Name Trends

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How popular is “Ama” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ama” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ama” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ama” 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
1885 7 0.000029063 7 100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 100%
1912 8 0.000008097 8 100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 100%
1919 12 0.000005687 12 100%
1920 13 0.000005745 13 100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 100%
1922 14 0.000006116 14 100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 100%
1974 12 0.000003947 12 100%
1975 9 0.000002981 9 100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 100%
1977 12 0.000003778 12 100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 100%
1980 19 0.000005516 19 100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 100%
1983 13 0.000003754 13 100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 100%
1992 17 0.000004426 17 100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 100%
1994 13 0.000003497 13 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1996 14 0.000003839 14 100%
1997 17 0.000004689 17 100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 100%
1999 16 0.000004332 16 100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 100%
2001 13 0.000003473 13 100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 100%
2003 16 0.000004208 16 100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 100%
2005 22 0.000005722 22 100%
2006 15 0.000003792 15 100%
2007 14 0.000003502 14 100%
2008 16 0.000004071 16 100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 100%
2010 11 0.000002976 11 100%
2011 10 0.000002734 10 100%
2012 17 0.000004648 17 100%
2013 18 0.000004937 18 100%
2014 16 0.000004317 16 100%
2015 13 0.000003513 13 100%
2016 16 0.000004361 16 100%
2017 19 0.000005313 19 100%
2018 19 0.000005404 19 100%
2019 25 0.000007203 25 100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 100%
2021 18 0.000005313 18 100%
2022 19 0.000005616 19 100%
2023 21 0.000006342 21 100%
2024 18 0.000005408 18 100%

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