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Change in popularity
Popular names by State
Popular names by decade
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Statistics for change in popularity from 2007 to 2008
The table below summarizes data from our page showing the
change in popularity from 2007 to 2008.
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 2008.
Number of names and average rank, by change in rank and by sex
Change (+ or -)
in rank |
Number of names |
Average rank in 2008 |
| Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
| 0 - 4 |
133 | 86 |
151.5 | 130.2 |
| 5 - 9 |
90 | 69 |
201.3 | 194.1 |
| 10 - 14 |
63 | 69 |
233.5 | 223.9 |
| 15 - 19 |
48 | 46 |
283.3 | 278.4 |
| 20 - 24 |
43 | 46 |
333.6 | 271.2 |
| 25 - 29 |
27 | 36 |
384.4 | 270.9 |
| 30 - 34 |
27 | 28 |
334.3 | 320.8 |
| 35 - 39 |
22 | 20 |
371.0 | 357.8 |
| 40 - 44 |
17 | 12 |
389.5 | 363.1 |
| 45 - 49 |
7 | 12 |
383.1 | 347.3 |
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| 50 - 59 |
12 | 16 |
423.3 | 373.2 |
| 60 - 69 |
9 | 21 |
412.6 | 342.3 |
| 70 - 79 |
7 | 14 |
416.6 | 440.2 |
| 80 - 89 |
1 | 12 |
399.0 | 396.1 |
| 90 - 99 |
4 | 4 |
450.0 | 470.2 |
| 100 or more |
14 | 32 |
454.9 | 380.7 |
| Total |
524 | 523 |
263.5 | 263.6 |
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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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