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How popular is “Truman” in the USA?

Number of people named “Truman” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Truman” by birth year

This chart shows how “Truman” 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 12 0.000059558 12 -100%
1881 20 0.000103795 20 -100%
1882 17 0.000076738 17 -100%
1883 21 0.000096798 21 -100%
1884 15 0.000061612 15 -100%
1885 17 0.000070582 17 -100%
1886 14 0.000054834 14 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 18 0.000060105 18 -100%
1889 13 0.000044991 13 -100%
1890 18 0.000059721 18 -100%
1891 22 0.000076742 22 -100%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 -100%
1893 18 0.000055347 18 -100%
1894 19 0.000056098 19 -100%
1895 15 0.000042733 15 -100%
1896 20 0.000055947 20 -100%
1897 14 0.000040351 14 -100%
1898 16 0.000041945 16 -100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 -100%
1900 25 0.000055524 25 -100%
1901 15 0.000043376 15 -100%
1902 20 0.000051715 20 -100%
1903 19 0.000049843 19 -100%
1904 39 0.000096658 5 34 -74%
1905 30 0.000070768 30 -100%
1906 31 0.000072354 31 -100%
1907 30 0.000064462 30 -100%
1908 38 0.000077765 38 -100%
1909 34 0.000066507 34 -100%
1910 39 0.000066022 39 -100%
1911 50 0.000077606 50 -100%
1912 82 0.000082991 82 -100%
1913 146 0.000128396 146 -100%
1914 162 0.000114379 162 -100%
1915 202 0.000110236 202 -100%
1916 219 0.000113212 219 -100%
1917 225 0.000112122 225 -100%
1918 245 0.000112845 5 240 -96%
1919 225 0.000106623 225 -100%
1920 262 0.000115794 262 -100%
1921 244 0.000104519 6 238 -95%
1922 245 0.000107026 245 -100%
1923 217 0.000094246 5 212 -95%
1924 240 0.000100772 240 -100%
1925 265 0.000113573 5 260 -96%
1926 221 0.000096258 221 -100%
1927 241 0.000103908 241 -100%
1928 198 0.000087574 198 -100%
1929 217 0.000098989 217 -100%
1930 202 0.000090856 202 -100%
1931 197 0.000093614 197 -100%
1932 183 0.000086677 183 -100%
1933 196 0.000098027 196 -100%
1934 203 0.000097746 203 -100%
1935 198 0.000094741 198 -100%
1936 176 0.000084714 176 -100%
1937 194 0.000091051 194 -100%
1938 168 0.00007593 168 -100%
1939 174 0.000078967 174 -100%
1940 210 0.000091198 210 -100%
1941 164 0.000067312 164 -100%
1942 170 0.00006223 170 -100%
1943 213 0.000075463 213 -100%
1944 197 0.000073232 197 -100%
1945 540 0.00020355 540 -100%
1946 286 0.000089506 286 -100%
1947 204 0.00005663 204 -100%
1948 160 0.000046343 160 -100%
1949 158 0.00004534 158 -100%
1950 119 0.000033967 119 -100%
1951 76 0.000020631 76 -100%
1952 70 0.000018431 70 -100%
1953 71 0.000018424 71 -100%
1954 74 0.00001859 74 -100%
1955 64 0.00001594 64 -100%
1956 51 0.00001237 51 -100%
1957 58 0.000013802 58 -100%
1958 50 0.000012095 50 -100%
1959 39 0.00000938 39 -100%
1960 70 0.000016852 70 -100%
1961 53 0.000012795 53 -100%
1962 51 0.000012638 51 -100%
1963 56 0.000014148 56 -100%
1964 52 0.000013376 52 -100%
1965 66 0.000018205 66 -100%
1966 46 0.000013235 46 -100%
1967 56 0.000016495 56 -100%
1968 59 0.000017464 59 -100%
1969 62 0.00001784 62 -100%
1970 57 0.000015805 57 -100%
1971 77 0.000022434 77 -100%
1972 51 0.000016227 51 -100%
1973 43 0.000014253 43 -100%
1974 45 0.000014803 45 -100%
1975 38 0.000012585 38 -100%
1976 49 0.000016149 49 -100%
1977 54 0.000017 54 -100%
1978 39 0.000012288 39 -100%
1979 37 0.000011121 37 -100%
1980 37 0.000010742 37 -100%
1981 33 0.000009539 33 -100%
1982 29 0.000008267 29 -100%
1983 37 0.000010683 37 -100%
1984 41 0.000011752 41 -100%
1985 52 0.000014569 52 -100%
1986 42 0.000011807 42 -100%
1987 47 0.000013035 47 -100%
1988 22 0.000005954 22 -100%
1989 46 0.000011965 46 -100%
1990 50 0.00001265 50 -100%
1991 51 0.000013093 51 -100%
1992 44 0.000011455 44 -100%
1993 70 0.000018566 70 -100%
1994 78 0.000020981 78 -100%
1995 78 0.000021299 78 -100%
1996 106 0.000029063 106 -100%
1997 95 0.000026201 95 -100%
1998 115 0.000031265 115 -100%
1999 118 0.000031945 118 -100%
2000 145 0.000038361 145 -100%
2001 130 0.000034728 130 -100%
2002 140 0.00003745 140 -100%
2003 159 0.000041817 159 -100%
2004 175 0.0000458 175 -100%
2005 167 0.000043435 167 -100%
2006 194 0.000049037 194 -100%
2007 202 0.000050529 202 -100%
2008 176 0.000044776 176 -100%
2009 174 0.000045548 174 -100%
2010 197 0.000053305 197 -100%
2011 183 0.00005003 183 -100%
2012 220 0.000060153 220 -100%
2013 209 0.000057328 209 -100%
2014 221 0.000059627 221 -100%
2015 213 0.000057553 213 -100%
2016 193 0.000052607 193 -100%
2017 175 0.000048935 175 -100%
2018 165 0.00004693 165 -100%
2019 152 0.000043792 152 -100%
2020 148 0.000044304 148 -100%
2021 129 0.000038076 129 -100%
2022 125 0.000036948 125 -100%
2023 114 0.000034429 114 -100%
2024 90 0.000027039 90 -100%

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