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How popular is “Garnet” in the USA?

Number of people named “Garnet” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Garnet” by birth year

This chart shows how “Garnet” 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
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 100%
1889 18 0.000062295 11 7 22%
1890 20 0.000066357 15 5 50%
1891 16 0.000055813 16 100%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 100%
1893 23 0.000070721 23 100%
1894 29 0.000085624 22 7 52%
1895 22 0.000062674 22 100%
1896 29 0.000081123 29 100%
1897 35 0.000100877 35 100%
1898 35 0.000091754 35 100%
1899 32 0.00009433 32 100%
1900 36 0.000079954 29 7 61%
1901 45 0.000130129 45 100%
1902 37 0.000095673 37 100%
1903 52 0.000136411 44 8 69%
1904 58 0.000143748 43 15 48%
1905 57 0.000134459 51 6 79%
1906 67 0.000156377 67 100%
1907 86 0.000184791 77 9 79%
1908 82 0.00016781 70 12 71%
1909 85 0.000166268 80 5 88%
1910 87 0.00014728 74 13 70%
1911 128 0.000198672 116 12 81%
1912 127 0.000128534 107 20 69%
1913 164 0.000144225 133 31 62%
1914 191 0.000134854 158 33 65%
1915 242 0.000132065 193 49 60%
1916 252 0.000130272 209 43 66%
1917 285 0.000142021 232 53 63%
1918 303 0.00013956 258 45 70%
1919 276 0.000130791 221 55 60%
1920 305 0.000134798 250 55 64%
1921 253 0.000108374 203 50 60%
1922 207 0.000090426 163 44 57%
1923 234 0.00010163 187 47 60%
1924 220 0.000092374 166 54 51%
1925 202 0.000086573 156 46 54%
1926 168 0.000073174 138 30 64%
1927 185 0.000079763 138 47 49%
1928 151 0.000066786 117 34 55%
1929 179 0.000081655 139 40 55%
1930 136 0.000061171 106 30 56%
1931 147 0.000069854 108 39 47%
1932 128 0.000060626 101 27 58%
1933 133 0.000066518 112 21 68%
1934 128 0.000061633 89 39 39%
1935 128 0.000061247 97 31 52%
1936 106 0.000051021 77 29 45%
1937 129 0.000060544 104 25 61%
1938 110 0.000049716 93 17 69%
1939 98 0.000044476 70 28 43%
1940 117 0.00005081 93 24 59%
1941 95 0.000038992 73 22 54%
1942 143 0.000052346 107 36 50%
1943 102 0.000036137 78 24 53%
1944 84 0.000031226 66 18 57%
1945 80 0.000030156 59 21 47%
1946 81 0.00002535 60 21 48%
1947 88 0.000024429 59 29 34%
1948 77 0.000022303 53 24 38%
1949 55 0.000015783 39 16 42%
1950 77 0.000021979 53 24 38%
1951 71 0.000019274 57 14 61%
1952 75 0.000019747 53 22 41%
1953 79 0.0000205 60 19 52%
1954 68 0.000017082 49 19 44%
1955 53 0.0000132 40 13 51%
1956 53 0.000012855 35 18 32%
1957 52 0.000012375 42 10 62%
1958 42 0.00001016 24 18 14%
1959 43 0.000010342 30 13 40%
1960 46 0.000011074 28 18 22%
1961 49 0.000011829 28 21 14%
1962 34 0.000008425 24 10 41%
1963 31 0.000007832 20 11 29%
1964 39 0.000010032 20 19 3%
1965 38 0.000010481 17 21 -11%
1966 39 0.000011221 27 12 38%
1967 30 0.000008837 20 10 33%
1968 35 0.00001036 23 12 31%
1969 32 0.000009208 20 12 25%
1970 28 0.000007764 13 15 -7%
1971 26 0.000007575 16 10 23%
1972 19 0.000006045 8 11 -16%
1973 22 0.000007292 10 12 -9%
1974 23 0.000007566 18 5 57%
1975 16 0.000005299 16 100%
1976 17 0.000005603 8 9 -6%
1977 18 0.000005667 9 9 0%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 100%
1980 26 0.000007548 14 12 8%
1981 18 0.000005203 13 5 44%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1984 17 0.000004873 8 9 -6%
1985 13 0.000003642 6 7 -8%
1986 20 0.000005623 12 8 20%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 100%
1988 15 0.000004059 7 8 -7%
1989 23 0.000005983 8 15 -30%
1990 13 0.000003289 7 6 8%
1991 10 0.000002567 5 5 0%
1992 11 0.000002864 6 5 9%
1994 11 0.000002959 6 5 9%
1995 13 0.00000355 6 7 -8%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 14 0.000003806 8 6 14%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 -100%
2005 14 0.000003641 9 5 29%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 100%
2009 17 0.00000445 9 8 6%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 100%
2016 21 0.000005724 15 6 43%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 100%
2018 18 0.00000512 9 9 0%
2019 14 0.000004033 9 5 29%
2020 14 0.000004191 9 5 29%
2021 19 0.000005608 14 5 47%
2022 21 0.000006207 11 10 5%
2023 21 0.000006342 13 8 24%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 100%

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