Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Yale” in the USA?

Number of people named “Yale” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Yale” by birth year

This chart shows how “Yale” 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
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 15 0.000013191 15 -100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 28 0.000014475 28 -100%
1917 23 0.000011461 23 -100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 -100%
1919 13 0.00000616 13 -100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 -100%
1921 27 0.000011566 27 -100%
1922 22 0.000009611 22 -100%
1923 26 0.000011292 26 -100%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 -100%
1925 15 0.000006429 15 -100%
1926 19 0.000008276 19 -100%
1927 23 0.000009917 23 -100%
1928 22 0.00000973 22 -100%
1929 29 0.000013229 29 -100%
1930 20 0.000008996 20 -100%
1931 15 0.000007128 15 -100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 -100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 -100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 -100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 -100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 -100%
1939 17 0.000007715 17 -100%
1940 15 0.000006514 15 -100%
1941 16 0.000006567 16 -100%
1942 20 0.000007321 20 -100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 -100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 -100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 18 0.000005214 18 -100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 -100%
1950 11 0.00000314 11 -100%
1951 23 0.000006244 23 -100%
1952 19 0.000005003 19 -100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 -100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 -100%
1959 11 0.000002646 11 -100%
1960 16 0.000003852 16 -100%
1961 15 0.000003621 15 -100%
1962 22 0.000005452 22 -100%
1963 15 0.00000379 15 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1966 18 0.000005179 18 -100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 -100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 -100%
1969 20 0.000005755 20 -100%
1970 18 0.000004991 18 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 -100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 -100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 -100%
1982 16 0.000004561 16 -100%
1983 17 0.000004909 17 -100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 17 0.000004422 17 -100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 -100%
1991 17 0.000004364 17 -100%
1992 13 0.000003384 13 -100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 -100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 -100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2015 10 0.000002702 10 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 -100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 -100%

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