Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Amala” in the USA?

Number of people named “Amala” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Amala” by birth year

This chart shows how “Amala” 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
1991 6 0.00000154 6 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 100%
2002 13 0.000003478 13 100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 100%
2015 14 0.000003783 14 100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 100%
2017 16 0.000004474 16 100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 100%
2019 20 0.000005762 20 100%
2020 21 0.000006286 21 100%
2021 23 0.000006789 23 100%
2022 12 0.000003547 12 100%
2023 28 0.000008456 28 100%
2024 17 0.000005107 17 100%

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