 54 0.000155639 54 -100%
1898 56 0.000146806 5 51 -82%
1899 42 0.000123808 42 -100%
1900 101 0.000224316 101 -100%
1901 62 0.000179288 62 -100%
1902 74 0.000191346 74 -100%
1903 84 0.000220357 6 78 -86%
1904 87 0.000215621 87 -100%
1905 86 0.000202868 86 -100%
1906 96 0.000224063 96 -100%
1907 147 0.000315864 8 139 -89%
1908 142 0.000290597 142 -100%
1909 155 0.000303194 155 -100%
1910 212 0.00035889 212 -100%
1911 207 0.00032129 207 -100%
1912 400 0.000404833 6 394 -97%
1913 513 0.000451144 5 508 -98%
1914 739 0.000521766 6 733 -98%
1915 1023 0.000558276 7 1016 -99%
1916 1069 0.000552621 15 1054 -97%
1917 1124 0.00056011 13 1111 -98%
1918 1171 0.000539355 8 1163 -99%
1919 1107 0.000524584 10 1097 -98%
1920 1169 0.000516652 23 1146 -96%
1921 1218 0.000521738 22 1196 -96%
1922 1168 0.000510232 22 1146 -96%
1923 1055 0.000458201 29 1026 -95%
1924 1059 0.000444657 25 1034 -95%
1925 1003 0.000429863 26 977 -95%
1926 1033 0.000449932 22 1011 -96%
1927 1067 0.000460041 34 1033 -94%
1928 985 0.00043566 30 955 -94%
1929 898 0.000409641 24 874 -95%
1930 940 0.000422797 28 912 -94%
1931 829 0.000393939 15 814 -96%
1932 875 0.000414438 19 856 -96%
1933 825 0.000412614 15 810 -96%
1934 860 0.000414095 19 841 -96%
1935 910 0.000435428 28 882 -94%
1936 917 0.000441379 25 892 -95%
1937 941 0.000441645 18 923 -96%
1938 1068 0.000482696 10 1058 -98%
1939 1198 0.000543695 23 1175 -96%
1940 1249 0.00054241 16 1233 -97%
1941 1252 0.000513868 27 1225 -96%
1942 1428 0.000522729 20 1408 -97%
1943 1478 0.000523638 23 1455 -97%
1944 1513 0.000562437 19 1494 -97%
1945 1662 0.000626482 23 1639 -97%
1946 1992 0.000623414 20 1972 -98%
1947 2305 0.000639865 25 2280 -98%
1948 2290 0.000663284 21 2269 -98%
1949 2008 0.000576221 23 1985 -98%
1950 1778 0.000507513 20 1758 -98%
1951 1945 0.000527996 15 1930 -98%
1952 2204 0.000580305 19 2185 -98%
1953 2795 0.000725288 24 2771 -98%
1954 3382 0.000849598 32 3350 -98%
1955 3789 0.000943692 37 3752 -98%
1956 4693 0.001138239 24 4669 -99%
1957 5910 0.001406425 52 5858 -98%
1958 6995 0.001692105 47 6948 -99%
1959 7632 0.001835501 67 7565 -98%
1960 8058 0.001939903 59 7999 -99%
1961 8363 0.002018926 62 8301 -99%
1962 8246 0.00204343 47 8199 -99%
1963 7933 0.002004194 54 7879 -99%
1964 7248 0.001864387 52 7196 -99%
1965 6885 0.001899075 67 6818 -98%
1966 6629 0.001907266 59 6570 -98%
1967 6287 0.001851897 66 6221 -98%
1968 5944 0.001759406 69 5875 -98%
1969 5588 0.001607908 71 5517 -97%
1970 5558 0.0015411 78 5480 -97%
1971 4960 0.001445072 71 4889 -97%
1972 4053 0.001289535 52 4001 -97%
1973 3408 0.001129641 60 3348 -96%
1974 3280 0.001078948 64 3216 -96%
1975 3377 0.001118436 54 3323 -97%
1976 3133 0.001032528 66 3067 -96%
1977 2989 0.000940975 50 2939 -97%
1978 2833 0.000892601 61 2772 -96%
1979 2688 0.000807935 44 2644 -97%
1980 2766 0.000803018 38 2728 -97%
1981 2684 0.000775863 34 2650 -97%
1982 2644 0.000753714 34 2610 -97%
1983 2397 0.000692107 47 2350 -96%
1984 2476 0.000709709 36 2440 -97%
1985 2556 0.000716145 31 2525 -98%
1986 2393 0.000672743 31 2362 -97%
1987 2333 0.000647047 42 2291 -96%
1988 2264 0.000612713 21 2243 -98%
1989 2322 0.000603988 21 2301 -98%
1990 2208 0.000558637 25 2183 -98%
1991 2124 0.000545277 22 2102 -98%
1992 1945 0.000506343 18 1927 -98%
1993 1896 0.000502881 24 1872 -97%
1994 1647 0.000443021 20 1627 -98%
1995 1566 0.000427617 11 1555 -99%
1996 1327 0.000363841 12 1315 -98%
1997 1258 0.000346963 10 1248 -98%
1998 1187 0.000322712 10 1177 -98%
1999 1138 0.000308078 5 1133 -99%
2000 1093 0.000289161 7 1086 -99%
2001 1035 0.000276487 10 1025 -98%
2002 1072 0.000286762 1072 -100%
2003 1012 0.000266153 12 1000 -98%
2004 966 0.000252818 8 958 -98%
2005 1037 0.000269712 7 1030 -99%
2006 991 0.000250494 6 985 -99%
2007 1012 0.000253147 10 1002 -98%
2008 891 0.000226679 5 886 -99%
2009 805 0.000210723 805 -100%
2010 756 0.00020456 5 751 -99%
2011 691 0.000188912 691 -100%
2012 653 0.000178544 653 -100%
2013 664 0.000182134 664 -100%
2014 666 0.00017969 666 -100%
2015 581 0.000156988 581 -100%
2016 566 0.000154278 566 -100%
2017 520 0.000145406 520 -100%
2018 476 0.000135385 5 471 -98%
2019 472 0.000135986 5 467 -98%
2020 427 0.000127822 427 -100%
2021 392 0.000115704 392 -100%
2022 378 0.000111731 378 -100%
2023 289 0.00008728 289 -100%
2024 313 0.000094036 313 -100%

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