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How popular is “Barclay” in the USA?

Number of people named “Barclay” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Barclay” by birth year

This chart shows how “Barclay” 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
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 -100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 -100%
1922 10 0.000004368 10 -100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 -100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 -100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 -100%
1933 9 0.000004501 9 -100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 -100%
1938 12 0.000005424 12 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1941 15 0.000006157 15 -100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 -100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 -100%
1944 11 0.000004089 11 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 -100%
1948 22 0.000006372 22 -100%
1949 14 0.000004017 14 -100%
1950 14 0.000003996 14 -100%
1951 15 0.000004072 15 -100%
1952 17 0.000004476 17 -100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 -100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 -100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 -100%
1958 18 0.000004354 18 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 -100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1966 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 -100%
1969 30 0.000008632 9 21 -40%
1970 31 0.000008596 5 26 -68%
1971 21 0.000006118 21 -100%
1972 15 0.000004773 15 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1974 19 0.00000625 5 14 -47%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 -100%
1976 22 0.00000725 5 17 -55%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 -100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 -100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 -100%
1981 11 0.00000318 11 -100%
1982 15 0.000004276 15 -100%
1983 13 0.000003754 13 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 17 0.000004763 17 -100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 -100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 -100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 -100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%

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