Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Townsend” in the USA?

Number of people named “Townsend” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Townsend” by birth year

This chart shows how “Townsend” 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
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 5 0.000002729 5 -100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 -100%
1922 10 0.000004368 10 -100%
1923 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1925 6 0.000002571 6 -100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 -100%
1927 13 0.000005605 13 -100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 -100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 -100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 -100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 -100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1999 11 0.000002978 11 -100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2006 13 0.000003286 13 -100%
2007 14 0.000003502 14 -100%
2008 12 0.000003053 12 -100%
2009 16 0.000004188 16 -100%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 -100%
2011 21 0.000005741 21 -100%
2012 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2013 24 0.000006583 24 -100%
2014 17 0.000004587 17 -100%
2015 18 0.000004864 18 -100%
2016 19 0.000005179 19 -100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 -100%
2018 20 0.000005688 20 -100%
2019 27 0.000007779 27 -100%
2020 15 0.00000449 15 -100%
2021 30 0.000008855 30 -100%
2022 27 0.000007981 27 -100%
2023 29 0.000008758 6 23 -59%
2024 27 0.000008112 27 -100%

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