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Change in Name Popularity

Change in popularity

Popular names by State

Popular names by decade

Statistics for change in popularity from 2009 to 2010

The table below summarizes data from our page showing the change in popularity from 2009 to 2010. As we noted previously, the more popular a name, the smaller the change in popularity. And we see that in the table below, where the smallest change in rank (0 to 4) has the lowest average rank in 2010.

Number of names and average rank, by change in rank and by sex
Change (+ or -)
in rank
Number of names Average rank in 2010
Male Female Male Female
0 - 4 11779 154.0143.1
5 - 9 7480 187.2179.7
10 - 14 7661 245.1199.7
15 - 19 5147 270.2258.8
20 - 24 3835 286.5276.4
25 - 29 4325 317.3300.4
30 - 34 2429 322.8318.8
35 - 39 2417 396.6349.7
40 - 44 1324 380.5293.5
45 - 49 615 353.8368.1
50 - 59 1629 396.7327.7
60 - 69 718 464.0404.1
70 - 79 1216 447.7428.4
80 - 89 710 464.7346.3
90 - 99 25 306.5417.6
100 or more 1036 406.3435.8
Total 520526 261.6265.8
For each year, rank 1 indicates the most popular name, rank 2 the next most popular, and so forth. We compared ranks for both years only if a name was in the top 500 in at least one of the 2 years.
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Last reviewed or modified Mar 11, 2011
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