Friend Popularity by Year
Follow Friend across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Friend 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Boys | 5 | #4,986 | Down 1,223 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 5 | #3,763 | Down 66 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 6 | #3,697 | Up 83 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 6 | #3,780 | Up 87 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 6 | #3,867 | Up 372 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 5 | #4,239 | Down 367 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 6 | #3,872 | Down 3 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 6 | #3,869 | Down 1,104 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 10 | #2,765 | Up 1,403 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 5 | #4,168 | Down 1,072 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 8 | #3,096 | Down 2,287 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 6 | #809 | — |