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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Gareth” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gareth” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Gareth” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gareth” 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
1916 5 0.000002585 5 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 -100%
1921 33 0.000014136 33 -100%
1922 21 0.000009174 21 -100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 -100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 -100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 -100%
1927 15 0.000006467 15 -100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 -100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 -100%
1932 14 0.000006631 14 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 18 0.000008667 18 -100%
1935 25 0.000011962 25 -100%
1936 21 0.000010108 21 -100%
1937 22 0.000010325 22 -100%
1938 30 0.000013559 30 -100%
1939 21 0.000009531 21 -100%
1940 33 0.000014331 33 -100%
1941 25 0.000010261 25 -100%
1942 28 0.00001025 28 -100%
1943 39 0.000013817 39 -100%
1944 28 0.000010409 28 -100%
1945 26 0.000009801 26 -100%
1946 25 0.000007824 25 -100%
1947 33 0.000009161 33 -100%
1948 25 0.000007241 25 -100%
1949 29 0.000008322 29 -100%
1950 28 0.000007992 28 -100%
1951 25 0.000006787 25 -100%
1952 28 0.000007372 28 -100%
1953 19 0.00000493 19 -100%
1954 20 0.000005024 20 -100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 -100%
1956 22 0.000005336 5 17 -55%
1957 13 0.000003094 13 -100%
1958 25 0.000006048 25 -100%
1959 18 0.000004329 18 -100%
1960 17 0.000004093 17 -100%
1961 28 0.00000676 28 -100%
1962 23 0.0000057 23 -100%
1963 29 0.000007327 29 -100%
1964 21 0.000005402 21 -100%
1965 24 0.00000662 24 -100%
1966 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1967 28 0.000008248 28 -100%
1968 25 0.0000074 25 -100%
1969 30 0.000008632 30 -100%
1970 57 0.000015805 57 -100%
1971 29 0.000008449 29 -100%
1972 25 0.000007954 25 -100%
1973 23 0.000007624 23 -100%
1974 28 0.000009211 28 -100%
1975 30 0.000009936 30 -100%
1976 31 0.000010217 31 -100%
1977 36 0.000011333 36 -100%
1978 37 0.000011658 37 -100%
1979 45 0.000013526 45 -100%
1980 51 0.000014806 51 -100%
1981 49 0.000014164 49 -100%
1982 69 0.00001967 69 -100%
1983 53 0.000015303 53 -100%
1984 60 0.000017198 60 -100%
1985 49 0.000013729 49 -100%
1986 65 0.000018273 65 -100%
1987 59 0.000016363 59 -100%
1988 69 0.000018674 69 -100%
1989 53 0.000013786 53 -100%
1990 64 0.000016192 64 -100%
1991 58 0.00001489 58 -100%
1992 78 0.000020306 78 -100%
1993 72 0.000019097 72 -100%
1994 52 0.000013987 52 -100%
1995 75 0.00002048 75 -100%
1996 77 0.000021112 77 -100%
1997 74 0.00002041 74 -100%
1998 73 0.000019847 73 -100%
1999 82 0.000022199 82 -100%
2000 79 0.0000209 79 -100%
2001 71 0.000018967 71 -100%
2002 80 0.0000214 80 -100%
2003 81 0.000021303 81 -100%
2004 66 0.000017273 66 -100%
2005 75 0.000019507 75 -100%
2006 56 0.000014155 56 -100%
2007 54 0.000013508 54 -100%
2008 52 0.000013229 52 -100%
2009 44 0.000011518 44 -100%
2010 49 0.000013259 49 -100%
2011 52 0.000014216 52 -100%
2012 45 0.000012304 45 -100%
2013 53 0.000014538 53 -100%
2014 102 0.00002752 102 -100%
2015 102 0.000027561 102 -100%
2016 104 0.000028348 104 -100%
2017 88 0.000024607 88 -100%
2018 67 0.000019056 67 -100%
2019 58 0.00001671 58 -100%
2020 47 0.000014069 47 -100%
2021 44 0.000012987 44 -100%
2022 55 0.000016257 55 -100%
2023 47 0.000014194 47 -100%
2024 50 0.000015022 50 -100%

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