Name Trends

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How popular is “George” in the USA?

Number of people named “George” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “George” by birth year

This chart shows how “George” 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 5152 0.025570268 26 5126 -99%
1881 4694 0.024360625 30 4664 -99%
1882 5225 0.023585651 32 5193 -99%
1883 4758 0.021931725 22 4736 -99%
1884 5001 0.020541277 40 4961 -98%
1885 4703 0.019526351 29 4674 -99%
1886 4709 0.018443812 38 4671 -98%
1887 4318 0.01745408 34 4284 -98%
1888 4948 0.016522303 36 4912 -99%
1889 4472 0.01547694 42 4430 -98%
1890 4495 0.014913687 37 4458 -98%
1891 3954 0.013792719 23 3931 -99%
1892 4800 0.014355184 40 4760 -98%
1893 4345 0.013360064 25 4320 -99%
1894 4397 0.012982373 32 4365 -99%
1895 4335 0.012349724 46 4289 -98%
1896 4318 0.012078863 32 4286 -99%
1897 4104 0.011828555 26 4078 -99%
1898 4904 0.012856038 51 4853 -98%
1899 4051 0.01194161 33 4018 -98%
1900 5442 0.012086404 39 5403 -99%
1901 3636 0.010514383 27 3609 -99%
1902 4255 0.011002423 32 4223 -98%
1903 3988 0.0104617 27 3961 -99%
1904 4245 0.010520837 26 4219 -99%
1905 4288 0.010115068 32 4256 -99%
1906 4231 0.009875108 30 4201 -99%
1907 4489 0.009645673 44 4445 -98%
1908 4625 0.009464871 41 4584 -98%
1909 4725 0.009242523 37 4688 -98%
1910 5499 0.00930912 58 5441 -98%
1911 6637 0.010301454 51 6586 -98%
1912 11803 0.011945606 69 11734 -99%
1913 13951 0.012268822 77 13874 -99%
1914 17709 0.012503318 107 17602 -99%
1915 22446 0.012249335 139 22307 -99%
1916 23516 0.012156635 135 23381 -99%
1917 24335 0.012126572 139 24196 -99%
1918 26475 0.012194217 157 26318 -99%
1919 25334 0.012005241 164 25170 -99%
1920 27057 0.011958139 166 26891 -99%
1921 27682 0.01185776 206 27476 -99%
1922 27547 0.012033693 197 27350 -99%
1923 27202 0.011814212 178 27024 -99%
1924 27571 0.011576623 197 27374 -99%
1925 26768 0.011472154 207 26561 -98%
1926 26139 0.011385053 230 25909 -98%
1927 26197 0.011294936 248 25949 -98%
1928 24621 0.010889728 230 24391 -98%
1929 23222 0.0105932 201 23021 -98%
1930 23029 0.010358082 242 22787 -98%
1931 20857 0.009911195 171 20686 -98%
1932 20612 0.009762747 174 20438 -98%
1933 18501 0.009253059 146 18355 -98%
1934 18660 0.008984908 160 18500 -98%
1935 18718 0.008956409 154 18564 -98%
1936 18324 0.008819886 127 18197 -99%
1937 18583 0.00872167 144 18439 -98%
1938 18578 0.008396556 142 18436 -98%
1939 18030 0.008182652 142 17888 -98%
1940 18442 0.008008911 129 18313 -99%
1941 19373 0.007951404 113 19260 -99%
1942 21425 0.007842762 150 21275 -99%
1943 21843 0.007738722 151 21692 -99%
1944 20547 0.007638066 128 20419 -99%
1945 19452 0.007332325 128 19324 -99%
1946 21693 0.006789019 119 21574 -99%
1947 24033 0.00667153 120 23913 -99%
1948 22055 0.006388091 129 21926 -99%
1949 21418 0.006146163 109 21309 -99%
1950 20292 0.005792157 110 20182 -99%
1951 20324 0.005517221 111 20213 -99%
1952 19928 0.005246965 108 19820 -99%
1953 19280 0.005003057 103 19177 -99%
1954 18805 0.004724034 102 18703 -99%
1955 18273 0.004551092 107 18166 -99%
1956 17323 0.004201515 87 17236 -99%
1957 16989 0.004042937 106 16883 -99%
1958 15723 0.003803426 84 15639 -99%
1959 15115 0.003635168 105 15010 -99%
1960 14141 0.00340434 82 14059 -99%
1961 13738 0.003316514 93 13645 -99%
1962 12603 0.003123132 62 12541 -99%
1963 12160 0.003072103 81 12079 -99%
1964 11862 0.003051236 70 11792 -99%
1965 10756 0.002966805 78 10678 -99%
1966 10012 0.002880608 70 9942 -99%
1967 9778 0.002880205 78 9700 -98%
1968 9443 0.002795099 62 9381 -99%
1969 9274 0.002668529 73 9201 -98%
1970 8980 0.002489939 67 8913 -99%
1971 8285 0.002413795 59 8226 -99%
1972 7218 0.002296536 54 7164 -99%
1973 6654 0.002205585 51 6603 -98%
1974 6339 0.002085198 55 6284 -98%
1975 5902 0.001954697 54 5848 -98%
1976 5587 0.001841281 29 5558 -99%
1977 5658 0.001781209 53 5605 -98%
1978 5338 0.001681858 39 5299 -99%
1979 5311 0.001596333 49 5262 -98%
1980 5338 0.001549714 38 5300 -99%
1981 5200 0.001503162 41 5159 -98%
1982 5042 0.001437302 51 4991 -98%
1983 4537 0.001310008 41 4496 -98%
1984 4298 0.001231958 32 4266 -99%
1985 4297 0.001203942 37 4260 -98%
1986 4378 0.001230786 32 4346 -99%
1987 4123 0.001143495 34 4089 -98%
1988 4333 0.001172652 37 4296 -98%
1989 4538 0.001180404 26 4512 -99%
1990 4582 0.001159273 15 4567 -99%
1991 4199 0.001077975 20 4179 -99%
1992 3906 0.00101685 12 3894 -99%
1993 3529 0.000936005 16 3513 -99%
1994 3334 0.000896802 17 3317 -99%
1995 3302 0.000901655 16 3286 -99%
1996 3244 0.000889451 16 3228 -99%
1997 3184 0.000878163 7 3177 -100%
1998 3049 0.000828936 5 3044 -100%
1999 3053 0.000826505 12 3041 -99%
2000 3044 0.000805311 7 3037 -100%
2001 3096 0.000827058 9 3087 -99%
2002 3027 0.000809728 9 3018 -99%
2003 2915 0.000766637 5 2910 -100%
2004 2749 0.00071946 14 2735 -99%
2005 2831 0.000736311 8 2823 -99%
2006 2708 0.000684497 7 2701 -99%
2007 2769 0.000692651 9 2760 -99%
2008 2552 0.000649254 2552 -100%
2009 2387 0.00062484 6 2381 -99%
2010 2381 0.000644255 7 2374 -99%
2011 2325 0.000635629 7 2318 -99%
2012 2339 0.000639531 5 2334 -100%
2013 2559 0.000701929 2559 -100%
2014 3006 0.000811035 3006 -100%
2015 3053 0.000824932 3053 -100%
2016 3318 0.000904408 6 3312 -100%
2017 3169 0.000886137 3169 -100%
2018 3083 0.000876874 3083 -100%
2019 3203 0.000922807 8 3195 -100%
2020 2778 0.000831593 7 2771 -99%
2021 2802 0.000827049 7 2795 -100%
2022 2637 0.000779455 2637 -100%
2023 2694 0.000813603 2694 -100%
2024 2896 0.000870061 6 2890 -100%