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How popular is “Thornton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Thornton” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Thornton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Thornton” 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 12 0.000059558 12 -100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 -100%
1882 17 0.000076738 17 -100%
1883 13 0.000059923 13 -100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1886 17 0.000066584 17 -100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 -100%
1888 19 0.000063445 19 -100%
1889 17 0.000058835 17 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 -100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 -100%
1894 11 0.000032478 11 -100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 -100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 -100%
1899 17 0.000050113 17 -100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 -100%
1901 9 0.000026026 9 -100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 -100%
1903 10 0.000026233 10 -100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1906 17 0.000039678 17 -100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 -100%
1909 15 0.000029341 15 -100%
1910 20 0.000033858 20 -100%
1911 19 0.00002949 19 -100%
1912 31 0.000031375 31 -100%
1913 43 0.000037815 43 -100%
1914 43 0.00003036 43 -100%
1915 64 0.000034926 64 -100%
1916 58 0.000029983 58 -100%
1917 54 0.000026909 54 -100%
1918 51 0.00002349 51 -100%
1919 55 0.000026063 55 -100%
1920 68 0.000030053 68 -100%
1921 75 0.000032127 75 -100%
1922 71 0.000031016 71 -100%
1923 54 0.000023453 54 -100%
1924 67 0.000028132 67 -100%
1925 50 0.000021429 50 -100%
1926 46 0.000020036 46 -100%
1927 41 0.000017677 41 -100%
1928 50 0.000022115 50 -100%
1929 29 0.000013229 29 -100%
1930 47 0.00002114 47 -100%
1931 34 0.000016157 34 -100%
1932 46 0.000021788 46 -100%
1933 27 0.000013504 27 -100%
1934 27 0.000013001 27 -100%
1935 37 0.000017704 37 -100%
1936 27 0.000012996 27 -100%
1937 33 0.000015488 33 -100%
1938 37 0.000016723 37 -100%
1939 37 0.000016792 37 -100%
1940 34 0.000014765 34 -100%
1941 32 0.000013134 32 -100%
1942 44 0.000016106 44 -100%
1943 46 0.000016297 46 -100%
1944 33 0.000012267 33 -100%
1945 33 0.000012439 33 -100%
1946 37 0.000011579 37 -100%
1947 44 0.000012214 44 -100%
1948 35 0.000010138 35 -100%
1949 32 0.000009183 32 -100%
1950 39 0.000011132 39 -100%
1951 37 0.000010044 37 -100%
1952 36 0.000009479 36 -100%
1953 38 0.000009861 38 -100%
1954 31 0.000007788 31 -100%
1955 22 0.000005479 22 -100%
1956 30 0.000007276 30 -100%
1957 30 0.000007139 30 -100%
1958 24 0.000005806 24 -100%
1959 22 0.000005291 22 -100%
1960 17 0.000004093 17 -100%
1961 22 0.000005311 22 -100%
1962 28 0.000006939 28 -100%
1963 18 0.000004548 18 -100%
1964 28 0.000007202 28 -100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1966 19 0.000005467 19 -100%
1967 20 0.000005891 20 -100%
1968 18 0.000005328 18 -100%
1969 26 0.000007481 26 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 -100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 -100%
1973 17 0.000005635 17 -100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 -100%
1975 20 0.000006624 20 -100%
1976 13 0.000004284 13 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 -100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 -100%
1980 18 0.000005226 18 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 -100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 16 0.000004438 16 -100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
1989 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
1990 16 0.000004048 16 -100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1992 16 0.000004165 16 -100%
1993 14 0.000003713 14 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 -100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 -100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 -100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 -100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 10 0.000002743 10 -100%
2014 11 0.000002968 11 -100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 -100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 -100%
2017 13 0.000003635 13 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 -100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 -100%

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