Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Sir” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sir” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Sir” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sir” 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
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 14 0.000004614 14 -100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 -100%
1978 20 0.000006301 20 -100%
1979 19 0.000005711 19 -100%
1980 22 0.000006387 22 -100%
1981 21 0.00000607 21 -100%
1982 27 0.000007697 27 -100%
1983 22 0.000006352 22 -100%
1984 30 0.000008599 30 -100%
1985 17 0.000004763 17 -100%
1986 17 0.000004779 17 -100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 -100%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 -100%
1989 17 0.000004422 17 -100%
1990 39 0.000009867 39 -100%
1991 43 0.000011039 43 -100%
1992 30 0.00000781 30 -100%
1993 27 0.000007161 27 -100%
1994 26 0.000006994 26 -100%
1995 16 0.000004369 16 -100%
1996 19 0.000005209 19 -100%
1997 31 0.00000855 31 -100%
1998 25 0.000006797 25 -100%
1999 27 0.000007309 27 -100%
2000 20 0.000005291 20 -100%
2001 29 0.000007747 29 -100%
2002 35 0.000009363 35 -100%
2003 44 0.000011572 44 -100%
2004 44 0.000011516 44 -100%
2005 47 0.000012224 47 -100%
2006 41 0.000010364 41 -100%
2007 43 0.000010756 43 -100%
2008 47 0.000011957 47 -100%
2009 34 0.0000089 34 -100%
2010 49 0.000013259 49 -100%
2011 34 0.000009295 34 -100%
2012 33 0.000009023 33 -100%
2013 55 0.000015086 55 -100%
2014 58 0.000015649 58 -100%
2015 55 0.000014861 55 -100%
2016 51 0.000013901 51 -100%
2017 56 0.000015659 56 -100%
2018 111 0.000031571 111 -100%
2019 111 0.00003198 111 -100%
2020 110 0.000032928 110 -100%
2021 123 0.000036305 123 -100%
2022 96 0.000028376 96 -100%
2023 84 0.000025368 84 -100%
2024 80 0.000024035 80 -100%

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