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How popular is “Sampson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sampson” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Sampson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sampson” 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
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1881 8 0.000041518 8 -100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 -100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 -100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 -100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 -100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 -100%
1895 10 0.000028488 10 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1897 11 0.000031704 11 -100%
1898 23 0.000060295 23 -100%
1899 18 0.000053061 18 -100%
1900 20 0.000044419 20 -100%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 -100%
1902 14 0.000036201 14 -100%
1903 10 0.000026233 10 -100%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 -100%
1905 12 0.000028307 12 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 -100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 -100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 -100%
1910 12 0.000020315 12 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 23 0.000023278 23 -100%
1913 22 0.000019347 22 -100%
1914 34 0.000024005 34 -100%
1915 23 0.000012552 23 -100%
1916 30 0.000015509 30 -100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 -100%
1918 36 0.000016581 36 -100%
1919 41 0.000019429 41 -100%
1920 43 0.000019004 43 -100%
1921 39 0.000016706 39 -100%
1922 40 0.000017474 40 -100%
1923 30 0.000013029 30 -100%
1924 30 0.000012597 30 -100%
1925 35 0.000015 35 -100%
1926 29 0.000012631 29 -100%
1927 39 0.000016815 39 -100%
1928 34 0.000015038 34 -100%
1929 29 0.000013229 29 -100%
1930 37 0.000016642 37 -100%
1931 34 0.000016157 34 -100%
1932 26 0.000012315 26 -100%
1933 27 0.000013504 27 -100%
1934 20 0.00000963 20 -100%
1935 21 0.000010048 21 -100%
1936 28 0.000013477 28 -100%
1937 18 0.000008448 18 -100%
1938 28 0.000012655 28 -100%
1939 27 0.000012254 27 -100%
1940 25 0.000010857 25 -100%
1941 18 0.000007388 18 -100%
1942 23 0.000008419 23 -100%
1943 32 0.000011337 32 -100%
1944 19 0.000007063 19 -100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 -100%
1946 28 0.000008763 28 -100%
1947 19 0.000005274 19 -100%
1948 28 0.00000811 28 -100%
1949 35 0.000010044 35 -100%
1950 27 0.000007707 27 -100%
1951 23 0.000006244 23 -100%
1952 33 0.000008689 33 -100%
1953 25 0.000006487 25 -100%
1954 38 0.000009546 38 -100%
1955 34 0.000008468 34 -100%
1956 42 0.000010187 42 -100%
1957 29 0.000006901 29 -100%
1958 21 0.00000508 21 -100%
1959 31 0.000007456 31 -100%
1960 33 0.000007945 33 -100%
1961 33 0.000007967 33 -100%
1962 22 0.000005452 22 -100%
1963 28 0.000007074 28 -100%
1964 27 0.000006945 27 -100%
1965 18 0.000004965 18 -100%
1966 17 0.000004891 17 -100%
1967 16 0.000004713 16 -100%
1968 21 0.000006216 21 -100%
1969 28 0.000008057 28 -100%
1970 21 0.000005823 21 -100%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 -100%
1972 17 0.000005409 17 -100%
1973 19 0.000006298 19 -100%
1974 20 0.000006579 20 -100%
1975 20 0.000006624 20 -100%
1976 26 0.000008569 26 -100%
1977 28 0.000008815 28 -100%
1978 34 0.000010712 34 -100%
1979 23 0.000006913 23 -100%
1980 31 0.000009 31 -100%
1981 33 0.000009539 33 -100%
1982 27 0.000007697 27 -100%
1983 28 0.000008085 28 -100%
1984 24 0.000006879 24 -100%
1985 31 0.000008686 31 -100%
1986 33 0.000009277 33 -100%
1987 29 0.000008043 29 -100%
1988 40 0.000010825 40 -100%
1989 36 0.000009364 36 -100%
1990 35 0.000008855 35 -100%
1991 29 0.000007445 29 -100%
1992 33 0.000008591 33 -100%
1993 33 0.000008753 33 -100%
1994 39 0.00001049 39 -100%
1995 34 0.000009284 34 -100%
1996 34 0.000009322 34 -100%
1997 33 0.000009102 33 -100%
1998 44 0.000011962 44 -100%
1999 51 0.000013807 51 -100%
2000 36 0.000009524 36 -100%
2001 31 0.000008281 31 -100%
2002 35 0.000009363 35 -100%
2003 34 0.000008942 34 -100%
2004 29 0.00000759 29 -100%
2005 35 0.000009103 35 -100%
2006 37 0.000009352 37 -100%
2007 43 0.000010756 43 -100%
2008 40 0.000010176 40 -100%
2009 34 0.0000089 34 -100%
2010 31 0.000008388 31 -100%
2011 35 0.000009569 35 -100%
2012 38 0.00001039 38 -100%
2013 39 0.000010698 39 -100%
2014 42 0.000011332 42 -100%
2015 57 0.000015402 57 -100%
2016 51 0.000013901 51 -100%
2017 61 0.000017057 61 -100%
2018 50 0.000014221 50 -100%
2019 41 0.000011812 41 -100%
2020 57 0.000017063 57 -100%
2021 46 0.000013578 46 -100%
2022 42 0.000012415 42 -100%
2023 38 0.000011476 38 -100%
2024 33 0.000009914 33 -100%

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