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How popular is “Burns” in the USA?

Number of people named “Burns” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Burns” by birth year

This chart shows how “Burns” 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
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 -100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 27 0.000013958 27 -100%
1917 20 0.000009966 20 -100%
1918 22 0.000010133 22 -100%
1919 14 0.000006634 14 -100%
1920 30 0.000013259 30 -100%
1921 16 0.000006854 16 -100%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 -100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 20 0.000008398 20 -100%
1925 21 0.000009 21 -100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 -100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 -100%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 -100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 -100%
1932 18 0.000008526 18 -100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 -100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 -100%
1948 15 0.000004345 15 -100%
1950 16 0.000004567 16 -100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 -100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 -100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%

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