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How popular is “Brit” in the USA?

Number of people named “Brit” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Brit” by birth year

This chart shows how “Brit” 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
1921 6 0.00000257 6 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 -100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 -100%
1953 11 0.000002854 11 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1957 13 0.000003094 13 -100%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 -100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 -100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 -100%
1963 14 0.000003537 14 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1966 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 -100%
1968 19 0.000005624 6 13 -37%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1970 19 0.000005268 19 -100%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 -100%
1972 15 0.000004773 6 9 -20%
1973 14 0.000004641 7 7 0%
1974 13 0.000004276 6 7 -8%
1975 16 0.000005299 8 8 0%
1976 14 0.000004614 6 8 -14%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1978 12 0.000003781 6 6 0%
1979 20 0.000006011 7 13 -30%
1980 15 0.000004355 15 -100%
1981 12 0.000003469 12 -100%
1982 19 0.000005416 9 10 -5%
1983 14 0.000004042 8 6 14%
1984 14 0.000004013 7 7 0%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 -100%
1986 22 0.000006185 7 15 -36%
1987 18 0.000004992 18 -100%
1988 19 0.000005142 8 11 -16%
1989 24 0.000006243 6 18 -50%
1990 21 0.000005313 6 15 -43%
1991 20 0.000005134 8 12 -20%
1992 16 0.000004165 16 -100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 -100%
1994 17 0.000004573 7 10 -18%
1995 14 0.000003823 6 8 -14%
1996 10 0.000002742 5 5 0%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2002 15 0.000004013 7 8 -7%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%

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