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How popular is “Hamilton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hamilton” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hamilton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hamilton” 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 17 0.000084374 17 -100%
1881 15 0.000077846 15 -100%
1882 15 0.00006771 15 -100%
1883 23 0.000106017 23 -100%
1884 18 0.000073934 18 -100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 -100%
1886 17 0.000066584 17 -100%
1887 11 0.000044464 11 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1889 18 0.000062295 18 -100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 -100%
1891 14 0.000048836 14 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 -100%
1895 15 0.000042733 15 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1897 13 0.000037469 13 -100%
1898 11 0.000028837 11 -100%
1899 15 0.000044217 15 -100%
1900 19 0.000042198 19 -100%
1901 13 0.000037593 13 -100%
1902 13 0.000033615 13 -100%
1903 17 0.000044596 17 -100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 -100%
1905 11 0.000025948 11 -100%
1906 12 0.000028008 12 -100%
1907 11 0.000023636 11 -100%
1908 29 0.000059347 29 -100%
1909 10 0.000019561 10 -100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 -100%
1911 24 0.000037251 24 -100%
1912 45 0.000045544 45 -100%
1913 41 0.000036056 41 -100%
1914 66 0.000046599 66 -100%
1915 67 0.000036564 67 -100%
1916 76 0.000039288 76 -100%
1917 78 0.000038869 78 -100%
1918 69 0.000031781 69 -100%
1919 78 0.000036963 78 -100%
1920 61 0.00002696 61 -100%
1921 74 0.000031698 74 -100%
1922 66 0.000028832 66 -100%
1923 62 0.000026927 62 -100%
1924 78 0.000032751 78 -100%
1925 65 0.000027858 65 -100%
1926 67 0.000029182 67 -100%
1927 52 0.00002242 52 -100%
1928 47 0.000020788 47 -100%
1929 53 0.000024177 53 -100%
1930 48 0.00002159 48 -100%
1931 57 0.000027086 57 -100%
1932 28 0.000013262 28 -100%
1933 47 0.000023506 47 -100%
1934 40 0.00001926 40 -100%
1935 29 0.000013876 29 -100%
1936 37 0.000017809 37 -100%
1937 38 0.000017835 38 -100%
1938 32 0.000014463 32 -100%
1939 31 0.000014069 31 -100%
1940 33 0.000014331 33 -100%
1941 37 0.000015186 37 -100%
1942 41 0.000015008 41 -100%
1943 31 0.000010983 31 -100%
1944 39 0.000014498 39 -100%
1945 39 0.000014701 39 -100%
1946 35 0.000010954 35 -100%
1947 50 0.00001388 50 -100%
1948 44 0.000012744 44 -100%
1949 32 0.000009183 32 -100%
1950 45 0.000012845 45 -100%
1951 35 0.000009501 35 -100%
1952 42 0.000011058 42 -100%
1953 30 0.000007785 30 -100%
1954 41 0.0000103 41 -100%
1955 31 0.000007721 31 -100%
1956 37 0.000008974 37 -100%
1957 25 0.000005949 25 -100%
1958 31 0.000007499 31 -100%
1959 21 0.000005051 21 -100%
1960 31 0.000007463 31 -100%
1961 38 0.000009174 38 -100%
1962 35 0.000008673 35 -100%
1963 35 0.000008842 35 -100%
1964 34 0.000008746 34 -100%
1965 36 0.00000993 36 -100%
1966 30 0.000008631 30 -100%
1967 34 0.000010015 34 -100%
1968 34 0.000010064 34 -100%
1969 45 0.000012948 45 -100%
1970 41 0.000011368 41 -100%
1971 36 0.000010488 36 -100%
1972 29 0.000009227 29 -100%
1973 26 0.000008618 26 -100%
1974 22 0.000007237 22 -100%
1975 41 0.000013579 41 -100%
1976 37 0.000012194 37 -100%
1977 31 0.000009759 31 -100%
1978 51 0.000016069 51 -100%
1979 59 0.000017734 59 -100%
1980 66 0.000019161 66 -100%
1981 65 0.00001879 65 -100%
1982 62 0.000017674 62 -100%
1983 56 0.000016169 56 -100%
1984 50 0.000014332 50 -100%
1985 59 0.000016531 59 -100%
1986 55 0.000015462 55 -100%
1987 77 0.000021356 77 -100%
1988 59 0.000015967 59 -100%
1989 66 0.000017168 66 -100%
1990 59 0.000014927 59 -100%
1991 73 0.000018741 73 -100%
1992 68 0.000017702 68 -100%
1993 67 0.000017771 67 -100%
1994 89 0.00002394 89 -100%
1995 69 0.000018841 69 -100%
1996 70 0.000019193 70 -100%
1997 67 0.000018479 67 -100%
1998 66 0.000017944 66 -100%
1999 63 0.000017055 63 -100%
2000 57 0.00001508 57 -100%
2001 78 0.000020837 78 -100%
2002 55 0.000014713 55 -100%
2003 56 0.000014728 56 -100%
2004 64 0.00001675 64 -100%
2005 59 0.000015345 59 -100%
2006 75 0.000018958 75 -100%
2007 63 0.000015759 63 -100%
2008 92 0.000023406 92 -100%
2009 78 0.000020418 78 -100%
2010 59 0.000015964 59 -100%
2011 71 0.000019411 71 -100%
2012 56 0.000015312 56 -100%
2013 86 0.00002359 86 -100%
2014 93 0.000025092 93 -100%
2015 86 0.000023238 86 -100%
2016 98 0.000026712 98 -100%
2017 83 0.000023209 83 -100%
2018 80 0.000022754 80 -100%
2019 81 0.000023337 81 -100%
2020 56 0.000016764 56 -100%
2021 73 0.000021547 73 -100%
2022 68 0.0000201 68 -100%
2023 48 0.000014496 48 -100%
2024 50 0.000015022 50 -100%

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