How popular is “King” in the USA?

Number of people named “King” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “King” by birth year

This chart shows how “King” 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	27	0.000134006		27	-100%
1881	20	0.000103795		20	-100%
1882	26	0.000117364		26	-100%
1883	22	0.000101408		22	-100%
1884	25	0.000102686		25	-100%
1885	25	0.000103797		25	-100%
1886	23	0.000090084		23	-100%
1887	13	0.000052548		13	-100%
1888	27	0.000090158		27	-100%
1889	21	0.000072678		21	-100%
1890	21	0.000069675		21	-100%
1891	13	0.000045348		13	-100%
1892	26	0.000077757		26	-100%
1893	23	0.000070721		23	-100%
1894	20	0.000059051		20	-100%
1895	24	0.000068372		24	-100%
1896	24	0.000067136		24	-100%
1897	32	0.00009223		32	-100%
1898	27	0.000070782		27	-100%
1899	23	0.0000678		23	-100%
1900	33	0.000073291		33	-100%
1901	15	0.000043376		15	-100%
1902	29	0.000074987		29	-100%
1903	19	0.000049843		19	-100%
1904	24	0.000059482		24	-100%
1905	24	0.000056614		24	-100%
1906	28	0.000065352		28	-100%
1907	37	0.000079503		37	-100%
1908	37	0.000075719		37	-100%
1909	31	0.000060639		31	-100%
1910	47	0.000079565		47	-100%
1911	32	0.000049668		32	-100%
1912	72	0.00007287		72	-100%
1913	58	0.000051007		58	-100%
1914	74	0.000052247		74	-100%
1915	111	0.000060575		111	-100%
1916	102	0.000052729		102	-100%
1917	90	0.000044849		90	-100%
1918	89	0.000040993		89	-100%
1919	120	0.000056865		120	-100%
1920	108	0.000047732		108	-100%
1921	99	0.000042407		99	-100%
1922	114	0.0000498		114	-100%
1923	100	0.000043431		100	-100%
1924	109	0.000045767		109	-100%
1925	95	0.000040715		95	-100%
1926	113	0.000049218		113	-100%
1927	85	0.000036648		85	-100%
1928	81	0.000035826		81	-100%
1929	99	0.000045161	5	94	-90%
1930	90	0.000040481		90	-100%
1931	73	0.000034689		73	-100%
1932	67	0.000031734		67	-100%
1933	79	0.000039511		79	-100%
1934	91	0.000043817		91	-100%
1935	67	0.000032059		67	-100%
1936	71	0.000034174		71	-100%
1937	85	0.000039894		85	-100%
1938	91	0.000041129		91	-100%
1939	87	0.000039484		87	-100%
1940	75	0.000032571		75	-100%
1941	70	0.000028731		70	-100%
1942	105	0.000038436		105	-100%
1943	86	0.000030469		86	-100%
1944	82	0.000030482		82	-100%
1945	80	0.000030156		80	-100%
1946	78	0.000024411		78	-100%
1947	79	0.00002193		79	-100%
1948	84	0.00002433		84	-100%
1949	79	0.00002267		79	-100%
1950	90	0.00002569		90	-100%
1951	81	0.000021989		81	-100%
1952	93	0.000024487		93	-100%
1953	63	0.000016348		63	-100%
1954	77	0.000019343		77	-100%
1955	68	0.000016936		68	-100%
1956	59	0.00001431		59	-100%
1957	64	0.00001523		64	-100%
1958	53	0.000012821		53	-100%
1959	60	0.00001443		60	-100%
1960	52	0.000012519		52	-100%
1961	35	0.000008449		35	-100%
1962	59	0.000014621		59	-100%
1963	42	0.000010611		42	-100%
1964	82	0.000021093	5	77	-88%
1965	45	0.000012412		45	-100%
1966	37	0.000010645		37	-100%
1967	37	0.000010899		37	-100%
1968	42	0.000012432		42	-100%
1969	27	0.000007769		27	-100%
1970	31	0.000008596		31	-100%
1971	34	0.000009906		34	-100%
1972	41	0.000013045		41	-100%
1973	24	0.000007955		24	-100%
1974	25	0.000008224		25	-100%
1975	30	0.000009936		30	-100%
1976	26	0.000008569		26	-100%
1977	28	0.000008815		28	-100%
1978	36	0.000011343		36	-100%
1979	41	0.000012323		41	-100%
1980	28	0.000008129		28	-100%
1981	40	0.000011563		40	-100%
1982	53	0.000015108		53	-100%
1983	32	0.00000924		32	-100%
1984	31	0.000008886		31	-100%
1985	41	0.000011487		41	-100%
1986	31	0.000008715		31	-100%
1987	21	0.000005824		21	-100%
1988	30	0.000008119		30	-100%
1989	28	0.000007283		28	-100%
1990	47	0.000011891		47	-100%
1991	39	0.000010012		39	-100%
1992	40	0.000010413		40	-100%
1993	42	0.00001114		42	-100%
1994	50	0.000013449		50	-100%
1995	40	0.000010923		40	-100%
1996	38	0.000010419		38	-100%
1997	45	0.000012411		45	-100%
1998	52	0.000014137		52	-100%
1999	46	0.000012453		46	-100%
2000	74	0.000019577		74	-100%
2001	63	0.00001683		63	-100%
2002	57	0.000015248		57	-100%
2003	70	0.00001841		70	-100%
2004	77	0.000020152		77	-100%
2005	149	0.000038753		149	-100%
2006	219	0.000055356		219	-100%
2007	321	0.000080297		321	-100%
2008	329	0.000083701		329	-100%
2009	591	0.000154705		591	-100%
2010	706	0.000191031		706	-100%
2011	730	0.000199574		730	-100%
2012	1434	0.000392085		1434	-100%
2013	2109	0.000578495		2109	-100%
2014	2438	0.000657785		2438	-100%
2015	2567	0.000693613		2567	-100%
2016	2676	0.000729414	5	2671	-100%
2017	2703	0.000755831	9	2694	-99%
2018	2618	0.000744618	6	2612	-100%
2019	2476	0.000713353	5	2471	-100%
2020	2264	0.000677727		2264	-100%
2021	2059	0.000607742	5	2054	-100%
2022	1653	0.0004886		1653	-100%
2023	1284	0.000387775		1284	-100%
2024	1001	0.000300736		1001	-100%

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