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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 118,40697,608216,014
1881 108,29398,862207,155
1882 122,035115,702237,737
1883 112,489120,068232,557
1884 122,745137,588260,333
1885 115,947141,959257,906
1886 119,045153,745272,790
1887 109,314155,424264,738
1888 129,914189,455319,369
1889 119,046189,224308,270
1890 119,704201,664321,368
1891 109,272196,579305,851
1892 131,460224,926356,386
1893 121,046225,240346,286
1894 124,908235,978360,886
1895 126,654247,114373,768
1896 129,086252,002381,088
1897 121,957248,275370,232
1898 132,120274,155406,275
1899 115,206247,493362,699
1900 162,276317,900480,176
1901 115,605254,240369,845
1902 132,755280,337413,092
1903 129,333278,200407,533
1904 138,515292,446430,961
1905 143,247309,883453,130
1906 144,076313,407457,483
1907 158,595337,412496,007
1908 166,358354,450520,808
1909 176,844367,971544,815
1910 208,471419,337627,808
1911 241,308441,509682,817
1912 451,391586,3321,037,723
1913 536,102654,4361,190,538
1914 683,288796,1411,479,429
1915 881,0931,023,7041,904,797
1916 923,2731,085,5352,008,808
1917 959,3191,123,5172,082,836
1918 1,049,1651,202,2992,251,464
1919 1,015,5051,174,5862,190,091
1920 1,100,8401,243,8172,344,657
1921 1,137,7751,279,3112,417,086
1922 1,125,5181,247,3482,372,866
1923 1,132,3571,252,2172,384,574
1924 1,168,8121,295,6322,464,444
1925 1,151,0481,262,8202,413,868
1926 1,145,1751,229,6182,374,793
1927 1,160,9541,236,1152,397,069
1928 1,140,3511,194,8972,335,248
1929 1,106,5261,157,2382,263,764
1930 1,128,3591,165,8992,294,258
1931 1,068,3111,103,0422,171,353
1932 1,073,5251,106,0332,179,558
1933 1,018,9701,045,4742,064,444
1934 1,061,0511,081,9352,142,986
1935 1,068,6751,086,4012,155,076
1936 1,063,5971,077,2112,140,808
1937 1,092,6901,101,4932,194,183
1938 1,135,6701,141,1412,276,811
1939 1,132,6561,133,8042,266,460
1940 1,185,5631,181,1722,366,735
1941 1,254,0781,245,6062,499,684
1942 1,407,8581,390,4482,798,306
1943 1,454,1701,434,9752,889,145
1944 1,387,8011,366,0502,753,851
1945 1,370,9221,346,2012,717,123
1946 1,648,7861,612,0273,260,813
1947 1,853,6361,816,5913,670,227
1948 1,779,1811,741,4003,520,581
1949 1,797,3121,754,3203,551,632
1950 1,818,3591,758,4413,576,800
1951 1,905,4931,844,4113,749,904
1952 1,973,1521,902,1733,875,325
1953 1,998,1891,928,0653,926,254
1954 2,067,0221,990,4454,057,467
1955 2,087,4992,004,0584,091,557
1956 2,143,5002,059,0974,202,597
1957 2,186,6382,097,1344,283,772
1958 2,151,7402,064,4814,216,221
1959 2,165,7142,078,1194,243,833
1960 2,165,6142,079,7884,245,402
1961 2,154,1792,075,2074,229,386
1962 2,101,5382,026,6924,128,230
1963 2,064,7431,987,4984,052,241
1964 2,026,5381,956,5983,983,136
1965 1,895,0451,826,9443,721,989
1966 1,817,2451,755,1393,572,384
1967 1,779,2541,716,3563,495,610
1968 1,775,4801,709,2043,484,684
1969 1,829,4741,762,1723,591,646
1970 1,904,1431,831,2053,735,348
1971 1,816,6321,751,4653,568,097
1972 1,673,6061,612,1803,285,786
1973 1,612,7641,553,5763,166,340
1974 1,629,3091,565,6643,194,973
1975 1,621,3341,560,0193,181,353
1976 1,631,6661,571,2603,202,926
1977 1,707,7981,644,0263,351,824
1978 1,706,6861,642,7033,349,389
1979 1,789,4691,722,1773,511,646
1980 1,851,9741,778,9973,630,971
1981 1,859,6921,786,7203,646,412
1982 1,884,2091,812,3203,696,529
1983 1,860,7461,787,8563,648,602
1984 1,873,7811,801,3473,675,128
1985 1,921,8171,844,4733,766,290
1986 1,919,0441,843,5223,762,566
1987 1,948,0861,872,7803,820,866
1988 1,999,3111,920,7353,920,046
1989 2,094,7471,991,5604,086,307
1990 2,149,7072,052,6894,202,396
1991 2,118,1682,032,3324,150,500
1992 2,097,0382,003,1224,100,160
1993 2,063,4351,969,6614,033,096
1994 2,036,3281,947,6813,984,009
1995 2,009,5771,919,9943,929,571
1996 2,002,0091,915,7403,917,749
1997 1,995,9761,907,5623,903,538
1998 2,025,5911,936,4983,962,089
1999 2,036,5901,944,5573,981,147
2000 2,085,3281,992,8864,078,214
2001 2,065,2761,977,7284,043,004
2002 2,063,1061,971,4694,034,575
2003 2,097,1112,002,4514,099,562
2004 2,108,3602,012,9004,121,260
2005 2,120,9442,023,1694,144,113
2006 2,183,8032,082,3784,266,181
2007 2,203,8122,105,8954,309,707
2008 2,150,8082,055,3734,206,181

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