Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Usher” in the USA?

Number of people named “Usher” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Usher” by birth year

This chart shows how “Usher” 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 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 15 0.000004096 15 -100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 -100%
1997 19 0.00000524 19 -100%
1998 22 0.000005981 22 -100%
1999 19 0.000005144 19 -100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 -100%
2001 19 0.000005076 19 -100%
2002 29 0.000007758 29 -100%
2003 15 0.000003945 15 -100%
2004 43 0.000011254 43 -100%
2005 46 0.000011964 46 -100%
2006 38 0.000009605 38 -100%
2007 35 0.000008755 35 -100%
2008 45 0.000011448 45 -100%
2009 36 0.000009424 36 -100%
2010 32 0.000008659 32 -100%
2011 44 0.000012029 44 -100%
2012 59 0.000016132 59 -100%
2013 41 0.000011246 41 -100%
2014 31 0.000008364 31 -100%
2015 45 0.000012159 45 -100%
2016 41 0.000011176 41 -100%
2017 34 0.000009507 34 -100%
2018 36 0.000010239 36 -100%
2019 58 0.00001671 58 -100%
2020 37 0.000011076 37 -100%
2021 43 0.000012692 43 -100%
2022 44 0.000013006 44 -100%
2023 60 0.00001812 60 -100%
2024 61 0.000018327 61 -100%

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