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How popular is “Bruce” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bruce” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Bruce” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bruce” 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 47 0.000233269 47 -100%
1881 34 0.000176451 34 -100%
1882 66 0.000297924 66 -100%
1883 50 0.000230472 50 -100%
1884 40 0.000164297 40 -100%
1885 56 0.000232506 56 -100%
1886 55 0.000215419 55 -100%
1887 44 0.000177855 44 -100%
1888 45 0.000150263 45 -100%
1889 62 0.000214573 62 -100%
1890 59 0.000195753 59 -100%
1891 50 0.000174415 50 -100%
1892 60 0.00017944 60 -100%
1893 64 0.000196788 64 -100%
1894 63 0.000186011 63 -100%
1895 70 0.000199419 5 65 -86%
1896 75 0.0002098 6 69 -84%
1897 58 0.000167168 58 -100%
1898 64 0.000167779 64 -100%
1899 66 0.000194556 66 -100%
1900 86 0.000191002 86 -100%
1901 65 0.000187963 65 -100%
1902 60 0.000155146 60 -100%
1903 67 0.000175761 67 -100%
1904 87 0.000215621 87 -100%
1905 85 0.000200509 85 -100%
1906 77 0.000179717 77 -100%
1907 89 0.000191237 89 -100%
1908 104 0.000212832 5 99 -90%
1909 121 0.000236687 121 -100%
1910 98 0.000165902 98 -100%
1911 160 0.00024834 5 155 -94%
1912 328 0.000331963 328 -100%
1913 396 0.000348251 6 390 -97%
1914 537 0.000379145 7 530 -97%
1915 670 0.000365635 7 663 -98%
1916 756 0.000390815 16 740 -96%
1917 811 0.000404136 6 805 -99%
1918 1000 0.000460594 12 988 -98%
1919 892 0.0004227 12 880 -97%
1920 1015 0.00044859 19 996 -96%
1921 1083 0.00046391 13 1070 -98%
1922 1117 0.000487953 11 1106 -98%
1923 1237 0.000537247 13 1224 -98%
1924 1322 0.000555087 11 1311 -98%
1925 1361 0.000583294 7 1354 -99%
1926 1423 0.000619799 10 1413 -99%
1927 1472 0.000634658 13 1459 -98%
1928 1648 0.000728901 20 1628 -98%
1929 1630 0.000743559 12 1618 -99%
1930 1728 0.000777227 15 1713 -98%
1931 1796 0.000853455 9 1787 -99%
1932 1947 0.000922185 12 1935 -99%
1933 2048 0.001024283 11 2037 -99%
1934 2414 0.001162356 13 2401 -99%
1935 2455 0.001174697 8 2447 -99%
1936 2639 0.001270229 9 2630 -99%
1937 2823 0.001324935 14 2809 -99%
1938 3143 0.001420517 16 3127 -99%
1939 3240 0.001470427 7 3233 -100%
1940 3805 0.001652419 16 3789 -99%
1941 4315 0.001771037 13 4302 -99%
1942 5402 0.001977438 17 5385 -99%
1943 5450 0.001930872 20 5430 -99%
1944 5279 0.001962396 17 5262 -99%
1945 5629 0.002121821 14 5615 -100%
1946 8477 0.002652953 18 8459 -100%
1947 10549 0.002928389 25 10524 -100%
1948 11090 0.003212148 25 11065 -100%
1949 12298 0.003529065 33 12265 -99%
1950 12701 0.003625379 27 12674 -100%
1951 14125 0.003834419 35 14090 -100%
1952 14511 0.00382069 31 14480 -100%
1953 14079 0.003653425 31 14048 -100%
1954 14190 0.003564693 35 14155 -100%
1955 14116 0.003515746 33 14083 -100%
1956 14693 0.003563635 33 14660 -100%
1957 13913 0.00331093 31 13882 -100%
1958 12511 0.003026437 36 12475 -99%
1959 11949 0.002873743 37 11912 -99%
1960 10999 0.002647927 33 10966 -99%
1961 10734 0.002591313 30 10704 -99%
1962 10069 0.002495185 31 10038 -99%
1963 9306 0.002351069 33 9273 -99%
1964 7931 0.002040074 38 7893 -99%
1965 6352 0.001752059 27 6325 -99%
1966 5875 0.001690329 32 5843 -99%
1967 5085 0.001497836 19 5066 -99%
1968 4514 0.00133613 28 4486 -99%
1969 4061 0.001168524 18 4043 -99%
1970 3498 0.000969912 16 3482 -99%
1971 2994 0.000872287 22 2972 -99%
1972 2328 0.000740695 15 2313 -99%
1973 1929 0.000639401 15 1914 -98%
1974 1868 0.000614474 14 1854 -99%
1975 1798 0.000595484 9 1789 -99%
1976 1707 0.000562568 17 1690 -98%
1977 1713 0.000539274 13 1700 -98%
1978 1714 0.000540035 13 1701 -98%
1979 1724 0.000518185 12 1712 -99%
1980 1667 0.000483959 17 1650 -98%
1981 1641 0.000474363 7 1634 -99%
1982 1598 0.000455535 9 1589 -99%
1983 1451 0.00041896 11 1440 -98%
1984 1470 0.000421354 10 1460 -99%
1985 1428 0.0004001 16 1412 -98%
1986 1356 0.000381212 8 1348 -99%
1987 1312 0.000363877 8 1304 -99%
1988 1292 0.000349658 6 1286 -99%
1989 1212 0.00031526 1212 -100%
1990 1170 0.000296017 1170 -100%
1991 1045 0.000268274 6 1039 -99%
1992 922 0.000240025 922 -100%
1993 822 0.000218021 822 -100%
1994 747 0.000200933 747 -100%
1995 670 0.000182952 5 665 -99%
1996 663 0.000181784 663 -100%
1997 631 0.000174033 631 -100%
1998 652 0.00017726 652 -100%
1999 589 0.000159453 589 -100%
2000 563 0.000148946 563 -100%
2001 579 0.000154673 579 -100%
2002 510 0.000136426 510 -100%
2003 509 0.000133866 509 -100%
2004 532 0.000139233 532 -100%
2005 490 0.000127443 490 -100%
2006 550 0.000139023 550 -100%
2007 636 0.000159092 636 -100%
2008 581 0.000147812 581 -100%
2009 586 0.000153396 586 -100%
2010 485 0.000131232 485 -100%
2011 574 0.000156925 574 -100%
2012 668 0.000182645 668 -100%
2013 710 0.000194752 710 -100%
2014 773 0.00020856 773 -100%
2015 765 0.000206706 765 -100%
2016 702 0.000191349 702 -100%
2017 721 0.000201611 721 -100%
2018 612 0.000174067 612 -100%
2019 624 0.000179779 624 -100%
2020 587 0.000175718 587 -100%
2021 548 0.00016175 548 -100%
2022 526 0.000155477 526 -100%
2023 547 0.000165197 547 -100%
2024 553 0.000166141 553 -100%

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