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How popular is “Deforest” in the USA?

Number of people named “Deforest” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Deforest” by birth year

This chart shows how “Deforest” 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
1881 9 0.000046708 9 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 12 0.000010553 12 -100%
1914 17 0.000012003 17 -100%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 -100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 -100%
1917 23 0.000011461 23 -100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 -100%
1919 24 0.000011373 24 -100%
1920 26 0.000011491 26 -100%
1921 24 0.000010281 24 -100%
1922 16 0.000006989 16 -100%
1923 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 -100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 -100%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 -100%
1927 18 0.000007761 18 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 18 0.000008211 18 -100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 14 0.000006631 14 -100%
1933 9 0.000004501 9 -100%
1934 20 0.00000963 20 -100%
1935 16 0.000007656 16 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 -100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 -100%
1944 11 0.000004089 11 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 -100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%

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