Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Master” in the USA?

Number of people named “Master” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Master” by birth year

This chart shows how “Master” 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
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 -100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 -100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 -100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 -100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 -100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 -100%
2003 17 0.000004471 17 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2012 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 -100%
2014 12 0.000003238 12 -100%
2015 11 0.000002972 11 -100%
2016 11 0.000002998 11 -100%
2017 9 0.000002517 9 -100%
2018 21 0.000005973 21 -100%
2019 19 0.000005474 19 -100%
2020 16 0.00000479 16 -100%
2021 19 0.000005608 19 -100%
2022 16 0.000004729 16 -100%
2023 13 0.000003926 13 -100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 -100%

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