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How popular is “Sinclair” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sinclair” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Sinclair” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sinclair” 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
1900 8 0.000017768 8 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 12 0.000010553 12 -100%
1914 14 0.000009885 14 -100%
1915 17 0.000009277 17 -100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 -100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 -100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 -100%
1919 12 0.000005687 12 -100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 -100%
1921 17 0.000007282 17 -100%
1922 22 0.000009611 22 -100%
1923 26 0.000011292 26 -100%
1924 29 0.000012177 29 -100%
1925 12 0.000005143 12 -100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 -100%
1927 15 0.000006467 15 -100%
1928 23 0.000010173 23 -100%
1929 23 0.000010492 23 -100%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 -100%
1931 23 0.00001093 23 -100%
1932 20 0.000009473 20 -100%
1933 17 0.000008502 17 -100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 -100%
1935 13 0.00000622 13 -100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 -100%
1937 15 0.00000704 15 -100%
1938 12 0.000005424 12 -100%
1939 17 0.000007715 17 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1942 11 0.000004027 11 -100%
1943 19 0.000006731 19 -100%
1944 13 0.000004833 13 -100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 -100%
1946 15 0.000004694 15 -100%
1947 13 0.000003609 13 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 -100%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 -100%
1951 24 0.000006515 24 -100%
1952 22 0.000005793 22 -100%
1953 13 0.000003373 13 -100%
1954 17 0.000004271 17 -100%
1955 18 0.000004483 18 -100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 -100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 -100%
1958 17 0.000004112 17 -100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 -100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 -100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 -100%
1962 10 0.000002478 10 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 -100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 -100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 -100%
1971 13 0.000003787 13 -100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 13 0.000004276 13 -100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 -100%
1976 11 0.000003625 11 -100%
1977 12 0.000003778 12 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 17 0.00000511 17 -100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 -100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 -100%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 -100%
1983 18 0.000005197 18 -100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 -100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 -100%
1986 22 0.000006185 22 -100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 -100%
1988 23 0.000006225 23 -100%
1989 23 0.000005983 5 18 -57%
1990 22 0.000005566 6 16 -45%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 16 0.000004165 16 -100%
1993 23 0.0000061 12 11 4%
1994 31 0.000008339 22 9 42%
1995 25 0.000006827 15 10 20%
1996 30 0.000008225 18 12 20%
1997 22 0.000006068 12 10 9%
1998 21 0.000005709 13 8 24%
1999 23 0.000006227 18 5 57%
2000 20 0.000005291 15 5 50%
2001 15 0.000004007 15 100%
2002 21 0.000005618 13 8 24%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 100%
2004 16 0.000004187 9 7 13%
2005 17 0.000004422 12 5 41%
2006 15 0.000003792 15 100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 100%
2008 20 0.000005088 11 9 10%
2009 15 0.000003927 8 7 7%
2010 16 0.000004329 5 11 -38%
2011 22 0.000006015 14 8 27%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 100%
2013 19 0.000005212 10 9 5%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 100%
2015 27 0.000007295 17 10 26%
2016 21 0.000005724 9 12 -14%
2017 26 0.00000727 16 10 23%
2018 24 0.000006826 17 7 42%
2019 19 0.000005474 12 7 26%
2020 18 0.000005388 9 9 0%
2021 26 0.000007674 18 8 38%
2022 20 0.000005912 13 7 30%
2023 27 0.000008154 22 5 63%
2024 41 0.000012318 28 13 37%

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