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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Burt” in the USA?

Number of people named “Burt” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Burt” by birth year

This chart shows how “Burt” 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 42 0.000208453 42 -100%
1881 37 0.00019202 37 -100%
1882 31 0.000139934 31 -100%
1883 35 0.00016133 35 -100%
1884 29 0.000119116 29 -100%
1885 20 0.000083038 20 -100%
1886 19 0.000074418 19 -100%
1887 17 0.000068717 17 -100%
1888 30 0.000100176 30 -100%
1889 17 0.000058835 17 -100%
1890 30 0.000099535 30 -100%
1891 14 0.000048836 14 -100%
1892 14 0.000041869 14 -100%
1893 22 0.000067646 22 -100%
1894 14 0.000041336 14 -100%
1895 22 0.000062674 22 -100%
1896 12 0.000033568 12 -100%
1897 17 0.000048997 17 -100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 -100%
1899 21 0.000061904 21 -100%
1900 18 0.000039977 18 -100%
1901 13 0.000037593 13 -100%
1902 12 0.000031029 12 -100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 -100%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 -100%
1905 11 0.000025948 11 -100%
1906 18 0.000042012 18 -100%
1907 16 0.00003438 16 -100%
1908 13 0.000026604 13 -100%
1909 21 0.000041078 21 -100%
1910 20 0.000033858 20 -100%
1911 22 0.000034147 22 -100%
1912 34 0.000034411 34 -100%
1913 36 0.000031659 36 -100%
1914 37 0.000026124 37 -100%
1915 66 0.000036018 66 -100%
1916 66 0.000034119 66 -100%
1917 60 0.000029899 60 -100%
1918 84 0.00003869 84 -100%
1919 57 0.000027011 57 -100%
1920 73 0.000032263 73 -100%
1921 78 0.000033412 78 -100%
1922 82 0.000035821 82 -100%
1923 75 0.000032574 75 -100%
1924 65 0.000027292 65 -100%
1925 78 0.000033429 78 -100%
1926 71 0.000030925 71 -100%
1927 84 0.000036217 84 -100%
1928 73 0.000032287 73 -100%
1929 77 0.000035125 77 -100%
1930 79 0.000035533 79 -100%
1931 81 0.000038491 81 -100%
1932 77 0.000036471 77 -100%
1933 67 0.000033509 67 -100%
1934 70 0.000033705 70 -100%
1935 78 0.000037322 78 -100%
1936 78 0.000037544 78 -100%
1937 69 0.000032384 69 -100%
1938 72 0.000032541 72 -100%
1939 58 0.000026322 58 -100%
1940 74 0.000032136 74 -100%
1941 55 0.000022574 55 -100%
1942 73 0.000026722 73 -100%
1943 86 0.000030469 86 -100%
1944 70 0.000026022 70 -100%
1945 68 0.000025632 68 -100%
1946 68 0.000021281 68 -100%
1947 88 0.000024429 88 -100%
1948 109 0.000031571 109 -100%
1949 111 0.000031853 111 -100%
1950 101 0.000028829 101 -100%
1951 123 0.00003339 123 -100%
1952 113 0.000029752 113 -100%
1953 128 0.000033215 128 -100%
1954 141 0.000035421 141 -100%
1955 122 0.000030385 122 -100%
1956 152 0.000036866 152 -100%
1957 120 0.000028557 120 -100%
1958 116 0.000028061 116 -100%
1959 122 0.000029341 122 -100%
1960 107 0.000025759 107 -100%
1961 91 0.000021968 91 -100%
1962 109 0.000027011 109 -100%
1963 103 0.000026022 103 -100%
1964 89 0.000022893 89 -100%
1965 90 0.000024825 90 -100%
1966 85 0.000024456 85 -100%
1967 97 0.000028572 97 -100%
1968 78 0.000023088 78 -100%
1969 73 0.000021005 73 -100%
1970 76 0.000021073 76 -100%
1971 68 0.000019811 68 -100%
1972 58 0.000018454 58 -100%
1973 100 0.000033147 100 -100%
1974 63 0.000020724 63 -100%
1975 67 0.00002219 67 -100%
1976 57 0.000018785 57 -100%
1977 64 0.000020148 64 -100%
1978 66 0.000020795 66 -100%
1979 50 0.000015029 50 -100%
1980 49 0.000014226 49 -100%
1981 44 0.000012719 44 -100%
1982 36 0.000010262 36 -100%
1983 25 0.000007218 25 -100%
1984 31 0.000008886 31 -100%
1985 16 0.000004483 16 -100%
1986 17 0.000004779 17 -100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 -100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 16 0.000004165 16 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%

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