Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ab” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ab” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ab” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ab” 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%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 -100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 -100%
1918 6 0.000002764 6 -100%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 -100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 -100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
2000 17 0.000004497 17 -100%
2001 15 0.000004007 15 -100%
2002 17 0.000004548 17 -100%
2003 25 0.000006575 25 -100%
2004 33 0.000008637 33 -100%
2005 30 0.000007803 30 -100%
2006 32 0.000008089 32 -100%
2007 41 0.000010256 41 -100%
2008 24 0.000006106 24 -100%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%

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