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How popular is “Denton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Denton” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Denton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Denton” 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 7 0.000036328 7 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 -100%
1908 10 0.000020465 10 -100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 -100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 -100%
1912 19 0.00001923 19 -100%
1913 24 0.000021106 24 -100%
1914 31 0.000021887 31 -100%
1915 34 0.000018555 34 -100%
1916 30 0.000015509 30 -100%
1917 35 0.000017441 35 -100%
1918 40 0.000018424 40 -100%
1919 40 0.000018955 40 -100%
1920 42 0.000018562 42 -100%
1921 35 0.000014992 35 -100%
1922 48 0.000020968 48 -100%
1923 37 0.00001607 37 -100%
1924 27 0.000011337 27 -100%
1925 41 0.000017572 41 -100%
1926 38 0.000016551 38 -100%
1927 44 0.000018971 44 -100%
1928 43 0.000019019 43 -100%
1929 34 0.00001551 34 -100%
1930 42 0.000018891 42 -100%
1931 44 0.000020909 44 -100%
1932 39 0.000018472 39 -100%
1933 33 0.000016505 33 -100%
1934 40 0.00001926 40 -100%
1935 47 0.000022489 47 -100%
1936 37 0.000017809 37 -100%
1937 39 0.000018304 39 -100%
1938 38 0.000017175 38 -100%
1939 49 0.000022238 49 -100%
1940 33 0.000014331 33 -100%
1941 41 0.000016828 41 -100%
1942 65 0.000023794 65 -100%
1943 49 0.00001736 49 -100%
1944 43 0.000015985 43 -100%
1945 50 0.000018847 50 -100%
1946 52 0.000016274 52 -100%
1947 50 0.00001388 50 -100%
1948 42 0.000012165 42 -100%
1949 46 0.0000132 46 -100%
1950 56 0.000015985 56 -100%
1951 37 0.000010044 37 -100%
1952 43 0.000011322 43 -100%
1953 33 0.000008563 33 -100%
1954 40 0.000010048 40 -100%
1955 44 0.000010959 44 -100%
1956 45 0.000010914 45 -100%
1957 35 0.000008329 35 -100%
1958 42 0.00001016 42 -100%
1959 48 0.000011544 48 -100%
1960 41 0.00000987 41 -100%
1961 40 0.000009656 40 -100%
1962 30 0.000007434 30 -100%
1963 47 0.000011874 47 -100%
1964 43 0.000011061 43 -100%
1965 32 0.000008826 32 -100%
1966 29 0.000008344 29 -100%
1967 28 0.000008248 28 -100%
1968 28 0.000008288 28 -100%
1969 41 0.000011797 41 -100%
1970 42 0.000011646 42 -100%
1971 54 0.000015733 54 -100%
1972 45 0.000014318 45 -100%
1973 43 0.000014253 43 -100%
1974 38 0.0000125 38 -100%
1975 35 0.000011592 35 -100%
1976 43 0.000014171 43 -100%
1977 36 0.000011333 36 -100%
1978 32 0.000010082 32 -100%
1979 29 0.000008717 29 -100%
1980 45 0.000013064 45 -100%
1981 49 0.000014164 49 -100%
1982 39 0.000011118 39 -100%
1983 44 0.000012705 44 -100%
1984 56 0.000016052 56 -100%
1985 53 0.00001485 53 -100%
1986 57 0.000016024 57 -100%
1987 55 0.000015254 55 -100%
1988 50 0.000013532 50 -100%
1989 68 0.000017688 68 -100%
1990 60 0.00001518 60 -100%
1991 48 0.000012323 48 -100%
1992 64 0.000016661 64 -100%
1993 72 0.000019097 72 -100%
1994 89 0.00002394 89 -100%
1995 84 0.000022937 84 -100%
1996 66 0.000018096 66 -100%
1997 75 0.000020685 75 -100%
1998 62 0.000016856 62 -100%
1999 50 0.000013536 50 -100%
2000 70 0.000018519 70 -100%
2001 61 0.000016295 61 -100%
2002 54 0.000014445 54 -100%
2003 37 0.000009731 37 -100%
2004 49 0.000012824 49 -100%
2005 48 0.000012484 48 -100%
2006 67 0.000016935 67 -100%
2007 46 0.000011507 46 -100%
2008 48 0.000012212 48 -100%
2009 47 0.000012303 47 -100%
2010 45 0.000012176 45 -100%
2011 53 0.00001449 53 -100%
2012 53 0.000014491 53 -100%
2013 56 0.000015361 56 -100%
2014 48 0.000012951 48 -100%
2015 52 0.000014051 52 -100%
2016 42 0.000011448 42 -100%
2017 55 0.000015379 55 -100%
2018 35 0.000009955 35 -100%
2019 39 0.000011236 39 -100%
2020 38 0.000011375 38 -100%
2021 26 0.000007674 26 -100%
2022 39 0.000011528 39 -100%
2023 38 0.000011476 38 -100%
2024 27 0.000008112 27 -100%

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