Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Denver” in the USA?

Number of people named “Denver” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Denver” by birth year

This chart shows how “Denver” 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 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 -100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 -100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 -100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 -100%
1902 14 0.000036201 14 -100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 -100%
1904 14 0.000034698 14 -100%
1905 14 0.000033025 14 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 -100%
1908 17 0.00003479 17 -100%
1909 18 0.00003521 18 -100%
1910 23 0.000038936 23 -100%
1911 21 0.000032595 21 -100%
1912 56 0.000056677 56 -100%
1913 81 0.000071233 7 74 -83%
1914 87 0.000061426 87 -100%
1915 154 0.000084042 6 148 -92%
1916 122 0.000063068 5 117 -92%
1917 150 0.000074748 150 -100%
1918 125 0.000057574 5 120 -92%
1919 193 0.000091459 193 -100%
1920 194 0.00008574 5 189 -95%
1921 199 0.000085243 6 193 -94%
1922 180 0.000078632 6 174 -93%
1923 178 0.000077308 178 -100%
1924 170 0.00007138 5 165 -94%
1925 208 0.000089144 5 203 -95%
1926 161 0.000070125 161 -100%
1927 199 0.0000858 5 194 -95%
1928 167 0.000073863 6 161 -93%
1929 157 0.000071619 157 -100%
1930 136 0.000061171 136 -100%
1931 120 0.000057024 120 -100%
1932 153 0.000072468 153 -100%
1933 140 0.000070019 140 -100%
1934 128 0.000061633 128 -100%
1935 172 0.000082301 172 -100%
1936 143 0.00006883 6 137 -92%
1937 167 0.000078379 167 -100%
1938 136 0.000061467 136 -100%
1939 135 0.000061268 135 -100%
1940 142 0.000061667 142 -100%
1941 121 0.000049663 121 -100%
1942 154 0.000056373 154 -100%
1943 144 0.000051018 144 -100%
1944 126 0.000046839 126 -100%
1945 152 0.000057296 152 -100%
1946 168 0.000052577 168 -100%
1947 177 0.000049135 177 -100%
1948 160 0.000046343 160 -100%
1949 154 0.000044192 154 -100%
1950 137 0.000039105 6 131 -91%
1951 169 0.000045877 169 -100%
1952 140 0.000036861 140 -100%
1953 134 0.000034772 134 -100%
1954 118 0.000029643 118 -100%
1955 135 0.000033623 135 -100%
1956 129 0.000031288 129 -100%
1957 103 0.000024511 103 -100%
1958 120 0.000029028 120 -100%
1959 116 0.000027898 116 -100%
1960 106 0.000025519 106 -100%
1961 102 0.000024624 102 -100%
1962 103 0.000025524 103 -100%
1963 97 0.000024506 97 -100%
1964 124 0.000031896 124 -100%
1965 78 0.000021515 78 -100%
1966 88 0.000025319 88 -100%
1967 98 0.000028867 98 -100%
1968 92 0.000027232 92 -100%
1969 96 0.000027623 96 -100%
1970 86 0.000023846 86 -100%
1971 107 0.000031174 5 102 -91%
1972 94 0.000029908 94 -100%
1973 90 0.000029832 90 -100%
1974 101 0.000033224 101 -100%
1975 132 0.000043717 9 123 -86%
1976 117 0.000038559 6 111 -90%
1977 109 0.000034315 109 -100%
1978 113 0.000035603 113 -100%
1979 129 0.000038774 9 120 -86%
1980 103 0.000029903 103 -100%
1981 115 0.000033243 115 -100%
1982 124 0.000035348 6 118 -90%
1983 111 0.00003205 5 106 -91%
1984 103 0.000029523 8 95 -84%
1985 93 0.000026057 93 -100%
1986 114 0.000032049 8 106 -86%
1987 114 0.000031617 5 109 -91%
1988 106 0.000028687 9 97 -83%
1989 103 0.000026792 9 94 -83%
1990 117 0.000029602 6 111 -90%
1991 123 0.000031577 5 118 -92%
1992 132 0.000034364 13 119 -80%
1993 132 0.000035011 12 120 -82%
1994 174 0.000046804 16 158 -82%
1995 171 0.000046694 14 157 -84%
1996 165 0.00004524 19 146 -77%
1997 175 0.000048266 14 161 -84%
1998 221 0.000060084 25 196 -77%
1999 251 0.00006795 41 210 -67%
2000 204 0.00005397 29 175 -72%
2001 198 0.000052893 34 164 -66%
2002 179 0.000047883 33 146 -63%
2003 189 0.000049707 32 157 -66%
2004 164 0.000042922 30 134 -63%
2005 179 0.000046556 28 151 -69%
2006 186 0.000047015 40 146 -57%
2007 191 0.000047778 44 147 -54%
2008 217 0.000055207 49 168 -55%
2009 179 0.000046856 47 132 -47%
2010 172 0.00004654 45 127 -48%
2011 201 0.000054951 59 142 -41%
2012 206 0.000056325 66 140 -36%
2013 244 0.000066929 82 162 -33%
2014 312 0.000084179 124 188 -21%
2015 439 0.000118619 197 242 -10%
2016 450 0.000122659 181 269 -20%
2017 492 0.000137576 218 274 -11%
2018 619 0.000176057 249 370 -20%
2019 723 0.000208301 300 423 -17%
2020 837 0.000250556 295 542 -30%
2021 944 0.000278635 365 579 -23%
2022 967 0.00028583 323 644 -33%
2023 947 0.000285999 360 587 -24%
2024 995 0.000298933 362 633 -27%

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