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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Kenyon” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kenyon” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Kenyon” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kenyon” 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
1914 8 0.000005648 8 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 9 0.000004653 9 -100%
1917 12 0.00000598 12 -100%
1918 19 0.000008751 19 -100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 -100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 -100%
1921 18 0.00000771 18 -100%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 -100%
1923 12 0.000005212 12 -100%
1924 11 0.000004619 11 -100%
1925 20 0.000008572 20 -100%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 -100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 -100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 -100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 -100%
1930 19 0.000008546 19 -100%
1931 22 0.000010454 22 -100%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 -100%
1933 29 0.000014504 29 -100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 -100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 -100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 -100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 -100%
1938 15 0.000006779 15 -100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 16 0.000006948 16 -100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 -100%
1942 19 0.000006955 19 -100%
1943 15 0.000005314 15 -100%
1944 17 0.00000632 17 -100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 -100%
1946 19 0.000005946 19 -100%
1947 16 0.000004442 16 -100%
1948 26 0.000007531 26 -100%
1949 14 0.000004017 14 -100%
1950 18 0.000005138 18 -100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 -100%
1952 24 0.000006319 24 -100%
1953 22 0.000005709 22 -100%
1954 34 0.000008541 34 -100%
1955 29 0.000007223 29 -100%
1956 31 0.000007519 31 -100%
1957 22 0.000005235 22 -100%
1958 25 0.000006048 25 -100%
1959 21 0.000005051 21 -100%
1960 47 0.000011315 47 -100%
1961 23 0.000005552 23 -100%
1962 30 0.000007434 30 -100%
1963 33 0.000008337 33 -100%
1964 36 0.00000926 36 -100%
1965 32 0.000008826 32 -100%
1966 22 0.00000633 22 -100%
1967 35 0.00001031 35 -100%
1968 35 0.00001036 35 -100%
1969 47 0.000013524 5 42 -79%
1970 69 0.000019132 69 -100%
1971 85 0.000024764 9 76 -79%
1972 106 0.000033726 6 100 -89%
1973 104 0.000034473 8 96 -85%
1974 151 0.000049671 13 138 -83%
1975 153 0.000050672 10 143 -87%
1976 154 0.000050753 9 145 -88%
1977 157 0.000049426 7 150 -91%
1978 143 0.000045055 5 138 -93%
1979 134 0.000040277 11 123 -84%
1980 107 0.000031064 11 96 -79%
1981 101 0.000029196 6 95 -88%
1982 82 0.000023375 82 -100%
1983 78 0.000022522 78 -100%
1984 90 0.000025797 6 84 -87%
1985 72 0.000020173 7 65 -81%
1986 63 0.000017711 63 -100%
1987 57 0.000015809 57 -100%
1988 48 0.00001299 48 -100%
1989 70 0.000018208 70 -100%
1990 89 0.000022518 7 82 -84%
1991 76 0.000019511 76 -100%
1992 90 0.00002343 90 -100%
1993 118 0.000031297 6 112 -90%
1994 124 0.000033354 124 -100%
1995 124 0.00003386 5 119 -92%
1996 120 0.000032902 5 115 -92%
1997 142 0.000039164 7 135 -90%
1998 145 0.000039421 5 140 -93%
1999 152 0.000041149 7 145 -91%
2000 216 0.000057144 216 -100%
2001 152 0.000040605 152 -100%
2002 262 0.000070086 9 253 -93%
2003 266 0.000069957 5 261 -96%
2004 212 0.000055484 6 206 -94%
2005 323 0.000084009 323 -100%
2006 319 0.000080633 5 314 -97%
2007 278 0.00006954 7 271 -95%
2008 251 0.000063857 251 -100%
2009 223 0.000058374 223 -100%
2010 177 0.000047893 177 -100%
2011 187 0.000051124 187 -100%
2012 137 0.000037459 137 -100%
2013 121 0.00003319 121 -100%
2014 116 0.000031297 116 -100%
2015 93 0.000025129 93 -100%
2016 53 0.000014447 53 -100%
2017 71 0.000019854 71 -100%
2018 61 0.00001735 61 -100%
2019 52 0.000014982 52 -100%
2020 61 0.00001826 61 -100%
2021 46 0.000013578 46 -100%
2022 49 0.000014484 49 -100%
2023 33 0.000009966 33 -100%
2024 30 0.000009013 30 -100%

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