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How popular is “December” in the USA?

Number of people named “December” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “December” by birth year

This chart shows how “December” 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
1960 5 0.000001204 5 100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 100%
1968 8 0.000002368 8 100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 100%
1974 17 0.000005592 17 100%
1975 19 0.000006293 19 100%
1976 20 0.000006591 20 100%
1977 24 0.000007555 24 100%
1978 26 0.000008192 26 100%
1979 32 0.000009618 32 100%
1980 26 0.000007548 26 100%
1981 25 0.000007227 25 100%
1982 17 0.000004846 17 100%
1983 17 0.000004909 17 100%
1984 22 0.000006306 22 100%
1985 16 0.000004483 16 100%
1986 34 0.000009558 34 100%
1987 18 0.000004992 18 100%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 100%
1989 26 0.000006763 26 100%
1990 20 0.00000506 20 100%
1991 24 0.000006161 24 100%
1992 25 0.000006508 25 100%
1993 24 0.000006366 24 100%
1994 25 0.000006725 25 100%
1995 40 0.000010923 40 100%
1996 33 0.000009048 33 100%
1997 42 0.000011584 42 100%
1998 34 0.000009244 34 100%
1999 32 0.000008663 32 100%
2000 27 0.000007143 27 100%
2001 28 0.00000748 28 100%
2002 27 0.000007223 27 100%
2003 30 0.00000789 30 100%
2004 35 0.00000916 35 100%
2005 31 0.000008063 31 100%
2006 29 0.00000733 29 100%
2007 32 0.000008005 32 100%
2008 36 0.000009159 36 100%
2009 45 0.00001178 45 100%
2010 31 0.000008388 31 100%
2011 34 0.000009295 34 100%
2012 46 0.000012577 46 100%
2013 33 0.000009052 33 100%
2014 43 0.000011602 43 100%
2015 40 0.000010808 40 100%
2016 38 0.000010358 32 6 68%
2017 34 0.000009507 34 100%
2018 34 0.00000967 34 100%
2019 30 0.000008643 30 100%
2020 35 0.000010477 35 100%
2021 37 0.000010921 37 100%
2022 37 0.000010937 32 5 73%
2023 32 0.000009664 32 100%
2024 25 0.000007511 25 100%

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