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How popular is “Garfield” in the USA?

Number of people named “Garfield” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Garfield” by birth year

This chart shows how “Garfield” 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 122 0.000605507 122 -100%
1881 147 0.000762891 147 -100%
1882 69 0.000311466 69 -100%
1883 49 0.000225863 49 -100%
1884 30 0.000123223 30 -100%
1885 34 0.000141164 34 -100%
1886 38 0.000148835 38 -100%
1887 26 0.000105096 26 -100%
1888 31 0.000103515 31 -100%
1889 29 0.000100365 29 -100%
1890 28 0.000092899 28 -100%
1891 23 0.000080231 23 -100%
1892 26 0.000077757 26 -100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 -100%
1894 20 0.000059051 20 -100%
1895 15 0.000042733 15 -100%
1896 20 0.000055947 20 -100%
1897 18 0.00005188 18 -100%
1898 22 0.000057674 22 -100%
1899 19 0.000056009 19 -100%
1900 32 0.00007107 32 -100%
1901 24 0.000069402 24 -100%
1902 26 0.00006723 26 -100%
1903 19 0.000049843 19 -100%
1904 31 0.000076831 31 -100%
1905 23 0.000054255 23 -100%
1906 31 0.000072354 31 -100%
1907 37 0.000079503 37 -100%
1908 29 0.000059347 29 -100%
1909 35 0.000068463 35 -100%
1910 43 0.000072794 43 -100%
1911 38 0.000058981 38 -100%
1912 57 0.000057689 57 -100%
1913 70 0.00006156 70 -100%
1914 81 0.000057189 81 -100%
1915 101 0.000055118 101 -100%
1916 98 0.000050661 98 -100%
1917 101 0.00005033 101 -100%
1918 119 0.000054811 119 -100%
1919 111 0.000052601 111 -100%
1920 104 0.000045964 104 -100%
1921 102 0.000043692 102 -100%
1922 104 0.000045432 104 -100%
1923 99 0.000042997 99 -100%
1924 94 0.000039469 94 -100%
1925 95 0.000040715 95 -100%
1926 86 0.000037458 86 -100%
1927 97 0.000041822 97 -100%
1928 74 0.00003273 74 -100%
1929 77 0.000035125 77 -100%
1930 72 0.000032384 72 -100%
1931 70 0.000033264 70 -100%
1932 69 0.000032681 69 -100%
1933 54 0.000027007 54 -100%
1934 60 0.00002889 60 -100%
1935 54 0.000025839 54 -100%
1936 48 0.000023104 48 -100%
1937 54 0.000025344 54 -100%
1938 63 0.000028474 63 -100%
1939 67 0.000030407 67 -100%
1940 79 0.000034308 79 -100%
1941 70 0.000028731 70 -100%
1942 62 0.000022696 62 -100%
1943 42 0.00001488 42 -100%
1944 66 0.000024535 66 -100%
1945 59 0.00002224 59 -100%
1946 61 0.00001909 61 -100%
1947 48 0.000013325 48 -100%
1948 62 0.000017958 62 -100%
1949 67 0.000019226 67 -100%
1950 70 0.000019981 70 -100%
1951 43 0.000011673 43 -100%
1952 69 0.000018167 69 -100%
1953 69 0.000017905 69 -100%
1954 50 0.000012561 50 -100%
1955 43 0.00001071 43 -100%
1956 49 0.000011884 49 -100%
1957 46 0.000010947 46 -100%
1958 39 0.000009434 39 -100%
1959 31 0.000007456 31 -100%
1960 31 0.000007463 31 -100%
1961 46 0.000011105 46 -100%
1962 26 0.000006443 26 -100%
1963 47 0.000011874 47 -100%
1964 34 0.000008746 34 -100%
1965 29 0.000007999 29 -100%
1966 25 0.000007193 25 -100%
1967 33 0.00000972 33 -100%
1968 27 0.000007992 27 -100%
1969 35 0.000010071 35 -100%
1970 28 0.000007764 28 -100%
1971 21 0.000006118 21 -100%
1972 26 0.000008272 26 -100%
1973 17 0.000005635 17 -100%
1974 28 0.000009211 28 -100%
1975 23 0.000007617 23 -100%
1976 16 0.000005273 16 -100%
1977 20 0.000006296 20 -100%
1978 24 0.000007562 24 -100%
1979 15 0.000004509 15 -100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 -100%
1981 23 0.000006649 23 -100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 -100%
1983 18 0.000005197 18 -100%
1984 19 0.000005446 19 -100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 20 0.000005547 20 -100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 -100%
1989 18 0.000004682 18 -100%
1990 26 0.000006578 26 -100%
1991 17 0.000004364 17 -100%
1992 20 0.000005207 20 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1994 26 0.000006994 26 -100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 -100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 -100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 -100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 -100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 -100%
2001 11 0.000002939 11 -100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 -100%
2003 13 0.000003419 13 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2015 8 0.000002162 8 -100%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%

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