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How popular is “Silas” in the USA?

Number of people named “Silas” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Silas” by birth year

This chart shows how “Silas” 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 98 0.000486391 98 -100%
1881 73 0.000378851 73 -100%
1882 92 0.000415288 92 -100%
1883 77 0.000354927 77 -100%
1884 83 0.000340917 83 -100%
1885 73 0.000303088 73 -100%
1886 77 0.000301587 77 -100%
1887 64 0.000258699 64 -100%
1888 71 0.000237082 71 -100%
1889 67 0.000231877 67 -100%
1890 84 0.000278698 84 -100%
1891 58 0.000202321 58 -100%
1892 89 0.000266169 89 -100%
1893 57 0.000175264 57 -100%
1894 56 0.000165343 56 -100%
1895 68 0.000193721 68 -100%
1896 63 0.000176232 63 -100%
1897 53 0.000152757 53 -100%
1898 48 0.000125834 48 -100%
1899 55 0.00016213 55 -100%
1900 68 0.000151025 68 -100%
1901 37 0.000106995 37 -100%
1902 55 0.000142217 55 -100%
1903 47 0.000123295 47 -100%
1904 51 0.000126399 51 -100%
1905 43 0.000101434 43 -100%
1906 53 0.000123701 53 -100%
1907 45 0.000096693 45 -100%
1908 48 0.00009823 48 -100%
1909 62 0.000121278 62 -100%
1910 64 0.000108344 64 -100%
1911 59 0.000091575 59 -100%
1912 108 0.000109305 108 -100%
1913 126 0.000110807 126 -100%
1914 173 0.000122145 173 -100%
1915 197 0.000107508 197 -100%
1916 190 0.000098221 190 -100%
1917 205 0.000102155 205 -100%
1918 229 0.000105476 229 -100%
1919 202 0.000095723 202 -100%
1920 218 0.000096348 218 -100%
1921 224 0.000095952 224 -100%
1922 213 0.000093047 213 -100%
1923 206 0.000089469 206 -100%
1924 218 0.000091535 5 213 -95%
1925 219 0.000093858 219 -100%
1926 211 0.000091903 211 -100%
1927 183 0.000078901 183 -100%
1928 167 0.000073863 167 -100%
1929 177 0.000080742 177 -100%
1930 191 0.000085909 191 -100%
1931 169 0.000080308 169 -100%
1932 154 0.000072941 154 -100%
1933 143 0.00007152 143 -100%
1934 142 0.000068374 142 -100%
1935 143 0.000068424 143 -100%
1936 145 0.000069793 145 -100%
1937 109 0.000051158 109 -100%
1938 146 0.000065986 146 -100%
1939 140 0.000063537 140 -100%
1940 120 0.000052113 120 -100%
1941 118 0.000048432 118 -100%
1942 145 0.000053078 145 -100%
1943 137 0.000048538 137 -100%
1944 118 0.000043865 118 -100%
1945 112 0.000042218 112 -100%
1946 142 0.00004444 142 -100%
1947 132 0.000036643 132 -100%
1948 113 0.00003273 113 -100%
1949 139 0.000039888 139 -100%
1950 120 0.000034253 120 -100%
1951 94 0.000025518 94 -100%
1952 101 0.000026593 101 -100%
1953 113 0.000029323 113 -100%
1954 115 0.000028889 115 -100%
1955 90 0.000022415 90 -100%
1956 101 0.000024497 101 -100%
1957 116 0.000027605 116 -100%
1958 104 0.000025158 104 -100%
1959 96 0.000023088 96 -100%
1960 79 0.000019019 79 -100%
1961 87 0.000021003 87 -100%
1962 78 0.000019329 78 -100%
1963 97 0.000024506 97 -100%
1964 70 0.000018006 70 -100%
1965 90 0.000024825 90 -100%
1966 72 0.000020716 72 -100%
1967 52 0.000015317 52 -100%
1968 62 0.000018352 62 -100%
1969 66 0.000018991 66 -100%
1970 69 0.000019132 69 -100%
1971 73 0.000021268 73 -100%
1972 74 0.000023544 74 -100%
1973 94 0.000031158 94 -100%
1974 83 0.000027303 83 -100%
1975 111 0.000036762 111 -100%
1976 100 0.000032957 100 -100%
1977 93 0.000029278 93 -100%
1978 113 0.000035603 113 -100%
1979 112 0.000033664 112 -100%
1980 116 0.000033677 116 -100%
1981 133 0.000038446 133 -100%
1982 114 0.000032498 114 -100%
1983 123 0.000035515 123 -100%
1984 103 0.000029523 103 -100%
1985 116 0.000032501 116 -100%
1986 115 0.00003233 115 -100%
1987 121 0.000033559 121 -100%
1988 116 0.000031393 116 -100%
1989 118 0.000030694 118 -100%
1990 118 0.000029855 118 -100%
1991 133 0.000034144 133 -100%
1992 165 0.000042955 165 -100%
1993 155 0.000041111 155 -100%
1994 153 0.000041155 153 -100%
1995 204 0.000055705 204 -100%
1996 207 0.000056756 207 -100%
1997 230 0.000063435 230 -100%
1998 251 0.00006824 251 -100%
1999 290 0.000078509 290 -100%
2000 328 0.000086775 328 -100%
2001 376 0.000100444 376 -100%
2002 580 0.000155151 580 -100%
2003 562 0.000147805 562 -100%
2004 618 0.000161741 7 611 -98%
2005 660 0.000171658 660 -100%
2006 800 0.000202215 800 -100%
2007 940 0.000235136 940 -100%
2008 1074 0.000273236 1074 -100%
2009 1388 0.000363334 11 1377 -98%
2010 1632 0.00044159 1632 -100%
2011 2117 0.000578764 2117 -100%
2012 2503 0.000684372 6 2497 -100%
2013 3417 0.000937277 5 3412 -100%
2014 2939 0.000792958 5 2934 -100%
2015 3200 0.000864652 9 3191 -99%
2016 3425 0.000933574 9 3416 -99%
2017 3352 0.000937309 14 3338 -99%
2018 3531 0.001004296 15 3516 -99%
2019 3576 0.001030271 12 3564 -99%
2020 3653 0.001093524 11 3642 -99%
2021 3926 0.001158813 14 3912 -99%
2022 4045 0.001195637 20 4025 -99%
2023 4115 0.001242753 18 4097 -99%
2024 4124 0.001238996 16 4108 -99%

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