Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Buzz” in the USA?

Number of people named “Buzz” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Buzz” by birth year

This chart shows how “Buzz” 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
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1949 14 0.000004017 14 -100%
1950 11 0.00000314 11 -100%
1951 19 0.000005158 19 -100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 -100%
1953 18 0.000004671 18 -100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 -100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 -100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 -100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 -100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 -100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 -100%
1962 16 0.000003965 16 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 -100%

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