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How popular is “Turner” in the USA?

Number of people named “Turner” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Turner” by birth year

This chart shows how “Turner” 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 11 0.000054595 11 -100%
1881 18 0.000093415 18 -100%
1882 17 0.000076738 17 -100%
1883 11 0.000050704 11 -100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 -100%
1885 13 0.000053975 13 -100%
1886 15 0.000058751 15 -100%
1887 13 0.000052548 13 -100%
1888 27 0.000090158 27 -100%
1889 18 0.000062295 18 -100%
1890 17 0.000056403 17 -100%
1891 11 0.000038371 11 -100%
1892 15 0.00004486 15 -100%
1893 20 0.000061496 20 -100%
1894 21 0.000062004 21 -100%
1895 13 0.000037035 13 -100%
1896 22 0.000061541 22 -100%
1897 15 0.000043233 15 -100%
1898 15 0.000039323 15 -100%
1899 16 0.000047165 16 -100%
1900 18 0.000039977 18 -100%
1901 14 0.000040484 14 -100%
1902 23 0.000059473 23 -100%
1903 12 0.00003148 12 -100%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 -100%
1905 25 0.000058973 25 -100%
1906 18 0.000042012 18 -100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 -100%
1908 14 0.00002865 14 -100%
1909 24 0.000046946 24 -100%
1910 29 0.000049093 29 -100%
1911 24 0.000037251 24 -100%
1912 34 0.000034411 34 -100%
1913 36 0.000031659 36 -100%
1914 47 0.000033184 47 -100%
1915 68 0.000037109 68 -100%
1916 68 0.000035153 68 -100%
1917 68 0.000033886 68 -100%
1918 82 0.000037769 82 -100%
1919 59 0.000027959 59 -100%
1920 66 0.000029169 66 -100%
1921 81 0.000034697 7 74 -83%
1922 75 0.000032763 75 -100%
1923 54 0.000023453 54 -100%
1924 46 0.000019315 46 -100%
1925 60 0.000025715 60 -100%
1926 55 0.000023956 55 -100%
1927 46 0.000019833 46 -100%
1928 44 0.000019461 44 -100%
1929 49 0.000022352 49 -100%
1930 52 0.000023389 52 -100%
1931 39 0.000018533 39 -100%
1932 36 0.000017051 36 -100%
1933 42 0.000021006 42 -100%
1934 41 0.000019742 41 -100%
1935 31 0.000014833 31 -100%
1936 29 0.000013959 29 -100%
1937 33 0.000015488 33 -100%
1938 25 0.000011299 25 -100%
1939 46 0.000020876 46 -100%
1940 31 0.000013463 31 -100%
1941 20 0.000008209 20 -100%
1942 36 0.000013178 36 -100%
1943 33 0.000011692 33 -100%
1944 39 0.000014498 39 -100%
1945 38 0.000014324 38 -100%
1946 27 0.00000845 27 -100%
1947 40 0.000011104 40 -100%
1948 43 0.000012455 43 -100%
1949 36 0.000010331 36 -100%
1950 37 0.000010561 37 -100%
1951 38 0.000010316 38 -100%
1952 30 0.000007899 30 -100%
1953 45 0.000011677 45 -100%
1954 31 0.000007788 31 -100%
1955 34 0.000008468 34 -100%
1956 32 0.000007761 32 -100%
1957 29 0.000006901 29 -100%
1958 27 0.000006531 27 -100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 -100%
1960 26 0.000006259 26 -100%
1961 21 0.00000507 21 -100%
1962 18 0.000004461 18 -100%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 -100%
1964 23 0.000005916 23 -100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 -100%
1966 25 0.000007193 25 -100%
1967 22 0.00000648 22 -100%
1968 21 0.000006216 21 -100%
1969 18 0.000005179 18 -100%
1970 15 0.000004159 15 -100%
1971 19 0.000005536 19 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 -100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 -100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 -100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 15 0.000004509 15 -100%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 -100%
1981 22 0.00000636 22 -100%
1982 30 0.000008552 30 -100%
1983 34 0.000009817 34 -100%
1984 39 0.000011179 39 -100%
1985 48 0.000013449 48 -100%
1986 46 0.000012932 46 -100%
1987 46 0.000012758 46 -100%
1988 47 0.00001272 47 -100%
1989 54 0.000014046 54 -100%
1990 80 0.00002024 80 -100%
1991 85 0.000021821 8 77 -81%
1992 100 0.000026033 7 93 -86%
1993 103 0.000027319 5 98 -90%
1994 155 0.000041693 8 147 -90%
1995 154 0.000042052 7 147 -91%
1996 180 0.000049353 8 172 -91%
1997 179 0.000049369 9 170 -90%
1998 194 0.000052743 11 183 -89%
1999 202 0.000054685 8 194 -92%
2000 187 0.000049472 14 173 -85%
2001 201 0.000053695 7 194 -93%
2002 180 0.00004815 7 173 -92%
2003 162 0.000042606 7 155 -91%
2004 193 0.000050511 5 188 -95%
2005 161 0.000041874 6 155 -93%
2006 186 0.000047015 5 181 -95%
2007 219 0.000054782 9 210 -92%
2008 205 0.000052154 205 -100%
2009 190 0.000049736 6 184 -94%
2010 186 0.000050328 11 175 -88%
2011 230 0.000062879 10 220 -91%
2012 214 0.000058512 5 209 -95%
2013 245 0.000067203 12 233 -90%
2014 238 0.000064214 14 224 -88%
2015 245 0.0000662 12 233 -90%
2016 260 0.00007087 24 236 -82%
2017 218 0.000060959 16 202 -85%
2018 261 0.000074234 18 243 -86%
2019 263 0.000075772 17 246 -87%
2020 224 0.000067054 13 211 -88%
2021 262 0.000077333 21 241 -84%
2022 193 0.000057048 20 173 -79%
2023 224 0.000067649 21 203 -81%
2024 249 0.000074808 26 223 -79%

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