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How popular is “Simpson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Simpson” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Simpson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Simpson” 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
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 -100%
1886 11 0.000043084 11 -100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1896 11 0.000030771 11 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 -100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 -100%
1914 15 0.000010591 15 -100%
1915 21 0.00001146 21 -100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 -100%
1917 15 0.000007475 15 -100%
1918 22 0.000010133 22 -100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 -100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 -100%
1921 25 0.000010709 25 -100%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 -100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1924 16 0.000006718 16 -100%
1925 17 0.000007286 17 -100%
1926 15 0.000006533 15 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1928 12 0.000005308 12 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 -100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 9 0.000003908 9 -100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 -100%
1942 11 0.000004027 11 -100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 -100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 -100%
1947 13 0.000003609 13 -100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 -100%

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