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How popular is “Thompson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Thompson” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Thompson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Thompson” 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
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 13 0.000013157 13 -100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 -100%
1914 14 0.000009885 14 -100%
1915 26 0.000014189 26 -100%
1916 26 0.000013441 26 -100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 -100%
1918 32 0.000014739 32 -100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 -100%
1920 29 0.000012817 29 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 19 0.0000083 19 -100%
1923 18 0.000007818 18 -100%
1924 28 0.000011757 28 -100%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 -100%
1926 22 0.000009582 22 -100%
1927 15 0.000006467 15 -100%
1928 17 0.000007519 17 -100%
1929 21 0.00000958 21 -100%
1930 24 0.000010795 24 -100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 -100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 -100%
1933 18 0.000009002 18 -100%
1934 17 0.000008186 17 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1936 14 0.000006739 14 -100%
1937 17 0.000007979 17 -100%
1938 16 0.000007231 16 -100%
1939 19 0.000008623 19 -100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 -100%
1941 22 0.00000903 22 -100%
1942 23 0.000008419 23 -100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 -100%
1944 22 0.000008178 22 -100%
1945 18 0.000006785 18 -100%
1946 18 0.000005633 18 -100%
1947 16 0.000004442 16 -100%
1948 28 0.00000811 28 -100%
1949 23 0.0000066 23 -100%
1950 22 0.00000628 22 -100%
1951 30 0.000008144 30 -100%
1952 22 0.000005793 22 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 -100%
1954 16 0.000004019 16 -100%
1955 17 0.000004234 17 -100%
1956 20 0.000004851 20 -100%
1957 19 0.000004522 19 -100%
1958 21 0.00000508 21 -100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 -100%
1960 14 0.00000337 14 -100%
1961 18 0.000004345 18 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 -100%
1964 19 0.000004887 19 -100%
1965 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 -100%
1968 12 0.000003552 12 -100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1973 15 0.000004972 15 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 -100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 -100%
1979 19 0.000005711 19 -100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1982 18 0.000005131 18 -100%
1983 12 0.000003465 12 -100%
1984 13 0.000003726 13 -100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1986 21 0.000005904 21 -100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 -100%
1988 22 0.000005954 22 -100%
1989 33 0.000008584 33 -100%
1990 26 0.000006578 26 -100%
1991 21 0.000005391 21 -100%
1992 15 0.000003905 15 -100%
1993 32 0.000008487 32 -100%
1994 25 0.000006725 25 -100%
1995 19 0.000005188 19 -100%
1996 19 0.000005209 19 -100%
1997 26 0.000007171 26 -100%
1998 24 0.000006525 24 -100%
1999 33 0.000008934 33 -100%
2000 29 0.000007672 29 -100%
2001 23 0.000006144 23 -100%
2002 13 0.000003478 13 -100%
2003 31 0.000008153 31 -100%
2004 38 0.000009945 38 -100%
2005 29 0.000007543 29 -100%
2006 27 0.000006825 27 -100%
2007 37 0.000009255 37 -100%
2008 31 0.000007887 31 -100%
2009 32 0.000008377 32 -100%
2010 38 0.000010282 38 -100%
2011 26 0.000007108 26 -100%
2012 36 0.000009843 36 -100%
2013 33 0.000009052 33 -100%
2014 37 0.000009983 37 -100%
2015 56 0.000015131 56 -100%
2016 51 0.000013901 51 -100%
2017 60 0.000016778 5 55 -83%
2018 76 0.000021616 76 -100%
2019 61 0.000017575 61 -100%
2020 51 0.000015267 51 -100%
2021 61 0.000018005 61 -100%
2022 59 0.000017439 8 51 -73%
2023 34 0.000010268 34 -100%
2024 48 0.000014421 5 43 -79%

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