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How popular is “Socrates” in the USA?

Number of people named “Socrates” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Socrates” by birth year

This chart shows how “Socrates” 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
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 7 0.000003224 7 -100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 -100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 -100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 -100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 -100%
1923 12 0.000005212 12 -100%
1924 10 0.000004199 10 -100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 14 0.000006386 14 -100%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 -100%
1931 15 0.000007128 15 -100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1935 12 0.000005742 12 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 -100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 9 0.000002981 9 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 -100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 -100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 -100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 -100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 -100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 -100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 -100%
1999 15 0.000004061 15 -100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 -100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 -100%
2009 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 -100%
2022 11 0.000003251 11 -100%

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