Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Skippy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Skippy” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Skippy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Skippy” 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
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 -100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 -100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 -100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 -100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 -100%
1949 15 0.000004304 15 -100%
1950 25 0.000007136 25 -100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 -100%
1952 15 0.000003949 15 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%

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