Change in Name Popularity

Statistics for change in popularity from 2022 to 2023

The table below summarizes data from our pages showing the change in popularity from 2022 to 2023. In the table, the smallest change in rank (0 to 4) has the lowest average rank in 2023. Generally, the more popular a name, the smaller the change in popularity.

Number of names and average rank, by change in rank and by sex

Change (+ or -)
in rank		 Number of names Average rank in 2023
Male Female Male Female
0 - 4 157 116 219.8 212.5
5 - 9 126 119 350.6 318.8
10-14 96 73 446.9 381.5
15-19 79 87 479.0 460.6
20-24 63 71 508.1 477.0
25-29 63 45 554.8 510.9
30-34 55 52 550.2 560.4
35-39 46 42 617.7 539.1
40-44 33 48 613.1 557.4
45-49 41 43 655.4 607.2
50-59 55 72 620.6 620.3
60-69 33 46 677.2 668.0
70-79 38 33 733.3 707.6
80-89 28 31 748.3 741.1
90-99 20 22 765.0 776.6
100 or more 105 144 843.1 809.9
Total 1038 1044 521.5 524.4
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 1000 in at least one of the 2 years.