Author Popularity by Year
Follow Author across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Author birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 2,052 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 7 | #6,816 | Down 688 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 8 | #6,128 | Down 1,652 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 12 | #4,476 | Up 983 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 7 | #5,459 | Up 1,262 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 5 | #6,721 | Down 406 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 5 | #6,315 | Down 847 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 6 | #5,468 | Up 782 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 5 | #6,250 | Down 895 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 6 | #5,355 | Down 773 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 7 | #4,582 | Down 858 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 9 | #3,724 | Down 822 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 13 | #2,902 | Up 1,732 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 6 | #4,634 | Down 671 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 7 | #3,963 | Up 267 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 6 | #4,230 | Down 1,369 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 10 | #2,861 | Down 899 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 17 | #1,962 | Up 1,269 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 7 | #3,231 | Down 447 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 9 | #2,784 | Up 198 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 8 | #2,982 | Down 573 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 12 | #2,409 | Up 5 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 12 | #2,414 | Down 562 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 19 | #1,852 | Up 470 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 13 | #2,322 | Down 201 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 15 | #2,121 | Down 412 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 22 | #1,709 | Down 152 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 25 | #1,557 | Up 462 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 16 | #2,019 | Down 539 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 28 | #1,480 | Down 22 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 28 | #1,458 | Down 258 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 39 | #1,200 | Up 636 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 18 | #1,836 | Down 489 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 31 | #1,347 | Down 208 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 40 | #1,139 | No rank change |
| 1950 | Boys | 39 | #1,139 | Down 29 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 40 | #1,110 | Up 236 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 29 | #1,346 | Down 113 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 35 | #1,233 | Down 230 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 46 | #1,003 | Up 100 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 35 | #1,103 | Down 18 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 37 | #1,085 | Down 87 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 45 | #998 | Down 7 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 45 | #991 | Up 100 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 36 | #1,091 | Down 152 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 46 | #939 | Up 15 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 43 | #954 | Up 55 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 40 | #1,009 | Down 140 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 50 | #869 | Up 80 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 42 | #949 | Up 108 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 37 | #1,057 | Up 184 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 29 | #1,241 | Down 442 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 59 | #799 | Up 226 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 42 | #1,025 | Up 120 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 35 | #1,145 | Down 201 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 51 | #944 | Up 66 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 45 | #1,010 | Down 30 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 49 | #980 | Up 61 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 45 | #1,041 | Down 61 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 49 | #980 | Up 164 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 38 | #1,144 | Down 51 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 43 | #1,093 | Down 52 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 46 | #1,041 | Down 92 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 54 | #949 | Up 152 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 41 | #1,101 | Down 12 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 42 | #1,089 | Up 33 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 38 | #1,122 | Up 164 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 30 | #1,286 | Up 76 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 26 | #1,362 | Down 224 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 33 | #1,138 | Up 367 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 21 | #1,505 | Down 117 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 19 | #1,388 | Down 183 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 18 | #1,205 | Up 63 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 14 | #1,268 | Up 119 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 7 | #1,387 | Down 632 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 16 | #755 | Up 400 places |
| 1909 | Boys | 7 | #1,155 | Down 278 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 10 | #877 | Up 217 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 7 | #1,094 | Down 258 places |
| 1905 | Boys | 9 | #836 | Down 76 places |
| 1904 | Boys | 10 | #760 | Up 249 places |
| 1903 | Boys | 6 | #1,009 | Up 128 places |
| 1902 | Boys | 5 | #1,137 | Down 194 places |
| 1901 | Boys | 6 | #943 | Up 107 places |
| 1900 | Boys | 7 | #1,050 | Down 387 places |
| 1898 | Boys | 11 | #663 | Up 5 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 10 | #668 | Up 367 places |
| 1893 | Boys | 5 | #1,035 | Up 31 places |
| 1892 | Boys | 5 | #1,066 | Down 327 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 8 | #739 | Up 80 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 6 | #819 | Down 61 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 7 | #758 | Up 90 places |
| 1884 | Boys | 6 | #848 | Down 292 places |
| 1883 | Boys | 11 | #556 | Up 135 places |
| 1882 | Boys | 8 | #691 | Up 175 places |
| 1881 | Boys | 5 | #866 | Down 57 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 6 | #809 | — |