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How popular is “Akiva” in the USA?

Number of people named “Akiva” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Akiva” by birth year

This chart shows how “Akiva” 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
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1973 38 0.000012596 8 30 -58%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 -100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 -100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 -100%
1978 18 0.000005671 18 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 22 0.000006387 22 -100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 -100%
1982 12 0.000003421 12 -100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 -100%
1984 19 0.000005446 19 -100%
1985 20 0.000005604 20 -100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 -100%
1987 18 0.000004992 18 -100%
1988 21 0.000005683 21 -100%
1989 21 0.000005462 21 -100%
1990 21 0.000005313 21 -100%
1991 27 0.000006931 27 -100%
1992 24 0.000006248 24 -100%
1993 31 0.000008222 31 -100%
1994 28 0.000007532 28 -100%
1995 41 0.000011196 10 31 -51%
1996 45 0.000012338 9 36 -60%
1997 53 0.000014618 7 46 -74%
1998 48 0.00001305 11 37 -54%
1999 55 0.00001489 7 48 -75%
2000 39 0.000010318 39 -100%
2001 57 0.000015227 57 -100%
2002 51 0.000013643 8 43 -69%
2003 51 0.000013413 6 45 -76%
2004 56 0.000014656 5 51 -82%
2005 77 0.000020027 6 71 -84%
2006 57 0.000014408 6 51 -79%
2007 66 0.00001651 7 59 -79%
2008 95 0.000024169 8 87 -83%
2009 80 0.000020941 80 -100%
2010 78 0.000021105 78 -100%
2011 82 0.000022418 8 74 -80%
2012 76 0.00002078 76 -100%
2013 102 0.000027978 8 94 -84%
2014 87 0.000023473 87 -100%
2015 71 0.000019184 71 -100%
2016 99 0.000026985 5 94 -90%
2017 99 0.000027683 99 -100%
2018 89 0.000025314 6 83 -87%
2019 87 0.000025065 8 79 -82%
2020 145 0.000043406 145 -100%
2021 109 0.000032173 109 -100%
2022 113 0.000033401 113 -100%
2023 130 0.000039261 5 125 -92%
2024 116 0.000034851 116 -100%

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