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How popular is “Abdul” in the USA?

Number of people named “Abdul” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Abdul” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Abdul” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Abdul” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Abdul” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Abdul” by birth year

This chart shows how “Abdul” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1930 7 0.000003148 7 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 6 0.000002126 6 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 -100%
1948 12 0.000003476 12 -100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 -100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1951 11 0.000002986 11 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 -100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 20 0.000005891 20 -100%
1968 27 0.000007992 27 -100%
1969 33 0.000009496 33 -100%
1970 43 0.000011923 43 -100%
1971 49 0.000014276 49 -100%
1972 98 0.00003118 98 -100%
1973 86 0.000028506 86 -100%
1974 81 0.000026645 81 -100%
1975 157 0.000051997 157 -100%
1976 157 0.000051742 157 -100%
1977 147 0.000046277 147 -100%
1978 106 0.000033398 106 -100%
1979 128 0.000038473 128 -100%
1980 104 0.000030193 104 -100%
1981 95 0.000027462 95 -100%
1982 91 0.000025941 91 -100%
1983 103 0.00002974 103 -100%
1984 79 0.000022644 79 -100%
1985 60 0.000016811 60 -100%
1986 61 0.000017149 61 -100%
1987 64 0.00001775 64 -100%
1988 67 0.000018132 67 -100%
1989 93 0.000024191 93 -100%
1990 121 0.000030614 121 -100%
1991 127 0.000032604 127 -100%
1992 122 0.00003176 122 -100%
1993 107 0.00002838 107 -100%
1994 125 0.000033623 125 -100%
1995 126 0.000034406 126 -100%
1996 136 0.000037289 136 -100%
1997 153 0.000042198 153 -100%
1998 142 0.000038606 142 -100%
1999 140 0.000037901 140 -100%
2000 135 0.000035715 135 -100%
2001 137 0.000036598 137 -100%
2002 145 0.000038788 145 -100%
2003 153 0.000040239 153 -100%
2004 112 0.000029312 112 -100%
2005 123 0.000031991 123 -100%
2006 122 0.000030838 122 -100%
2007 124 0.000031018 124 -100%
2008 126 0.000032056 126 -100%
2009 127 0.000033245 127 -100%
2010 102 0.000027599 102 -100%
2011 114 0.000031166 114 -100%
2012 116 0.000031717 116 -100%
2013 114 0.00003127 114 -100%
2014 104 0.00002806 104 -100%
2015 122 0.000032965 122 -100%
2016 127 0.000034617 127 -100%
2017 132 0.000036911 132 -100%
2018 120 0.000034131 120 -100%
2019 108 0.000031116 108 -100%
2020 111 0.000033228 111 -100%
2021 88 0.000025974 88 -100%
2022 105 0.000031036 105 -100%
2023 93 0.000028087 93 -100%
2024 89 0.000026739 89 -100%

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