Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Sal” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sal” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Sal” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sal” 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
1909 8 0.000015649 8 -100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 -100%
1912 15 0.000015181 15 -100%
1913 12 0.000010553 12 -100%
1914 16 0.000011297 16 -100%
1915 21 0.00001146 21 -100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 -100%
1917 22 0.000010963 22 -100%
1918 22 0.000010133 22 -100%
1919 26 0.000012321 26 -100%
1920 30 0.000013259 30 -100%
1921 21 0.000008995 21 -100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 -100%
1923 29 0.000012595 29 -100%
1924 28 0.000011757 28 -100%
1925 34 0.000014572 34 -100%
1926 25 0.000010889 25 -100%
1927 34 0.000014659 34 -100%
1928 24 0.000010615 24 -100%
1929 32 0.000014597 32 -100%
1930 19 0.000008546 19 -100%
1931 39 0.000018533 39 -100%
1932 44 0.00002084 44 -100%
1933 37 0.000018505 37 -100%
1934 33 0.00001589 33 -100%
1935 49 0.000023446 49 -100%
1936 50 0.000024066 50 -100%
1937 52 0.000024405 52 -100%
1938 39 0.000017627 39 -100%
1939 43 0.000019515 43 -100%
1940 51 0.000022148 51 -100%
1941 51 0.000020932 51 -100%
1942 58 0.000021231 58 -100%
1943 62 0.000021966 62 -100%
1944 45 0.000016728 45 -100%
1945 58 0.000021863 58 -100%
1946 56 0.000017526 56 -100%
1947 64 0.000017766 64 -100%
1948 44 0.000012744 44 -100%
1949 40 0.000011478 40 -100%
1950 30 0.000008563 30 -100%
1951 27 0.00000733 27 -100%
1952 32 0.000008425 32 -100%
1953 28 0.000007266 28 -100%
1954 19 0.000004773 19 -100%
1955 33 0.000008219 33 -100%
1956 51 0.00001237 51 -100%
1957 90 0.000021418 90 -100%
1958 114 0.000027577 114 -100%
1959 107 0.000025734 107 -100%
1960 104 0.000025037 104 -100%
1961 97 0.000023417 97 -100%
1962 103 0.000025524 103 -100%
1963 97 0.000024506 97 -100%
1964 68 0.000017491 68 -100%
1965 62 0.000017101 62 -100%
1966 62 0.000017838 62 -100%
1967 58 0.000017084 58 -100%
1968 54 0.000015984 54 -100%
1969 54 0.000015538 54 -100%
1970 56 0.000015527 56 -100%
1971 52 0.00001515 52 -100%
1972 49 0.00001559 49 -100%
1973 32 0.000010607 32 -100%
1974 27 0.000008882 27 -100%
1975 21 0.000006955 21 -100%
1976 29 0.000009557 29 -100%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 -100%
1978 28 0.000008822 28 -100%
1979 16 0.000004809 16 -100%
1980 18 0.000005226 18 -100%
1981 24 0.000006938 24 -100%
1982 18 0.000005131 18 -100%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 -100%
1984 13 0.000003726 13 -100%
1985 29 0.000008125 29 -100%
1986 17 0.000004779 17 -100%
1987 22 0.000006102 22 -100%
1988 28 0.000007578 28 -100%
1989 19 0.000004942 19 -100%
1990 29 0.000007337 29 -100%
1991 26 0.000006675 26 -100%
1992 30 0.00000781 30 -100%
1993 21 0.00000557 21 -100%
1994 25 0.000006725 25 -100%
1995 22 0.000006007 22 -100%
1996 19 0.000005209 19 -100%
1997 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 -100%
1999 13 0.000003519 13 -100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 -100%
2001 23 0.000006144 23 -100%
2002 15 0.000004013 15 -100%
2003 13 0.000003419 13 -100%
2004 15 0.000003926 15 -100%
2005 16 0.000004161 16 -100%
2006 13 0.000003286 13 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 -100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2014 11 0.000002968 11 -100%
2016 16 0.000004361 16 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2019 7 0.000002017 7 -100%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 -100%
2021 15 0.000004427 15 -100%
2022 11 0.000003251 11 -100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 -100%
2024 12 0.000003605 12 -100%

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