Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Dick” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dick” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dick” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dick” 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 25 0.000124079 25 -100%
1881 20 0.000103795 20 -100%
1882 14 0.000063196 14 -100%
1883 24 0.000110627 24 -100%
1884 37 0.000151975 37 -100%
1885 27 0.000112101 27 -100%
1886 23 0.000090084 23 -100%
1887 27 0.000109139 27 -100%
1888 27 0.000090158 27 -100%
1889 22 0.000076139 22 -100%
1890 31 0.000102853 31 -100%
1891 18 0.000062789 18 -100%
1892 24 0.000071776 24 -100%
1893 20 0.000061496 20 -100%
1894 25 0.000073814 25 -100%
1895 22 0.000062674 22 -100%
1896 27 0.000075528 27 -100%
1897 23 0.000066291 23 -100%
1898 29 0.000076025 29 -100%
1899 30 0.000088435 30 -100%
1900 45 0.000099943 45 -100%
1901 21 0.000060727 21 -100%
1902 35 0.000090502 35 -100%
1903 18 0.000047219 18 -100%
1904 24 0.000059482 24 -100%
1905 36 0.000084921 36 -100%
1906 32 0.000074688 32 -100%
1907 38 0.000081652 38 -100%
1908 34 0.00006958 34 -100%
1909 46 0.00008998 46 -100%
1910 52 0.00008803 52 -100%
1911 37 0.000057429 37 -100%
1912 82 0.000082991 5 77 -88%
1913 94 0.000082666 94 -100%
1914 129 0.00009108 129 -100%
1915 167 0.000091136 167 -100%
1916 221 0.000114246 221 -100%
1917 220 0.00010963 220 -100%
1918 257 0.000118373 6 251 -95%
1919 269 0.000127473 269 -100%
1920 336 0.000148499 7 329 -96%
1921 349 0.000149496 349 -100%
1922 363 0.000158574 363 -100%
1923 350 0.00015201 350 -100%
1924 442 0.000185589 442 -100%
1925 572 0.000245146 8 564 -97%
1926 650 0.000283113 650 -100%
1927 775 0.000334144 775 -100%
1928 834 0.000368873 834 -100%
1929 847 0.000386377 5 842 -99%
1930 946 0.000425496 6 940 -99%
1931 998 0.000474247 6 992 -99%
1932 1053 0.000498747 1053 -100%
1933 1050 0.000525145 5 1045 -99%
1934 1131 0.000544584 1131 -100%
1935 1093 0.000522992 1093 -100%
1936 1088 0.000523687 1088 -100%
1937 1008 0.000473091 1008 -100%
1938 936 0.000423037 936 -100%
1939 877 0.000398014 877 -100%
1940 911 0.000395625 911 -100%
1941 893 0.000366521 893 -100%
1942 862 0.000315541 862 -100%
1943 855 0.000302917 855 -100%
1944 808 0.000300363 808 -100%
1945 758 0.000285724 758 -100%
1946 828 0.00025913 828 -100%
1947 755 0.000209587 755 -100%
1948 552 0.000159883 552 -100%
1949 340 0.000097567 340 -100%
1950 269 0.000076783 269 -100%
1951 246 0.00006678 246 -100%
1952 215 0.000056609 215 -100%
1953 215 0.000055791 215 -100%
1954 167 0.000041952 167 -100%
1955 182 0.000045329 182 -100%
1956 192 0.000046568 192 -100%
1957 201 0.000047833 201 -100%
1958 234 0.000056605 234 -100%
1959 219 0.00005267 219 -100%
1960 186 0.000044778 186 -100%
1961 181 0.000043696 181 -100%
1962 148 0.000036676 148 -100%
1963 129 0.000032591 129 -100%
1964 109 0.000028038 109 -100%
1965 99 0.000027307 99 -100%
1966 65 0.000018702 65 -100%
1967 74 0.000021797 74 -100%
1968 62 0.000018352 62 -100%
1969 57 0.000016401 57 -100%
1970 52 0.000014418 52 -100%
1971 38 0.000011071 38 -100%
1972 29 0.000009227 29 -100%
1973 35 0.000011601 35 -100%
1974 33 0.000010855 33 -100%
1975 23 0.000007617 23 -100%
1976 21 0.000006921 21 -100%
1977 19 0.000005981 19 -100%
1978 21 0.000006617 21 -100%
1979 17 0.00000511 17 -100%
1980 20 0.000005806 20 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 17 0.000004846 17 -100%
1983 19 0.000005486 19 -100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 -100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 -100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 -100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 -100%
1989 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%

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