Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Kit” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kit” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Kit” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kit” 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 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 -100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1918 6 0.000002764 6 -100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1921 16 0.000006854 16 -100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1925 10 0.000004286 5 5 0%
1926 16 0.000006969 6 10 -25%
1927 16 0.000006898 6 10 -25%
1928 14 0.000006192 8 6 14%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1930 7 0.000003148 7 -100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1937 15 0.00000704 6 9 -20%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 -100%
1940 30 0.000013028 10 20 -33%
1941 45 0.00001847 9 36 -60%
1942 43 0.00001574 12 31 -44%
1943 58 0.000020549 14 44 -52%
1944 81 0.000030111 25 56 -38%
1945 55 0.000020732 27 28 -2%
1946 80 0.000025037 24 56 -40%
1947 84 0.000023318 32 52 -24%
1948 76 0.000022013 25 51 -34%
1949 63 0.000018079 21 42 -33%
1950 95 0.000027117 28 67 -41%
1951 103 0.000027961 35 68 -32%
1952 109 0.000028699 35 74 -36%
1953 101 0.000026209 27 74 -47%
1954 113 0.000028387 39 74 -31%
1955 132 0.000032876 46 86 -30%
1956 129 0.000031288 50 79 -22%
1957 137 0.000032602 60 77 -12%
1958 112 0.000027093 44 68 -21%
1959 96 0.000023088 37 59 -23%
1960 77 0.000018537 38 39 -1%
1961 81 0.000019554 34 47 -16%
1962 62 0.000015364 33 29 6%
1963 77 0.000019453 35 42 -9%
1964 63 0.000016205 26 37 -17%
1965 57 0.000015722 15 42 -47%
1966 44 0.000012659 15 29 -32%
1967 52 0.000015317 14 38 -46%
1968 41 0.000012136 10 31 -51%
1969 45 0.000012948 9 36 -60%
1970 37 0.000010259 13 24 -30%
1971 61 0.000017772 15 46 -51%
1972 52 0.000016545 11 41 -58%
1973 41 0.00001359 15 26 -27%
1974 46 0.000015132 10 36 -57%
1975 34 0.000011261 5 29 -71%
1976 34 0.000011205 8 26 -53%
1977 38 0.000011963 11 27 -42%
1978 41 0.000012918 5 36 -76%
1979 38 0.000011422 11 27 -42%
1980 42 0.000012193 15 27 -29%
1981 44 0.000012719 9 35 -59%
1982 45 0.000012828 11 34 -51%
1983 39 0.000011261 10 29 -49%
1984 40 0.000011465 7 33 -65%
1985 25 0.000007005 25 -100%
1986 23 0.000006466 23 -100%
1987 40 0.000011094 9 31 -55%
1988 16 0.00000433 5 11 -38%
1989 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
1990 23 0.000005819 5 18 -57%
1991 20 0.000005134 20 -100%
1992 21 0.000005467 5 16 -52%
1993 26 0.000006896 7 19 -46%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 -100%
1995 17 0.000004642 17 -100%
1996 18 0.000004935 18 -100%
1997 17 0.000004689 6 11 -29%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 -100%
1999 15 0.000004061 6 9 -20%
2000 18 0.000004762 5 13 -44%
2001 27 0.000007213 5 22 -63%
2002 12 0.00000321 5 7 -17%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 23 0.000006019 7 16 -39%
2005 20 0.000005202 8 12 -20%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2007 14 0.000003502 6 8 -14%
2008 17 0.000004325 7 10 -18%
2009 24 0.000006282 12 12 0%
2010 23 0.000006223 13 10 13%
2011 22 0.000006015 9 13 -18%
2012 32 0.000008749 16 16 0%
2013 25 0.000006857 13 12 4%
2014 38 0.000010253 17 21 -11%
2015 68 0.000018374 28 40 -18%
2016 90 0.000024532 31 59 -31%
2017 116 0.000032437 49 67 -16%
2018 144 0.000040957 57 87 -21%
2019 177 0.000050995 76 101 -14%
2020 196 0.000058673 82 114 -16%
2021 235 0.000069364 105 130 -11%
2022 303 0.000089562 166 137 10%
2023 317 0.000095736 135 182 -15%
2024 370 0.000111161 188 182 2%

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