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How popular is “Winston” in the USA?

Number of people named “Winston” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Winston” by birth year

This chart shows how “Winston” 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 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 -100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 -100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1896 12 0.000033568 12 -100%
1897 11 0.000031704 11 -100%
1898 17 0.000044566 17 -100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 -100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 -100%
1901 12 0.000034701 12 -100%
1902 11 0.000028443 11 -100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 -100%
1904 14 0.000034698 14 -100%
1905 20 0.000047178 20 -100%
1906 20 0.00004668 20 -100%
1907 21 0.000045123 21 -100%
1908 36 0.000073673 36 -100%
1909 35 0.000068463 35 -100%
1910 20 0.000033858 20 -100%
1911 35 0.000054324 35 -100%
1912 95 0.000096148 95 -100%
1913 92 0.000080907 92 -100%
1914 163 0.000115085 5 158 -94%
1915 197 0.000107508 197 -100%
1916 199 0.000102873 5 194 -95%
1917 207 0.000103152 207 -100%
1918 228 0.000105015 6 222 -95%
1919 208 0.000098567 208 -100%
1920 216 0.000095464 5 211 -95%
1921 289 0.000123795 289 -100%
1922 257 0.000112268 257 -100%
1923 213 0.000092509 213 -100%
1924 262 0.00011001 262 -100%
1925 229 0.000098144 5 224 -96%
1926 235 0.000102356 5 230 -96%
1927 237 0.000102183 237 -100%
1928 206 0.000091113 206 -100%
1929 201 0.00009169 201 -100%
1930 200 0.000089957 200 -100%
1931 182 0.000086486 5 177 -95%
1932 208 0.000098518 208 -100%
1933 188 0.000094026 5 183 -95%
1934 198 0.000095338 198 -100%
1935 174 0.000083258 174 -100%
1936 175 0.000084233 175 -100%
1937 194 0.000091051 194 -100%
1938 174 0.000078641 174 -100%
1939 180 0.00008169 6 174 -93%
1940 336 0.000145917 7 329 -96%
1941 542 0.000222457 542 -100%
1942 523 0.000191448 523 -100%
1943 547 0.000193796 547 -100%
1944 375 0.000139401 5 370 -97%
1945 271 0.000102152 271 -100%
1946 278 0.000087003 7 271 -95%
1947 275 0.00007634 275 -100%
1948 288 0.000083417 288 -100%
1949 267 0.000076619 267 -100%
1950 290 0.000082778 290 -100%
1951 250 0.000067866 250 -100%
1952 262 0.000068984 262 -100%
1953 268 0.000069545 6 262 -96%
1954 270 0.000067827 270 -100%
1955 284 0.000070733 284 -100%
1956 270 0.000065486 270 -100%
1957 256 0.000060921 256 -100%
1958 194 0.000046929 194 -100%
1959 196 0.000047138 196 -100%
1960 190 0.000045741 190 -100%
1961 206 0.000049731 206 -100%
1962 177 0.000043862 177 -100%
1963 207 0.000052296 207 -100%
1964 198 0.000050931 198 -100%
1965 232 0.000063992 232 -100%
1966 208 0.000059845 208 -100%
1967 193 0.00005685 6 187 -94%
1968 161 0.000047656 161 -100%
1969 190 0.000054671 190 -100%
1970 180 0.00004991 180 -100%
1971 207 0.000060308 207 -100%
1972 162 0.000051543 162 -100%
1973 159 0.000052703 159 -100%
1974 144 0.000047368 144 -100%
1975 161 0.000053322 161 -100%
1976 149 0.000049105 149 -100%
1977 181 0.000056981 181 -100%
1978 172 0.000054193 172 -100%
1979 153 0.000045987 153 -100%
1980 177 0.000051386 177 -100%
1981 181 0.000052322 181 -100%
1982 178 0.000050742 178 -100%
1983 152 0.000043888 152 -100%
1984 185 0.000053028 185 -100%
1985 231 0.000064722 8 223 -93%
1986 192 0.000053977 192 -100%
1987 229 0.000063512 6 223 -95%
1988 226 0.000061163 226 -100%
1989 253 0.000065809 253 -100%
1990 282 0.000071348 282 -100%
1991 290 0.000074449 290 -100%
1992 279 0.000072632 279 -100%
1993 255 0.000067634 255 -100%
1994 244 0.000065633 244 -100%
1995 243 0.000066354 243 -100%
1996 247 0.000067723 247 -100%
1997 206 0.000056816 206 -100%
1998 210 0.000057093 210 -100%
1999 264 0.00007147 264 -100%
2000 249 0.000065875 249 -100%
2001 213 0.0000569 213 -100%
2002 218 0.000058315 218 -100%
2003 196 0.000051547 196 -100%
2004 215 0.000056269 215 -100%
2005 244 0.000063462 244 -100%
2006 225 0.000056873 225 -100%
2007 239 0.000059785 239 -100%
2008 270 0.000068691 270 -100%
2009 270 0.000070677 270 -100%
2010 238 0.000064398 238 -100%
2011 305 0.000083384 305 -100%
2012 399 0.000109095 399 -100%
2013 394 0.000108074 394 -100%
2014 518 0.000139759 518 -100%
2015 551 0.000148882 551 -100%
2016 649 0.000176902 649 -100%
2017 790 0.000220905 8 782 -98%
2018 798 0.000226969 8 790 -98%
2019 866 0.000249501 6 860 -99%
2020 737 0.000220621 12 725 -97%
2021 774 0.000228457 12 762 -97%
2022 767 0.000226713 6 761 -98%
2023 807 0.000243719 9 798 -98%
2024 806 0.000242151 9 797 -98%

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