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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Burr” in the USA?

Number of people named “Burr” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Burr” by birth year

This chart shows how “Burr” 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 11 0.000054595 11 -100%
1882 9 0.000040626 9 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 -100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 -100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 -100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 15 0.000015181 15 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 17 0.000012003 17 -100%
1915 21 0.00001146 21 -100%
1916 23 0.00001189 23 -100%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 -100%
1918 17 0.00000783 17 -100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 -100%
1920 22 0.000009723 22 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 23 0.000010047 23 -100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 15 0.000006429 15 -100%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 -100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 -100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 -100%
1929 16 0.000007299 16 -100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 -100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 -100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 -100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 -100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1941 17 0.000006977 17 -100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 -100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 -100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 -100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 -100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1956 15 0.000003638 15 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 -100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%

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