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How popular is “Dempsey” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dempsey” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dempsey” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dempsey” 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 11 0.000054595 11 -100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1883 9 0.000041485 9 -100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 -100%
1910 12 0.000020315 12 -100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 -100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 -100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 -100%
1914 18 0.000012709 18 -100%
1915 32 0.000017463 32 -100%
1916 25 0.000012924 25 -100%
1917 36 0.000017939 36 -100%
1918 44 0.000020266 44 -100%
1919 107 0.000050705 107 -100%
1920 98 0.000043312 5 93 -90%
1921 108 0.000046262 108 -100%
1922 81 0.000035384 81 -100%
1923 82 0.000035614 6 76 -85%
1924 41 0.000017215 41 -100%
1925 59 0.000025286 59 -100%
1926 53 0.000023085 53 -100%
1927 75 0.000032337 75 -100%
1928 69 0.000030518 69 -100%
1929 49 0.000022352 49 -100%
1930 55 0.000024738 55 -100%
1931 41 0.000019483 41 -100%
1932 40 0.000018946 40 -100%
1933 43 0.000021506 43 -100%
1934 42 0.000020223 42 -100%
1935 35 0.000016747 35 -100%
1936 26 0.000012515 26 -100%
1937 41 0.000019243 41 -100%
1938 45 0.000020338 45 -100%
1939 35 0.000015884 35 -100%
1940 30 0.000013028 30 -100%
1941 47 0.000019291 7 40 -70%
1942 42 0.000015374 42 -100%
1943 37 0.000013109 37 -100%
1944 39 0.000014498 39 -100%
1945 35 0.000013193 35 -100%
1946 38 0.000011892 38 -100%
1947 41 0.000011382 6 35 -71%
1948 48 0.000013903 48 -100%
1949 54 0.000015496 54 -100%
1950 38 0.000010847 38 -100%
1951 41 0.00001113 41 -100%
1952 32 0.000008425 32 -100%
1953 32 0.000008304 32 -100%
1954 43 0.000010802 43 -100%
1955 39 0.000009713 39 -100%
1956 31 0.000007519 31 -100%
1957 32 0.000007615 32 -100%
1958 46 0.000011127 46 -100%
1959 34 0.000008177 34 -100%
1960 24 0.000005778 24 -100%
1961 32 0.000007725 32 -100%
1962 28 0.000006939 28 -100%
1963 20 0.000005053 20 -100%
1964 36 0.00000926 36 -100%
1965 23 0.000006344 23 -100%
1966 17 0.000004891 17 -100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 -100%
1968 22 0.000006512 22 -100%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 -100%
1970 26 0.000007209 26 -100%
1971 11 0.000003205 11 -100%
1972 19 0.000006045 19 -100%
1973 24 0.000007955 24 -100%
1974 25 0.000008224 25 -100%
1975 16 0.000005299 16 -100%
1976 14 0.000004614 14 -100%
1977 12 0.000003778 12 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 23 0.000006913 23 -100%
1980 23 0.000006677 23 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 -100%
1983 13 0.000003754 13 -100%
1984 14 0.000004013 14 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 -100%
1987 19 0.00000527 19 -100%
1988 16 0.00000433 16 -100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 -100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 -100%
1991 15 0.000003851 15 -100%
1992 17 0.000004426 17 -100%
1993 18 0.000004774 8 10 -11%
1994 15 0.000004035 15 -100%
1995 20 0.000005461 5 15 -50%
1996 34 0.000009322 12 22 -29%
1997 22 0.000006068 22 -100%
1998 27 0.000007341 9 18 -33%
1999 17 0.000004602 17 -100%
2000 24 0.000006349 5 19 -58%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 -100%
2002 18 0.000004815 18 -100%
2003 18 0.000004734 18 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2005 22 0.000005722 5 17 -55%
2006 23 0.000005814 23 -100%
2007 37 0.000009255 9 28 -51%
2008 40 0.000010176 11 29 -45%
2009 44 0.000011518 16 28 -27%
2010 56 0.000015153 9 47 -68%
2011 93 0.000025425 25 68 -46%
2012 80 0.000021874 18 62 -55%
2013 114 0.00003127 37 77 -35%
2014 124 0.000033456 30 94 -52%
2015 109 0.000029452 37 72 -32%
2016 95 0.000025895 24 71 -49%
2017 87 0.000024328 21 66 -52%
2018 81 0.000023038 26 55 -36%
2019 92 0.000026506 30 62 -35%
2020 76 0.000022751 25 51 -34%
2021 99 0.000029221 29 70 -41%
2022 80 0.000023647 28 52 -30%
2023 93 0.000028087 34 59 -27%
2024 74 0.000022232 29 45 -22%

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