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How popular is “Buster” in the USA?

Number of people named “Buster” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Buster” by birth year

This chart shows how “Buster” 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 8 0.000039705 8 -100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1882 9 0.000040626 9 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 -100%
1885 14 0.000058127 14 -100%
1886 17 0.000066584 17 -100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1889 15 0.000051913 15 -100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 -100%
1891 13 0.000045348 13 -100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 -100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 -100%
1894 15 0.000044288 15 -100%
1895 16 0.000045581 16 -100%
1896 21 0.000058744 21 -100%
1897 19 0.000054762 19 -100%
1898 11 0.000028837 11 -100%
1899 16 0.000047165 16 -100%
1900 25 0.000055524 25 -100%
1901 18 0.000052051 18 -100%
1902 29 0.000074987 29 -100%
1903 23 0.000060336 23 -100%
1904 40 0.000099136 40 -100%
1905 52 0.000122664 52 -100%
1906 60 0.000140039 60 -100%
1907 64 0.000137519 64 -100%
1908 71 0.000145299 71 -100%
1909 85 0.000166268 85 -100%
1910 98 0.000165902 98 -100%
1911 110 0.000170734 110 -100%
1912 140 0.000141692 140 -100%
1913 155 0.00013631 155 -100%
1914 186 0.000131324 186 -100%
1915 214 0.000116785 214 -100%
1916 219 0.000113212 219 -100%
1917 206 0.000102654 206 -100%
1918 251 0.000115609 5 246 -96%
1919 219 0.000103779 219 -100%
1920 207 0.000091486 207 -100%
1921 233 0.000099807 233 -100%
1922 184 0.000080379 184 -100%
1923 194 0.000084257 194 -100%
1924 201 0.000084397 201 -100%
1925 191 0.000081858 191 -100%
1926 148 0.000064463 148 -100%
1927 181 0.000078039 181 -100%
1928 148 0.00006546 148 -100%
1929 135 0.000061583 135 -100%
1930 142 0.000063869 142 -100%
1931 114 0.000054173 114 -100%
1932 138 0.000065363 138 -100%
1933 116 0.000058016 116 -100%
1934 114 0.000054892 114 -100%
1935 105 0.000050242 105 -100%
1936 105 0.00005054 105 -100%
1937 116 0.000054443 116 -100%
1938 75 0.000033897 75 -100%
1939 78 0.000035399 78 -100%
1940 95 0.000041256 95 -100%
1941 66 0.000027089 66 -100%
1942 93 0.000034043 93 -100%
1943 85 0.000030115 85 -100%
1944 75 0.00002788 75 -100%
1945 81 0.000030533 81 -100%
1946 83 0.000025976 83 -100%
1947 78 0.000021653 78 -100%
1948 82 0.000023751 82 -100%
1949 74 0.000021235 74 -100%
1950 95 0.000027117 95 -100%
1951 91 0.000024703 91 -100%
1952 71 0.000018694 71 -100%
1953 79 0.0000205 79 -100%
1954 60 0.000015073 60 -100%
1955 63 0.000015691 63 -100%
1956 65 0.000015765 65 -100%
1957 72 0.000017134 72 -100%
1958 55 0.000013305 55 -100%
1959 43 0.000010342 43 -100%
1960 55 0.000013241 55 -100%
1961 39 0.000009415 39 -100%
1962 46 0.000011399 46 -100%
1963 31 0.000007832 31 -100%
1964 34 0.000008746 34 -100%
1965 42 0.000011585 42 -100%
1966 37 0.000010645 37 -100%
1967 19 0.000005597 19 -100%
1968 21 0.000006216 21 -100%
1969 31 0.00000892 31 -100%
1970 20 0.000005546 20 -100%
1971 27 0.000007866 27 -100%
1972 28 0.000008909 28 -100%
1973 20 0.000006629 20 -100%
1974 21 0.000006908 21 -100%
1975 22 0.000007286 22 -100%
1976 27 0.000008898 27 -100%
1977 31 0.000009759 31 -100%
1978 26 0.000008192 26 -100%
1979 35 0.00001052 35 -100%
1980 23 0.000006677 23 -100%
1981 22 0.00000636 22 -100%
1982 19 0.000005416 19 -100%
1983 21 0.000006064 21 -100%
1984 22 0.000006306 22 -100%
1985 17 0.000004763 17 -100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 -100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 -100%
1988 16 0.00000433 16 -100%
1989 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
1990 18 0.000004554 18 -100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 -100%
1992 17 0.000004426 17 -100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 19 0.000005188 19 -100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2001 14 0.00000374 14 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2005 14 0.000003641 14 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 -100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2010 11 0.000002976 11 -100%
2011 14 0.000003827 14 -100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 -100%
2013 12 0.000003292 12 -100%
2014 18 0.000004856 18 -100%
2015 17 0.000004593 17 -100%
2016 13 0.000003543 13 -100%
2017 13 0.000003635 13 -100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 -100%
2019 12 0.000003457 12 -100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 -100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 -100%
2022 21 0.000006207 21 -100%
2023 12 0.000003624 12 -100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 -100%

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