Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “San” in the USA?

Number of people named “San” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “San” by birth year

This chart shows how “San” 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
1911 7 0.000010865 7 100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 -100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 100%
1922 14 0.000006116 9 5 29%
1924 17 0.000007138 12 5 41%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 100%
1926 12 0.000005227 7 5 17%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 100%
1933 9 0.000004501 9 100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1941 12 0.000004925 7 5 17%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 100%
1943 11 0.000003897 6 5 9%
1944 17 0.00000632 17 100%
1945 18 0.000006785 18 100%
1946 25 0.000007824 25 100%
1947 35 0.000009716 28 7 60%
1948 36 0.000010427 36 100%
1949 51 0.000014635 42 9 65%
1950 74 0.000021123 66 8 78%
1951 52 0.000014116 52 100%
1952 36 0.000009479 36 100%
1953 47 0.000012196 42 5 79%
1954 55 0.000013817 48 7 75%
1955 35 0.000008717 35 100%
1956 47 0.000011399 42 5 79%
1957 47 0.000011185 38 9 62%
1958 47 0.000011369 47 100%
1959 45 0.000010823 36 9 60%
1960 52 0.000012519 47 5 81%
1961 50 0.000012071 42 8 68%
1962 54 0.000013382 46 8 70%
1963 44 0.000011116 38 6 73%
1964 47 0.00001209 42 5 79%
1965 49 0.000013516 43 6 76%
1966 54 0.000015537 48 6 78%
1967 63 0.000018557 48 15 52%
1968 56 0.000016576 51 5 82%
1969 64 0.000018416 55 9 72%
1970 51 0.000014141 42 9 65%
1971 68 0.000019811 55 13 62%
1972 42 0.000013363 29 13 38%
1973 47 0.000015579 40 7 70%
1974 44 0.000014474 36 8 64%
1975 52 0.000017222 39 13 50%
1976 31 0.000010217 21 10 35%
1977 37 0.000011648 28 9 51%
1978 36 0.000011343 26 10 44%
1979 28 0.000008416 20 8 43%
1980 44 0.000012774 28 16 27%
1981 38 0.000010985 20 18 5%
1982 48 0.000013683 28 20 17%
1983 26 0.000007507 17 9 31%
1984 40 0.000011465 17 23 -15%
1985 25 0.000007005 10 15 -20%
1986 27 0.00000759 15 12 11%
1987 27 0.000007488 11 16 -19%
1988 24 0.000006495 13 11 8%
1989 26 0.000006763 11 15 -15%
1990 29 0.000007337 14 15 -3%
1991 30 0.000007702 13 17 -13%
1992 24 0.000006248 9 15 -25%
1993 19 0.000005039 10 9 5%
1994 15 0.000004035 7 8 -7%
1995 20 0.000005461 7 13 -30%
1996 16 0.000004387 7 9 -13%
1997 13 0.000003585 7 6 8%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
1999 16 0.000004332 6 10 -25%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 5 5 0%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 13 0.000003513 5 8 -23%
2016 10 0.000002726 5 5 0%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 -100%
2021 12 0.000003542 7 5 17%
2024 11 0.000003305 5 6 -9%

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