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How popular is “Adah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Adah” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Adah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Adah” 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
1880 24 0.000119116 24 100%
1881 29 0.000150502 29 100%
1882 27 0.000121878 27 100%
1883 41 0.000188987 41 100%
1884 33 0.000135545 33 100%
1885 32 0.000132861 32 100%
1886 41 0.000160585 41 100%
1887 32 0.000129349 32 100%
1888 38 0.000126889 38 100%
1889 33 0.000114208 33 100%
1890 49 0.000162574 49 100%
1891 43 0.000149997 43 100%
1892 40 0.000119627 40 100%
1893 48 0.000147591 48 100%
1894 41 0.000121055 41 100%
1895 33 0.000094012 33 100%
1896 46 0.000128677 46 100%
1897 57 0.000164285 57 100%
1898 35 0.000091754 35 100%
1899 39 0.000114965 39 100%
1900 37 0.000082175 37 100%
1901 24 0.000069402 24 100%
1902 25 0.000064644 25 100%
1903 38 0.000099685 38 100%
1904 24 0.000059482 24 100%
1905 28 0.00006605 28 100%
1906 32 0.000074688 32 100%
1907 27 0.000058016 27 100%
1908 18 0.000036836 18 100%
1909 18 0.00003521 18 100%
1910 20 0.000033858 20 100%
1911 26 0.000040355 26 100%
1912 27 0.000027326 27 100%
1913 30 0.000026383 30 100%
1914 48 0.00003389 48 100%
1915 65 0.000035472 65 100%
1916 59 0.0000305 59 100%
1917 57 0.000028404 57 100%
1918 49 0.000022569 49 100%
1919 42 0.000019903 42 100%
1920 42 0.000018562 42 100%
1921 48 0.000020561 48 100%
1922 45 0.000019658 45 100%
1923 43 0.000018676 43 100%
1924 29 0.000012177 29 100%
1925 32 0.000013714 32 100%
1926 34 0.000014809 34 100%
1927 25 0.000010779 25 100%
1928 22 0.00000973 22 100%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 100%
1930 33 0.000014843 33 100%
1931 15 0.000007128 15 100%
1932 20 0.000009473 20 100%
1933 17 0.000008502 17 100%
1934 15 0.000007223 15 100%
1935 20 0.00000957 20 100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 100%
1942 11 0.000004027 11 100%
1943 18 0.000006377 18 100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 100%
1948 12 0.000003476 12 100%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 100%
1988 10 0.000002706 10 100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 100%
2001 22 0.000005877 22 100%
2002 18 0.000004815 18 100%
2003 30 0.00000789 30 100%
2004 37 0.000009684 37 100%
2005 47 0.000012224 47 100%
2006 63 0.000015924 63 100%
2007 68 0.00001701 68 100%
2008 65 0.000016537 65 100%
2009 73 0.000019109 73 100%
2010 77 0.000020835 77 100%
2011 60 0.000016403 60 100%
2012 59 0.000016132 59 100%
2013 81 0.000022218 81 100%
2014 78 0.000021045 78 100%
2015 90 0.000024318 90 100%
2016 81 0.000022079 81 100%
2017 87 0.000024328 87 100%
2018 108 0.000030718 108 100%
2019 106 0.000030539 106 100%
2020 121 0.000036221 121 100%
2021 90 0.000026565 90 100%
2022 93 0.000027489 93 100%
2023 76 0.000022952 76 100%
2024 94 0.000028241 94 100%

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