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How popular is “Alpheus” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alpheus” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Alpheus” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alpheus” 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 6 0.000029779 6 -100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 -100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 13 0.000013157 13 -100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 -100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 -100%
1915 21 0.00001146 21 -100%
1916 24 0.000012407 24 -100%
1917 29 0.000014451 29 -100%
1918 21 0.000009672 21 -100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 -100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 -100%
1921 21 0.000008995 21 -100%
1922 24 0.000010484 24 -100%
1923 23 0.000009989 23 -100%
1924 16 0.000006718 16 -100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 -100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 -100%
1927 17 0.00000733 17 -100%
1928 21 0.000009288 21 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 -100%
1932 18 0.000008526 18 -100%
1933 16 0.000008002 16 -100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 -100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 -100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 -100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 -100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1950 14 0.000003996 14 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 -100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 -100%

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