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How popular is “Burgess” in the USA?

Number of people named “Burgess” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Burgess” by birth year

This chart shows how “Burgess” 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
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 -100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 -100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 -100%
1913 21 0.000018468 21 -100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 -100%
1915 20 0.000010914 20 -100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 -100%
1917 15 0.000007475 15 -100%
1918 22 0.000010133 22 -100%
1919 26 0.000012321 26 -100%
1920 18 0.000007955 18 -100%
1921 21 0.000008995 21 -100%
1922 28 0.000012232 28 -100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1924 23 0.000009657 23 -100%
1925 22 0.000009429 22 -100%
1926 24 0.000010453 24 -100%
1927 19 0.000008192 19 -100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 -100%
1929 23 0.000010492 23 -100%
1930 15 0.000006747 15 -100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 -100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 -100%
1933 16 0.000008002 16 -100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 -100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 -100%
1936 20 0.000009627 20 -100%
1937 18 0.000008448 18 -100%
1938 19 0.000008587 19 -100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 -100%
1941 23 0.00000944 23 -100%
1942 26 0.000009517 26 -100%
1943 19 0.000006731 19 -100%
1944 22 0.000008178 22 -100%
1945 14 0.000005277 14 -100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 -100%
1947 18 0.000004997 18 -100%
1948 16 0.000004634 16 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 -100%
1951 10 0.000002715 10 -100%
1952 13 0.000003423 13 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 -100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 -100%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 -100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 -100%
1958 15 0.000003629 15 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 -100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 -100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1966 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 -100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 15 0.000004773 15 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 -100%

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