Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Gary” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gary” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Gary” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gary” 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 6 0.000029779 6 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1890 11 0.000036496 11 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1892 15 0.00004486 15 -100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 -100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 -100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 -100%
1896 13 0.000036365 13 -100%
1897 13 0.000037469 13 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 -100%
1900 9 0.000019989 9 -100%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 -100%
1902 18 0.000046544 18 -100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 -100%
1904 11 0.000027262 11 -100%
1905 16 0.000037743 16 -100%
1906 16 0.000037344 16 -100%
1907 16 0.00003438 16 -100%
1908 26 0.000053208 26 -100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 16 0.000027086 16 -100%
1911 25 0.000038803 25 -100%
1912 44 0.000044532 44 -100%
1913 40 0.000035177 40 -100%
1914 59 0.000041657 59 -100%
1915 84 0.000045841 6 78 -86%
1916 72 0.000037221 72 -100%
1917 79 0.000039367 7 72 -82%
1918 79 0.000036387 5 74 -87%
1919 89 0.000042175 7 82 -84%
1920 81 0.000035799 7 74 -83%
1921 95 0.000040694 9 86 -81%
1922 78 0.000034074 5 73 -87%
1923 85 0.000036917 85 -100%
1924 90 0.00003779 6 84 -87%
1925 120 0.000051429 5 115 -92%
1926 114 0.000049654 10 104 -82%
1927 130 0.00005605 130 -100%
1928 239 0.000105708 12 227 -90%
1929 542 0.000247245 5 537 -98%
1930 728 0.000327443 15 713 -96%
1931 1004 0.000477098 14 990 -97%
1932 1308 0.000619526 13 1295 -98%
1933 2274 0.001137314 20 2254 -98%
1934 3369 0.001622195 15 3354 -99%
1935 4506 0.002156084 16 4490 -99%
1936 5219 0.00251206 27 5192 -99%
1937 6801 0.003191954 38 6763 -99%
1938 8897 0.004021109 35 8862 -99%
1939 9708 0.004405834 27 9681 -99%
1940 12617 0.005479256 44 12573 -99%
1941 14618 0.005999774 50 14568 -99%
1942 17127 0.006269451 60 17067 -99%
1943 17926 0.006350975 58 17868 -99%
1944 20125 0.007481193 67 20058 -99%
1945 21405 0.008068498 60 21345 -99%
1946 27010 0.008453022 79 26931 -99%
1947 30120 0.008361273 90 30030 -99%
1948 28470 0.008246155 74 28396 -99%
1949 28988 0.008318469 55 28933 -100%
1950 33808 0.00965017 68 33740 -100%
1951 38230 0.010378042 69 38161 -100%
1952 38838 0.010225895 85 38753 -100%
1953 37033 0.009609865 67 36966 -100%
1954 38009 0.009548302 88 37921 -100%
1955 34520 0.008597587 87 34433 -99%
1956 31906 0.007738471 67 31839 -100%
1957 29618 0.007048308 87 29531 -99%
1958 25354 0.006133186 64 25290 -99%
1959 23376 0.005621945 75 23301 -99%
1960 21762 0.005239039 78 21684 -99%
1961 22261 0.005374066 93 22168 -99%
1962 20966 0.005195556 78 20888 -99%
1963 19000 0.004800162 76 18924 -99%
1964 17270 0.004442324 61 17209 -99%
1965 15311 0.004223201 52 15259 -99%
1966 14210 0.004088438 54 14156 -99%
1967 12676 0.003733839 63 12613 -99%
1968 12044 0.003564988 72 11972 -99%
1969 11211 0.003225887 68 11143 -99%
1970 10780 0.002989036 64 10716 -99%
1971 9243 0.002692903 54 9189 -99%
1972 7808 0.002484255 49 7759 -99%
1973 6898 0.002286463 47 6851 -99%
1974 6490 0.002134869 46 6444 -99%
1975 6162 0.002040807 47 6115 -98%
1976 5630 0.001855453 38 5592 -99%
1977 5498 0.001730839 51 5447 -98%
1978 5150 0.001622625 38 5112 -99%
1979 5092 0.001530508 52 5040 -98%
1980 5079 0.001474522 42 5037 -98%
1981 4983 0.001440434 36 4947 -99%
1982 4683 0.001334963 43 4640 -98%
1983 4316 0.001246196 47 4269 -98%
1984 3976 0.001139662 26 3950 -99%
1985 3847 0.00107786 35 3812 -98%
1986 3752 0.001054798 33 3719 -98%
1987 3516 0.000975146 30 3486 -98%
1988 3270 0.000884969 26 3244 -98%
1989 3142 0.000817283 16 3126 -99%
1990 3085 0.000780523 15 3070 -99%
1991 2685 0.000689298 7 2678 -99%
1992 2407 0.000626615 14 2393 -99%
1993 2073 0.000549827 9 2064 -99%
1994 1903 0.000511882 5 1898 -99%
1995 1633 0.000445912 8 1625 -99%
1996 1551 0.000425258 8 1543 -99%
1997 1333 0.000367648 6 1327 -99%
1998 1345 0.000365667 1345 -100%
1999 1253 0.000339211 1253 -100%
2000 1168 0.000309003 1168 -100%
2001 1013 0.00027061 1013 -100%
2002 1043 0.000279005 1043 -100%
2003 912 0.000239854 912 -100%
2004 925 0.000242088 925 -100%
2005 878 0.000228358 878 -100%
2006 870 0.000219909 870 -100%
2007 779 0.000194863 779 -100%
2008 679 0.000172744 679 -100%
2009 611 0.00015994 611 -100%
2010 547 0.000148008 547 -100%
2011 527 0.000144076 527 -100%
2012 492 0.000134523 492 -100%
2013 446 0.000122337 446 -100%
2014 493 0.000133014 493 -100%
2015 479 0.000129428 479 -100%
2016 444 0.000121024 444 -100%
2017 407 0.000113808 407 -100%
2018 374 0.000106374 374 -100%
2019 303 0.000087296 303 -100%
2020 288 0.000086213 288 -100%
2021 253 0.000074676 253 -100%
2022 237 0.000070053 237 -100%
2023 203 0.000061307 203 -100%
2024 187 0.000056181 187 -100%

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