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How popular is “Tor” in the USA?

Number of people named “Tor” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Tor” by birth year

This chart shows how “Tor” 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
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 30 0.000008275 30 -100%
1966 18 0.000005179 18 -100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 -100%
1968 23 0.000006808 23 -100%
1969 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1970 18 0.000004991 18 -100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 -100%
1972 20 0.000006363 20 -100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 -100%
1974 18 0.000005921 18 -100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 -100%
1976 14 0.000004614 14 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 -100%
1979 15 0.000004509 15 -100%
1980 13 0.000003774 13 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1989 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
1990 16 0.000004048 16 -100%
1991 17 0.000004364 17 -100%
1992 13 0.000003384 13 -100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 -100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 -100%
1999 13 0.000003519 13 -100%
2000 22 0.00000582 22 -100%
2001 15 0.000004007 15 -100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 -100%
2003 12 0.000003156 12 -100%
2004 13 0.000003402 13 -100%
2005 19 0.000004942 19 -100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 -100%
2007 20 0.000005003 20 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 16 0.000004329 16 -100%
2011 14 0.000003827 14 -100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2013 17 0.000004663 17 -100%
2014 16 0.000004317 16 -100%
2015 11 0.000002972 11 -100%
2016 15 0.000004089 15 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 -100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 -100%
2019 13 0.000003745 13 -100%
2020 15 0.00000449 15 -100%
2021 13 0.000003837 13 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 -100%

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