Name Trends

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How popular is “Smith” in the USA?

Number of people named “Smith” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Smith” by birth year

This chart shows how “Smith” 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 15 0.000074448 15 -100%
1881 18 0.000093415 18 -100%
1882 16 0.000072224 16 -100%
1883 13 0.000059923 13 -100%
1884 18 0.000073934 18 -100%
1885 28 0.000116253 28 -100%
1886 16 0.000062667 16 -100%
1887 18 0.000072759 18 -100%
1888 24 0.000080141 24 -100%
1889 15 0.000051913 15 -100%
1890 15 0.000049768 15 -100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 -100%
1892 22 0.000065795 22 -100%
1893 14 0.000043047 14 -100%
1894 14 0.000041336 14 -100%
1895 16 0.000045581 16 -100%
1896 13 0.000036365 13 -100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 -100%
1898 15 0.000039323 15 -100%
1899 14 0.000041269 14 -100%
1900 26 0.000057745 26 -100%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 -100%
1902 13 0.000033615 13 -100%
1903 15 0.000039349 15 -100%
1904 17 0.000042133 17 -100%
1905 13 0.000030666 13 -100%
1906 19 0.000044346 19 -100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 -100%
1908 17 0.00003479 17 -100%
1909 19 0.000037166 19 -100%
1910 30 0.000050786 30 -100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 -100%
1912 45 0.000045544 45 -100%
1913 40 0.000035177 40 -100%
1914 45 0.000031772 45 -100%
1915 60 0.000032743 60 -100%
1916 60 0.000031017 60 -100%
1917 64 0.000031892 64 -100%
1918 61 0.000028096 61 -100%
1919 58 0.000027485 58 -100%
1920 69 0.000030495 69 -100%
1921 76 0.000032555 76 -100%
1922 69 0.000030142 69 -100%
1923 53 0.000023019 53 -100%
1924 56 0.000023514 56 -100%
1925 51 0.000021857 51 -100%
1926 43 0.000018729 43 -100%
1927 42 0.000018108 42 -100%
1928 54 0.000023884 54 -100%
1929 46 0.000020984 46 -100%
1930 38 0.000017092 38 -100%
1931 39 0.000018533 39 -100%
1932 51 0.000024156 51 -100%
1933 38 0.000019005 38 -100%
1934 39 0.000018779 39 -100%
1935 45 0.000021532 45 -100%
1936 26 0.000012515 26 -100%
1937 30 0.00001408 30 -100%
1938 27 0.000012203 27 -100%
1939 43 0.000019515 43 -100%
1940 32 0.000013897 32 -100%
1941 26 0.000010671 26 -100%
1942 30 0.000010982 30 -100%
1943 19 0.000006731 19 -100%
1944 31 0.000011524 31 -100%
1945 24 0.000009047 24 -100%
1946 18 0.000005633 18 -100%
1947 35 0.000009716 35 -100%
1948 44 0.000012744 44 -100%
1949 18 0.000005165 18 -100%
1950 21 0.000005994 21 -100%
1951 27 0.00000733 27 -100%
1952 22 0.000005793 22 -100%
1953 18 0.000004671 18 -100%
1954 23 0.000005778 23 -100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 -100%
1956 22 0.000005336 22 -100%
1957 16 0.000003808 16 -100%
1958 17 0.000004112 17 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 26 0.000006259 26 -100%
1961 12 0.000002897 12 -100%
1962 16 0.000003965 16 -100%
1963 18 0.000004548 18 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1966 18 0.000005179 18 -100%
1967 14 0.000004124 14 -100%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 -100%
1969 20 0.000005755 20 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 100%
1973 16 0.000005303 16 -100%
1974 21 0.000006908 21 -100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 -100%
1976 23 0.00000758 23 -100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 -100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 -100%
1981 32 0.00000925 6 26 -63%
1982 25 0.000007127 25 -100%
1983 26 0.000007507 26 -100%
1984 33 0.000009459 8 25 -52%
1985 25 0.000007005 6 19 -52%
1986 23 0.000006466 23 -100%
1987 20 0.000005547 20 -100%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 -100%
1989 20 0.000005202 20 -100%
1990 15 0.000003795 15 -100%
1991 14 0.000003594 14 -100%
1992 17 0.000004426 17 -100%
1993 19 0.000005039 19 -100%
1994 27 0.000007263 5 22 -63%
1995 21 0.000005734 21 -100%
1996 20 0.000005484 20 -100%
1997 20 0.000005516 20 -100%
1998 21 0.000005709 21 -100%
1999 35 0.000009475 35 -100%
2000 26 0.000006878 26 -100%
2001 30 0.000008014 30 -100%
2002 22 0.000005885 22 -100%
2003 24 0.000006312 24 -100%
2004 43 0.000011254 43 -100%
2005 50 0.000013004 5 45 -80%
2006 41 0.000010364 41 -100%
2007 62 0.000015509 5 57 -84%
2008 59 0.00001501 59 -100%
2009 56 0.000014659 9 47 -68%
2010 78 0.000021105 78 -100%
2011 82 0.000022418 6 76 -85%
2012 98 0.000026795 9 89 -82%
2013 130 0.000035659 8 122 -88%
2014 145 0.000039122 6 139 -92%
2015 167 0.000045124 11 156 -87%
2016 174 0.000047428 12 162 -86%
2017 168 0.000046977 14 154 -83%
2018 150 0.000042663 16 134 -79%
2019 158 0.000045521 10 148 -87%
2020 130 0.000038915 7 123 -89%
2021 148 0.000043684 6 142 -92%
2022 125 0.000036948 13 112 -79%
2023 119 0.000035939 6 113 -90%
2024 117 0.000035151 8 109 -86%

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