Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Washington” in the USA?

Number of people named “Washington” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Washington” by birth year

This chart shows how “Washington” 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 24 0.000119116 24 -100%
1881 20 0.000103795 20 -100%
1882 23 0.000103822 23 -100%
1883 20 0.000092189 20 -100%
1884 29 0.000119116 29 -100%
1885 21 0.00008719 21 -100%
1886 21 0.000082251 21 -100%
1887 12 0.000048506 12 -100%
1888 26 0.000086819 26 -100%
1889 19 0.000065756 19 -100%
1890 16 0.000053085 16 -100%
1891 14 0.000048836 14 -100%
1892 17 0.000050841 17 -100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 -100%
1894 15 0.000044288 15 -100%
1895 19 0.000054128 19 -100%
1896 14 0.000039163 14 -100%
1897 19 0.000054762 19 -100%
1898 19 0.000049809 19 -100%
1899 16 0.000047165 16 -100%
1900 28 0.000062187 28 -100%
1901 19 0.000054943 19 -100%
1902 14 0.000036201 14 -100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 -100%
1904 19 0.00004709 19 -100%
1905 14 0.000033025 14 -100%
1906 10 0.00002334 10 -100%
1907 18 0.000038677 18 -100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 -100%
1909 8 0.000015649 8 -100%
1910 26 0.000044015 26 -100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 -100%
1912 27 0.000027326 27 -100%
1913 26 0.000022865 26 -100%
1914 44 0.000031066 44 -100%
1915 48 0.000026195 48 -100%
1916 37 0.000019127 37 -100%
1917 45 0.000022424 45 -100%
1918 46 0.000021187 46 -100%
1919 54 0.000025589 54 -100%
1920 51 0.00002254 51 -100%
1921 60 0.000025701 60 -100%
1922 38 0.0000166 38 -100%
1923 37 0.00001607 37 -100%
1924 46 0.000019315 46 -100%
1925 34 0.000014572 34 -100%
1926 46 0.000020036 46 -100%
1927 42 0.000018108 42 -100%
1928 30 0.000013269 30 -100%
1929 31 0.000014141 31 -100%
1930 29 0.000013044 29 -100%
1931 21 0.000009979 21 -100%
1932 31 0.000014683 31 -100%
1933 31 0.000015504 31 -100%
1934 21 0.000010112 21 -100%
1935 26 0.000012441 26 -100%
1936 23 0.000011071 23 -100%
1937 23 0.000010795 23 -100%
1938 23 0.000010395 23 -100%
1939 21 0.000009531 21 -100%
1940 23 0.000009988 23 -100%
1941 23 0.00000944 23 -100%
1942 16 0.000005857 16 -100%
1943 25 0.000008857 25 -100%
1944 24 0.000008922 24 -100%
1945 24 0.000009047 24 -100%
1946 22 0.000006885 22 -100%
1947 36 0.000009994 36 -100%
1948 22 0.000006372 22 -100%
1949 26 0.000007461 26 -100%
1950 20 0.000005709 20 -100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 -100%
1952 16 0.000004213 16 -100%
1953 18 0.000004671 18 -100%
1954 15 0.000003768 15 -100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 -100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 -100%
1957 21 0.000004997 21 -100%
1958 19 0.000004596 19 -100%
1959 11 0.000002646 11 -100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 16 0.000004042 16 -100%
1964 14 0.000003601 14 -100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 -100%
1966 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 -100%
1968 12 0.000003552 12 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1970 18 0.000004991 18 -100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 -100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 -100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 -100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1979 15 0.000004509 15 -100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 -100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 -100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 15 0.000003795 15 -100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 -100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 -100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 -100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%
2001 11 0.000002939 11 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 15 0.000003926 15 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2008 12 0.000003053 12 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2012 13 0.000003554 13 -100%
2013 12 0.000003292 12 -100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 -100%
2015 11 0.000002972 11 -100%
2016 11 0.000002998 11 -100%
2017 23 0.000006431 23 -100%
2018 12 0.000003413 12 -100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 -100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 -100%

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