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How popular is “Abena” in the USA?

Number of people named “Abena” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Abena” 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 “Abena” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Abena” by birth year

This chart shows how “Abena” 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
1971 7 0.000002039 7 100%
1972 17 0.000005409 17 100%
1973 18 0.000005966 18 100%
1974 17 0.000005592 17 100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 100%
1976 13 0.000004284 13 100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 100%
1987 16 0.000004438 16 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%
1989 16 0.000004162 16 100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1996 19 0.000005209 19 100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 100%
2003 21 0.000005523 21 100%
2004 20 0.000005234 20 100%
2005 19 0.000004942 19 100%
2006 25 0.000006319 25 100%
2007 15 0.000003752 15 100%
2008 17 0.000004325 17 100%
2009 16 0.000004188 16 100%
2010 16 0.000004329 16 100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2012 15 0.000004101 15 100%
2013 17 0.000004663 17 100%
2014 16 0.000004317 16 100%
2015 13 0.000003513 13 100%
2016 11 0.000002998 11 100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 100%
2018 15 0.000004266 15 100%
2019 12 0.000003457 12 100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 100%
2021 17 0.000005018 17 100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 100%
2023 13 0.000003926 13 100%
2024 12 0.000003605 12 100%

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