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How popular is “Byrd” in the USA?

Number of people named “Byrd” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Byrd” by birth year

This chart shows how “Byrd” 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 6 0.000029779 6 100%
1881 14 0.000072656 5 9 -29%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 -100%
1883 19 0.000087579 12 7 26%
1884 15 0.000061612 7 8 -7%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 -100%
1886 15 0.000058751 8 7 7%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 100%
1889 17 0.000058835 12 5 41%
1890 15 0.000049768 10 5 33%
1891 17 0.000059301 10 7 18%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 16 0.000049197 16 100%
1894 23 0.000067909 15 8 30%
1895 20 0.000056977 10 10 0%
1896 11 0.000030771 5 6 -9%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 100%
1900 13 0.000028872 5 8 -23%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 100%
1903 13 0.000034103 8 5 23%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 15 0.000035384 9 6 20%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 100%
1909 8 0.000015649 8 -100%
1910 11 0.000018622 5 6 -9%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 21 0.000018468 12 9 14%
1914 16 0.000011297 16 -100%
1915 32 0.000017463 13 19 -19%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 -100%
1917 18 0.00000897 7 11 -22%
1918 27 0.000012436 5 22 -63%
1919 33 0.000015638 7 26 -58%
1920 20 0.000008839 20 -100%
1921 17 0.000007282 17 -100%
1922 31 0.000013542 7 24 -55%
1923 20 0.000008686 20 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 15 0.000006429 15 -100%
1926 30 0.000013067 8 22 -47%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 -100%
1928 21 0.000009288 21 -100%
1929 19 0.000008667 6 13 -37%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1934 23 0.000011075 6 17 -48%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 -100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 -100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 -100%
1942 11 0.000004027 11 -100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 -100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 -100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1951 11 0.000002986 11 -100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%

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