Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Dickson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dickson” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dickson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dickson” 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
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 5 0.000002729 5 -100%
1918 10 0.000004606 10 -100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 -100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 -100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 -100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1943 6 0.000002126 6 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 -100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 -100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 -100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 -100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 -100%
1957 14 0.000003332 14 -100%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1961 15 0.000003621 15 -100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1989 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 -100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 -100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 -100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%

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