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How popular is “Denzel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Denzel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Denzel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Denzel” 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
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 -100%
1914 20 0.000014121 5 15 -50%
1915 23 0.000012552 23 -100%
1916 40 0.000020678 7 33 -65%
1917 28 0.000013953 28 -100%
1918 21 0.000009672 5 16 -52%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 -100%
1920 23 0.000010165 23 -100%
1921 33 0.000014136 33 -100%
1922 32 0.000013979 6 26 -63%
1923 31 0.000013464 31 -100%
1924 26 0.000010917 26 -100%
1925 24 0.000010286 24 -100%
1926 36 0.00001568 36 -100%
1927 23 0.000009917 7 16 -39%
1928 30 0.000013269 30 -100%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 -100%
1930 28 0.000012594 28 -100%
1931 16 0.000007603 16 -100%
1932 33 0.00001563 33 -100%
1933 17 0.000008502 17 -100%
1934 21 0.000010112 21 -100%
1935 22 0.000010527 22 -100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 -100%
1937 21 0.000009856 21 -100%
1938 16 0.000007231 16 -100%
1939 18 0.000008169 18 -100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 -100%
1941 27 0.000011082 27 -100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 -100%
1943 20 0.000007086 20 -100%
1944 18 0.000006691 18 -100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 -100%
1946 17 0.00000532 17 -100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 14 0.000004017 14 -100%
1950 14 0.000003996 14 -100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 16 0.000004152 16 -100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 -100%
1955 15 0.000003736 15 -100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 -100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 -100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 10 0.000002572 10 -100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 -100%
1984 28 0.000008026 28 -100%
1985 16 0.000004483 16 -100%
1986 27 0.00000759 27 -100%
1987 41 0.000011371 41 -100%
1988 53 0.000014344 53 -100%
1989 56 0.000014566 56 -100%
1990 502 0.000127009 6 496 -98%
1991 720 0.00018484 720 -100%
1992 767 0.000199673 767 -100%
1993 869 0.000230487 5 864 -99%
1994 736 0.000197974 736 -100%
1995 547 0.000149366 547 -100%
1996 464 0.000127221 464 -100%
1997 382 0.000105358 382 -100%
1998 295 0.000080202 295 -100%
1999 182 0.000049271 182 -100%
2000 214 0.000056615 214 -100%
2001 196 0.000052359 196 -100%
2002 253 0.000067678 253 -100%
2003 209 0.000054966 209 -100%
2004 250 0.000065429 250 -100%
2005 201 0.000052278 201 -100%
2006 196 0.000049543 196 -100%
2007 187 0.000046777 187 -100%
2008 213 0.000054189 213 -100%
2009 202 0.000052877 202 -100%
2010 180 0.000048705 180 -100%
2011 155 0.000042375 155 -100%
2012 200 0.000054684 200 -100%
2013 203 0.000055683 203 -100%
2014 183 0.000049374 183 -100%
2015 188 0.000050798 188 -100%
2016 176 0.000047973 176 -100%
2017 194 0.000054248 194 -100%
2018 181 0.00005148 181 -100%
2019 165 0.000047538 165 -100%
2020 162 0.000048495 162 -100%
2021 135 0.000039847 135 -100%
2022 198 0.000058526 198 -100%
2023 196 0.000059193 196 -100%
2024 215 0.000064594 215 -100%

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