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How popular is “Saint” in the USA?

Number of people named “Saint” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Saint” by birth year

This chart shows how “Saint” 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
1891 5 0.000017441 5 100%
1896 10 0.000027973 10 -100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1914 14 0.000009885 6 8 -14%
1915 18 0.000009823 6 12 -33%
1916 16 0.000008271 6 10 -25%
1917 14 0.000006976 14 -100%
1918 16 0.000007369 16 -100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 -100%
1920 22 0.000009723 22 -100%
1921 22 0.000009424 22 -100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 -100%
1923 16 0.000006949 16 -100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 -100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 -100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 -100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 -100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 -100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 5 5 0%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 5 6 -9%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1941 13 0.000005336 13 -100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1950 11 0.00000314 11 -100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 -100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 -100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 -100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 -100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 -100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 18 0.000004711 18 -100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
2006 17 0.000004297 17 -100%
2007 16 0.000004002 16 -100%
2008 13 0.000003307 13 -100%
2009 23 0.000006021 23 -100%
2010 21 0.000005682 21 -100%
2011 23 0.000006288 23 -100%
2012 33 0.000009023 33 -100%
2013 22 0.000006035 22 -100%
2014 33 0.000008904 33 -100%
2015 40 0.000010808 40 -100%
2016 115 0.000031346 115 -100%
2017 141 0.000039427 141 -100%
2018 265 0.000075372 8 257 -94%
2019 340 0.000097956 12 328 -93%
2020 498 0.000149076 10 488 -96%
2021 688 0.000203073 19 669 -94%
2022 944 0.000279031 28 916 -94%
2023 1083 0.000327072 22 1061 -96%
2024 1228 0.000368935 33 1195 -95%

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