Bard Popularity by Year
Follow Bard across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Bard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Boys | 5 | #6,056 | Down 933 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 6 | #5,123 | Down 1,160 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 7 | #3,963 | Down 305 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 8 | #3,658 | Down 1,037 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 13 | #2,621 | Up 974 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 7 | #3,595 | Down 488 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 8 | #3,107 | Up 841 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 5 | #3,948 | Down 18 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 5 | #3,930 | Down 648 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 7 | #3,282 | Up 36 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 7 | #3,318 | Down 470 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 9 | #2,848 | Up 508 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 7 | #3,356 | Up 632 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 5 | #3,988 | Down 955 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 8 | #3,033 | Down 211 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 9 | #2,822 | Down 24 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 9 | #2,798 | Up 166 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 8 | #2,964 | Down 372 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 10 | #2,592 | Up 833 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 6 | #3,425 | Down 330 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 7 | #3,095 | Down 728 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 11 | #2,367 | Up 962 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 6 | #3,329 | Down 310 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 7 | #3,019 | Down 663 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 11 | #2,356 | Up 1,169 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 5 | #3,525 | Down 187 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 5 | #3,338 | Down 225 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 6 | #3,113 | Up 756 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 6 | #3,869 | Up 417 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 5 | #4,286 | — |