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How popular is “Sheridan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sheridan” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Sheridan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sheridan” 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 14 0.000048836 14 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 -100%
1912 14 0.000014169 14 -100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 -100%
1914 22 0.000015533 22 -100%
1915 20 0.000010914 20 -100%
1916 19 0.000009822 19 -100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 -100%
1918 24 0.000011054 24 -100%
1919 24 0.000011373 24 -100%
1920 21 0.000009281 21 -100%
1921 33 0.000014136 33 -100%
1922 26 0.000011358 26 -100%
1923 35 0.000015201 35 -100%
1924 29 0.000012177 29 -100%
1925 30 0.000012857 30 -100%
1926 36 0.00001568 36 -100%
1927 28 0.000012072 28 -100%
1928 42 0.000018576 6 36 -71%
1929 25 0.000011404 25 -100%
1930 26 0.000011694 26 -100%
1931 21 0.000009979 21 -100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 -100%
1933 19 0.000009503 19 -100%
1934 27 0.000013001 27 -100%
1935 34 0.000016269 5 29 -71%
1936 49 0.000023585 16 33 -35%
1937 40 0.000018773 13 27 -35%
1938 61 0.00002757 17 44 -44%
1939 50 0.000022692 22 28 -12%
1940 66 0.000028662 24 42 -27%
1941 83 0.000034066 31 52 -25%
1942 88 0.000032213 44 44 0%
1943 98 0.00003472 58 40 18%
1944 84 0.000031226 52 32 24%
1945 58 0.000021863 32 26 10%
1946 108 0.0000338 62 46 15%
1947 101 0.000028037 71 30 41%
1948 82 0.000023751 48 34 17%
1949 86 0.000024679 47 39 9%
1950 73 0.000020837 48 25 32%
1951 64 0.000017374 46 18 44%
1952 42 0.000011058 26 16 24%
1953 46 0.000011937 27 19 17%
1954 60 0.000015073 28 32 -7%
1955 35 0.000008717 23 12 31%
1956 34 0.000008246 21 13 24%
1957 40 0.000009519 27 13 35%
1958 44 0.000010644 27 17 23%
1959 46 0.000011063 24 22 4%
1960 40 0.00000963 20 20 0%
1961 50 0.000012071 31 19 24%
1962 42 0.000010408 24 18 14%
1963 47 0.000011874 27 20 15%
1964 33 0.000008489 17 16 3%
1965 47 0.000012964 30 17 28%
1966 37 0.000010645 21 16 14%
1967 42 0.000012372 28 14 33%
1968 53 0.000015688 29 24 9%
1969 68 0.000019567 40 28 18%
1970 52 0.000014418 23 29 -12%
1971 84 0.000024473 42 42 0%
1972 58 0.000018454 29 29 0%
1973 60 0.000019888 23 37 -23%
1974 53 0.000017434 24 29 -9%
1975 54 0.000017884 26 28 -4%
1976 43 0.000014171 17 26 -21%
1977 44 0.000013852 24 20 9%
1978 42 0.000013233 21 21 0%
1979 61 0.000018335 29 32 -5%
1980 67 0.000019451 35 32 4%
1981 41 0.000011852 17 24 -17%
1982 46 0.000013113 30 16 30%
1983 49 0.000014148 20 29 -18%
1984 46 0.000013185 29 17 26%
1985 61 0.000017091 37 24 21%
1986 62 0.00001743 41 21 32%
1987 67 0.000018582 42 25 25%
1988 67 0.000018132 36 31 7%
1989 107 0.000027832 72 35 35%
1990 139 0.000035168 87 52 25%
1991 151 0.000038765 105 46 39%
1992 179 0.000046599 133 46 49%
1993 193 0.00005119 150 43 55%
1994 207 0.00005568 172 35 66%
1995 221 0.000060347 171 50 55%
1996 243 0.000066627 202 41 66%
1997 259 0.000071434 218 41 68%
1998 225 0.000061171 188 37 67%
1999 235 0.000063619 199 36 69%
2000 287 0.000075928 264 23 84%
2001 328 0.000087621 305 23 86%
2002 242 0.000064735 225 17 86%
2003 228 0.000059963 207 21 82%
2004 212 0.000055484 192 20 81%
2005 167 0.000043435 153 14 83%
2006 136 0.000034377 129 7 90%
2007 130 0.000032519 119 11 83%
2008 86 0.000021879 79 7 84%
2009 84 0.000021989 84 100%
2010 69 0.00001867 63 6 83%
2011 59 0.00001613 50 9 69%
2012 51 0.000013944 51 100%
2013 46 0.000012618 38 8 65%
2014 44 0.000011871 38 6 73%
2015 34 0.000009187 34 100%
2016 43 0.000011721 36 7 67%
2017 27 0.00000755 22 5 63%
2018 29 0.000008248 20 9 38%
2019 22 0.000006338 22 100%
2020 22 0.000006586 17 5 55%
2021 20 0.000005903 14 6 40%
2022 34 0.00001005 19 15 12%
2023 31 0.000009362 25 6 61%
2024 20 0.000006009 20 100%

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