Statistics for change in popularity from 2010 to 2011
The table below summarizes data from our page showing the change in popularity from 2010 to 2011. 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 2011.
| Change (+ or -) in rank |
Number of names | Average rank in 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0 - 4 | 128 | 83 | 163.6 | 137.9 |
| 5 - 9 | 79 | 78 | 222.6 | 221.8 |
| 10 - 14 | 66 | 63 | 253.7 | 197.3 |
| 15 - 19 | 56 | 43 | 268.3 | 224.3 |
| 20 - 24 | 42 | 36 | 306.5 | 292.4 |
| 25 - 29 | 40 | 32 | 305.1 | 317.9 |
| 30 - 34 | 13 | 32 | 290.8 | 284.4 |
| 35 - 39 | 16 | 25 | 333.9 | 326.4 |
| 40 - 44 | 17 | 20 | 345.9 | 378.1 |
| 45 - 49 | 12 | 18 | 388.8 | 346.6 |
| 50 - 59 | 20 | 23 | 370.4 | 357.1 |
| 60 - 69 | 10 | 18 | 427.8 | 360.5 |
| 70 - 79 | 5 | 9 | 446.6 | 399.3 |
| 80 - 89 | 5 | 12 | 461.8 | 361.0 |
| 90 - 99 | 3 | 10 | 378.3 | 344.8 |
| 100 or more | 11 | 23 | 462.0 | 446.5 |
| Total | 523 | 525 | 262.9 | 264.6 |
| 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. | ||||
