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Our popular name data come from applications for Social Security cards. The table below shows the number of applicants for a Social Security card by year of birth and sex. The number of such applicants is restricted to U. S. births where the year of birth, sex, State of birth (50 States and District of Columbia) are known, and where the given name is at least 2 characters long.

Number of Social Security card holders born
in the U. S. by year of birth and sex
Year of
birth		 Male Female Total
1880 118,40197,607216,008
1881 108,28698,859207,145
1882 122,032115,699237,731
1883 112,482120,066232,548
1884 122,743137,589260,332
1885 115,948141,953257,901
1886 119,044153,739272,783
1887 109,315155,423264,738
1888 129,912189,453319,365
1889 119,041189,220308,261
1890 119,701201,663321,364
1891 109,271196,571305,842
1892 131,456224,925356,381
1893 121,042225,235346,277
1894 124,900235,974360,874
1895 126,646247,112373,758
1896 129,078251,999381,077
1897 121,945248,275370,220
1898 132,112274,149406,261
1899 115,200247,491362,691
1900 162,179317,820479,999
1901 115,601254,235369,836
1902 132,752280,338413,090
1903 129,330278,201407,531
1904 138,512292,440430,952
1905 143,246309,880453,126
1906 144,076313,441457,517
1907 158,594337,434496,028
1908 166,373354,520520,893
1909 176,858368,075544,933
1910 208,509419,468627,977
1911 241,363441,732683,095
1912 451,434586,5801,038,014
1913 536,198654,7681,190,966
1914 683,311796,4871,479,798
1915 880,9651,023,8491,904,814
1916 923,2791,085,6592,008,938
1917 959,3331,123,6232,082,956
1918 1,048,7841,202,3312,251,115
1919 1,015,3871,174,6762,190,063
1920 1,100,9151,243,9982,344,913
1921 1,137,9071,279,5612,417,468
1922 1,125,3491,247,4322,372,781
1923 1,132,3131,252,3352,384,648
1924 1,168,9681,295,6162,464,584
1925 1,151,3051,262,9482,414,253
1926 1,145,4111,229,8942,375,305
1927 1,161,4431,236,2242,397,667
1928 1,140,7481,195,1672,335,915
1929 1,106,9911,157,3002,264,291
1930 1,128,9931,166,0972,295,090
1931 1,068,9131,103,3222,172,235
1932 1,073,8861,106,0852,179,971
1933 1,019,5181,045,6872,065,205
1934 1,061,3231,082,0322,143,355
1935 1,069,0461,086,5432,155,589
1936 1,063,8661,077,2852,141,151
1937 1,093,0711,101,5992,194,670
1938 1,135,9211,141,2212,277,142
1939 1,132,8701,133,8632,266,733
1940 1,185,7301,181,1392,366,869
1941 1,254,2701,245,6992,499,969
1942 1,407,7811,390,3182,798,099
1943 1,453,8341,435,0672,888,901
1944 1,388,6461,366,3172,754,963
1945 1,371,2551,346,1302,717,385
1946 1,650,2511,612,7573,263,008
1947 1,855,9051,817,3513,673,256
1948 1,781,0961,742,1443,523,240
1949 1,799,9401,754,9853,554,925
1950 1,818,7821,758,5483,577,330
1951 1,906,8221,845,0603,751,882
1952 1,973,1441,902,1653,875,309
1953 1,998,9091,928,3643,927,273
1954 2,067,4401,990,6014,058,041
1955 2,088,1942,004,2344,092,428
1956 2,144,1862,059,2344,203,420
1957 2,187,2632,097,3314,284,594
1958 2,152,5922,064,7534,217,345
1959 2,166,1102,078,3084,244,418
1960 2,166,0632,079,8984,245,961
1961 2,155,2492,075,7014,230,950
1962 2,102,0712,026,8264,128,897
1963 2,065,2571,987,7264,052,983
1964 2,027,2371,956,8333,984,070
1965 1,895,5171,827,1143,722,631
1966 1,817,9011,755,3193,573,220
1967 1,779,8291,716,4343,496,263
1968 1,776,1291,709,3303,485,459
1969 1,830,3361,762,4783,592,814
1970 1,905,4161,831,5993,737,015
1971 1,817,9191,751,9813,569,900
1972 1,674,4801,612,3373,286,817
1973 1,613,7741,553,8243,167,598
1974 1,630,4051,565,9573,196,362
1975 1,622,5681,560,3733,182,941
1976 1,632,7301,571,6623,204,392
1977 1,709,1461,644,4893,353,635
1978 1,708,0451,643,3473,351,392
1979 1,790,7041,722,6463,513,350
1980 1,853,5061,779,5763,633,082
1981 1,860,9221,787,3783,648,300
1982 1,885,4371,813,0663,698,503
1983 1,861,7371,788,5303,650,267
1984 1,874,6811,801,9893,676,670
1985 1,922,4851,844,9893,767,474
1986 1,919,6611,844,1283,763,789
1987 1,948,4881,873,1573,821,645
1988 2,000,1101,921,5343,921,644
1989 2,095,0121,991,6824,086,694
1990 2,150,3622,053,2294,203,591
1991 2,118,6352,032,6884,151,323
1992 2,097,8902,003,7224,101,612
1993 2,064,1961,970,4494,034,645
1994 2,037,0271,948,3253,985,352
1995 2,010,0571,920,4443,930,501
1996 2,002,3771,916,1043,918,481
1997 1,996,4071,907,9923,904,399
1998 2,026,1801,937,1453,963,325
1999 2,037,3691,945,3363,982,705
2000 2,086,3481,993,9094,080,257
2001 2,066,3461,978,8754,045,221
2002 2,064,4671,972,8074,037,274
2003 2,098,7732,004,1504,102,923
2004 2,110,6672,015,0594,125,726
2005 2,124,1762,026,2714,150,447
2006 2,188,4862,086,6694,275,155
2007 2,210,3942,111,9244,322,318
2008 2,174,5792,077,3014,251,880
2009 2,113,9112,018,2034,132,114
2010 2,045,0881,951,5723,996,660
2011 2,012,6521,920,4193,933,071