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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Klaus” in the USA?

Number of people named “Klaus” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Klaus” by birth year

This chart shows how “Klaus” 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
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 -100%
1957 18 0.000004284 18 -100%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 21 0.000005056 21 -100%
1961 20 0.000004828 20 -100%
1962 16 0.000003965 16 -100%
1963 21 0.000005305 21 -100%
1964 24 0.000006173 24 -100%
1965 28 0.000007723 28 -100%
1966 25 0.000007193 25 -100%
1967 24 0.000007069 24 -100%
1968 33 0.000009768 33 -100%
1969 21 0.000006043 21 -100%
1970 16 0.000004436 16 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 17 0.000005409 17 -100%
1973 16 0.000005303 16 -100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 -100%
1984 13 0.000003726 13 -100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 -100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 -100%
1993 14 0.000003713 14 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 18 0.000004762 18 -100%
2001 18 0.000004808 18 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2006 16 0.000004044 16 -100%
2007 14 0.000003502 14 -100%
2008 12 0.000003053 12 -100%
2009 15 0.000003927 15 -100%
2010 18 0.00000487 18 -100%
2011 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2013 28 0.00000768 28 -100%
2014 26 0.000007015 26 -100%
2015 39 0.000010538 39 -100%
2016 26 0.000007087 26 -100%
2017 54 0.0000151 54 -100%
2018 43 0.00001223 43 -100%
2019 69 0.000019879 69 -100%
2020 59 0.000017662 59 -100%
2021 77 0.000022728 77 -100%
2022 84 0.000024829 84 -100%
2023 65 0.00001963 65 -100%
2024 58 0.000017425 58 -100%

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