Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lucky” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lucky” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lucky” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lucky” 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
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 -100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 -100%
1921 21 0.000008995 5 16 -52%
1922 19 0.0000083 6 13 -37%
1923 16 0.000006949 16 -100%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 -100%
1925 22 0.000009429 7 15 -36%
1926 26 0.000011325 6 20 -54%
1927 32 0.000013797 6 26 -63%
1928 22 0.00000973 22 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 19 0.000008546 19 -100%
1931 17 0.000008078 17 -100%
1932 9 0.000004263 9 -100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 -100%
1938 20 0.000009039 20 -100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 -100%
1940 29 0.000012594 5 24 -66%
1941 23 0.00000944 23 -100%
1942 23 0.000008419 8 15 -30%
1943 49 0.00001736 13 36 -47%
1944 46 0.0000171 7 39 -70%
1945 55 0.000020732 7 48 -75%
1946 46 0.000014396 11 35 -52%
1947 57 0.000015823 8 49 -72%
1948 34 0.000009848 34 -100%
1949 47 0.000013487 7 40 -70%
1950 44 0.000012559 5 39 -77%
1951 36 0.000009773 5 31 -72%
1952 46 0.000012112 8 38 -65%
1953 54 0.000014013 7 47 -74%
1954 45 0.000011305 45 -100%
1955 40 0.000009962 5 35 -75%
1956 49 0.000011884 6 43 -76%
1957 31 0.000007377 5 26 -68%
1958 33 0.000007983 33 -100%
1959 18 0.000004329 18 -100%
1960 50 0.000012037 50 -100%
1961 29 0.000007001 29 -100%
1962 36 0.000008921 36 -100%
1963 35 0.000008842 5 30 -71%
1964 34 0.000008746 34 -100%
1965 34 0.000009378 34 -100%
1966 30 0.000008631 30 -100%
1967 34 0.000010015 34 -100%
1968 35 0.00001036 8 27 -54%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 -100%
1970 19 0.000005268 19 -100%
1971 26 0.000007575 26 -100%
1972 29 0.000009227 29 -100%
1973 28 0.000009281 28 -100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 -100%
1975 32 0.000010598 32 -100%
1976 26 0.000008569 26 -100%
1977 28 0.000008815 28 -100%
1978 15 0.000004726 15 -100%
1979 30 0.000009017 5 25 -67%
1980 27 0.000007839 27 -100%
1981 29 0.000008383 29 -100%
1982 31 0.000008837 7 24 -55%
1983 28 0.000008085 10 18 -29%
1984 23 0.000006593 23 -100%
1985 23 0.000006444 23 -100%
1986 26 0.000007309 6 20 -54%
1987 16 0.000004438 16 -100%
1988 34 0.000009202 5 29 -71%
1989 23 0.000005983 23 -100%
1990 41 0.000010373 16 25 -22%
1991 59 0.000015147 17 42 -42%
1992 29 0.00000755 6 23 -59%
1993 38 0.000010079 16 22 -16%
1994 56 0.000015063 13 43 -54%
1995 51 0.000013926 11 40 -57%
1996 60 0.000016451 8 52 -73%
1997 53 0.000014618 7 46 -74%
1998 51 0.000013865 6 45 -76%
1999 54 0.000014619 7 47 -74%
2000 52 0.000013757 5 47 -81%
2001 50 0.000013357 8 42 -68%
2002 62 0.000016585 7 55 -77%
2003 55 0.000014465 13 42 -53%
2004 75 0.000019629 10 65 -73%
2005 73 0.000018986 5 68 -86%
2006 80 0.000020221 10 70 -75%
2007 73 0.000018261 10 63 -73%
2008 65 0.000016537 8 57 -75%
2009 62 0.00001623 9 53 -71%
2010 69 0.00001867 10 59 -71%
2011 55 0.000015036 13 42 -53%
2012 47 0.000012851 10 37 -57%
2013 48 0.000013166 15 33 -38%
2014 65 0.000017537 11 54 -66%
2015 43 0.000011619 43 -100%
2016 64 0.000017445 8 56 -75%
2017 55 0.000015379 12 43 -56%
2018 56 0.000015928 12 44 -57%
2019 64 0.000018439 17 47 -47%
2020 59 0.000017662 15 44 -49%
2021 84 0.000024794 14 70 -67%
2022 73 0.000021578 15 58 -59%
2023 62 0.000018724 16 46 -48%
2024 111 0.000033348 25 86 -55%

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