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How popular is “Bryan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bryan” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Bryan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bryan” 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
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1895 27 0.000076919 27 -100%
1896 157 0.00043918 157 -100%
1897 97 0.000279574 97 -100%
1898 57 0.000149428 57 -100%
1899 36 0.000106121 36 -100%
1900 55 0.000122152 55 -100%
1901 19 0.000054943 19 -100%
1902 11 0.000028443 11 -100%
1903 10 0.000026233 10 -100%
1904 14 0.000034698 14 -100%
1905 10 0.000023589 10 -100%
1906 9 0.000021006 9 -100%
1907 22 0.000047272 22 -100%
1908 27 0.000055254 27 -100%
1909 20 0.000039122 20 -100%
1910 12 0.000020315 12 -100%
1911 15 0.000023282 15 -100%
1912 27 0.000027326 27 -100%
1913 45 0.000039574 45 -100%
1914 52 0.000036714 52 -100%
1915 50 0.000027286 50 -100%
1916 45 0.000023263 45 -100%
1917 52 0.000025913 52 -100%
1918 77 0.000035466 77 -100%
1919 87 0.000041227 87 -100%
1920 83 0.000036683 83 -100%
1921 103 0.000044121 103 -100%
1922 119 0.000051984 119 -100%
1923 98 0.000042563 98 -100%
1924 116 0.000048707 116 -100%
1925 149 0.000063858 149 -100%
1926 139 0.000060543 139 -100%
1927 105 0.000045271 105 -100%
1928 126 0.000055729 126 -100%
1929 124 0.000056565 124 -100%
1930 122 0.000054874 122 -100%
1931 125 0.0000594 125 -100%
1932 125 0.000059205 125 -100%
1933 109 0.000054515 109 -100%
1934 122 0.000058744 122 -100%
1935 108 0.000051677 108 -100%
1936 114 0.000054872 114 -100%
1937 132 0.000061952 132 -100%
1938 161 0.000072766 161 -100%
1939 177 0.000080329 177 -100%
1940 200 0.000086855 200 -100%
1941 216 0.000088654 216 -100%
1942 298 0.000109085 298 -100%
1943 320 0.000113372 320 -100%
1944 340 0.00012639 340 -100%
1945 308 0.000116099 308 -100%
1946 460 0.000143961 460 -100%
1947 602 0.000167114 602 -100%
1948 561 0.00016249 561 -100%
1949 671 0.000192552 671 -100%
1950 737 0.00021037 737 -100%
1951 815 0.000221243 6 809 -99%
1952 849 0.000223538 849 -100%
1953 1049 0.00027221 1049 -100%
1954 1225 0.000307734 1225 -100%
1955 1568 0.000390528 1568 -100%
1956 2438 0.000591312 2438 -100%
1957 3386 0.000805779 11 3375 -99%
1958 4101 0.00099204 12 4089 -99%
1959 4502 0.001082734 13 4489 -99%
1960 4792 0.001153638 15 4777 -99%
1961 5039 0.001216474 11 5028 -100%
1962 5001 0.001239291 10 4991 -100%
1963 5276 0.001332929 21 5255 -99%
1964 5291 0.001360992 17 5274 -99%
1965 5360 0.001478438 16 5344 -99%
1966 5912 0.001700974 21 5891 -99%
1967 6046 0.001780908 29 6017 -99%
1968 6286 0.001860637 32 6254 -99%
1969 6505 0.001871769 36 6469 -99%
1970 6487 0.00179869 36 6451 -99%
1971 6650 0.001937445 38 6612 -99%
1972 7078 0.002251993 44 7034 -99%
1973 7149 0.002369661 37 7112 -99%
1974 7270 0.002391448 42 7228 -99%
1975 7032 0.002328944 34 6998 -99%
1976 7329 0.002415384 40 7289 -99%
1977 7930 0.002496463 44 7886 -99%
1978 7346 0.002314524 55 7291 -99%
1979 7481 0.002248572 40 7441 -99%
1980 7577 0.002199735 65 7512 -98%
1981 7264 0.002099801 49 7215 -99%
1982 7555 0.002153672 56 7499 -99%
1983 8260 0.002384982 69 8191 -98%
1984 8333 0.002388531 63 8270 -98%
1985 8788 0.002462239 71 8717 -98%
1986 8707 0.002447796 56 8651 -99%
1987 8622 0.002391271 61 8561 -99%
1988 8089 0.002189149 53 8036 -99%
1989 7888 0.00205179 36 7852 -99%
1990 7468 0.001889448 29 7439 -99%
1991 6791 0.001743399 34 6757 -99%
1992 6862 0.001786387 27 6835 -99%
1993 6195 0.001643114 36 6159 -99%
1994 5628 0.001513858 22 5606 -99%
1995 5461 0.001491198 17 5444 -99%
1996 5577 0.00152912 17 5560 -99%
1997 5275 0.001454872 24 5251 -99%
1998 5322 0.001446901 13 5309 -100%
1999 5414 0.001465673 23 5391 -99%
2000 6170 0.001632317 27 6143 -99%
2001 6151 0.001643163 26 6125 -99%
2002 6641 0.00177648 24 6617 -99%
2003 6639 0.00174604 20 6619 -99%
2004 6761 0.001769468 29 6732 -99%
2005 6465 0.001681472 11 6454 -100%
2006 6715 0.001697341 16 6699 -100%
2007 6191 0.001548647 11 6180 -100%
2008 5519 0.001404088 14 5505 -99%
2009 4865 0.001273502 9 4856 -100%
2010 3950 0.001068798 13 3937 -99%
2011 3526 0.00096397 7 3519 -100%
2012 3093 0.00084569 10 3083 -99%
2013 2893 0.000793545 2893 -100%
2014 2739 0.000738997 9 2730 -99%
2015 2492 0.000673348 2492 -100%
2016 2134 0.000581678 5 2129 -100%
2017 1840 0.000514513 1840 -100%
2018 1641 0.000466737 1641 -100%
2019 1425 0.000410552 1425 -100%
2020 1359 0.000406816 1359 -100%
2021 1216 0.000358919 5 1211 -99%
2022 1172 0.000346424 1172 -100%
2023 1082 0.00032677 1082 -100%
2024 1105 0.000331981 1105 -100%

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