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How popular is “Ana” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ana” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ana” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ana” 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 5 0.000024816 5 100%
1881 9 0.000046708 9 100%
1882 7 0.000031598 7 100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 100%
1888 12 0.00004007 12 100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 100%
1890 16 0.000053085 16 100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 100%
1895 10 0.000028488 10 100%
1896 12 0.000033568 12 100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 100%
1898 16 0.000041945 16 100%
1899 13 0.000038322 13 100%
1900 18 0.000039977 18 100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 100%
1902 16 0.000041372 16 100%
1903 15 0.000039349 15 100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 100%
1905 26 0.000061332 26 100%
1906 18 0.000042012 18 100%
1907 21 0.000045123 21 100%
1908 15 0.000030697 15 100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 100%
1911 34 0.000052772 34 100%
1912 24 0.00002429 24 100%
1913 23 0.000020227 23 100%
1914 32 0.000022593 32 100%
1915 43 0.000023466 43 100%
1916 34 0.000017576 34 100%
1917 51 0.000025414 51 100%
1918 57 0.000026254 57 100%
1919 58 0.000027485 58 100%
1920 66 0.000029169 66 100%
1921 67 0.0000287 67 100%
1922 67 0.000029268 67 100%
1923 64 0.000027796 64 100%
1924 61 0.000025613 61 100%
1925 60 0.000025715 60 100%
1926 71 0.000030925 71 100%
1927 89 0.000038373 89 100%
1928 82 0.000036268 82 100%
1929 83 0.000037862 83 100%
1930 104 0.000046778 99 5 90%
1931 73 0.000034689 73 100%
1932 67 0.000031734 67 100%
1933 59 0.000029508 59 100%
1934 84 0.000040447 84 100%
1935 78 0.000037322 78 100%
1936 80 0.000038506 80 100%
1937 63 0.000029568 63 100%
1938 79 0.000035705 79 100%
1939 70 0.000031768 70 100%
1940 67 0.000029096 67 100%
1941 78 0.000032014 78 100%
1942 88 0.000032213 88 100%
1943 108 0.000038263 108 100%
1944 114 0.000042378 114 100%
1945 121 0.00004561 121 100%
1946 135 0.000042249 135 100%
1947 166 0.000046081 166 100%
1948 233 0.000067487 226 7 94%
1949 235 0.000067436 235 100%
1950 223 0.000063653 223 100%
1951 258 0.000070038 258 100%
1952 288 0.000075829 288 100%
1953 323 0.000083817 323 100%
1954 387 0.000097219 387 100%
1955 387 0.000096387 387 100%
1956 469 0.000113751 469 100%
1957 485 0.000115417 479 6 98%
1958 539 0.000130385 539 100%
1959 585 0.000140693 579 6 98%
1960 619 0.00014902 619 100%
1961 649 0.000156676 649 100%
1962 686 0.000169997 686 100%
1963 775 0.000195796 769 6 98%
1964 764 0.000196522 758 6 98%
1965 812 0.000223972 812 100%
1966 820 0.000235927 820 100%
1967 846 0.000249198 846 100%
1968 931 0.000275573 923 8 98%
1969 971 0.000279398 962 9 98%
1970 1059 0.000293635 1048 11 98%
1971 1075 0.000313196 1069 6 99%
1972 1095 0.000348394 1086 9 98%
1973 1110 0.000367929 1097 13 98%
1974 1187 0.000390461 1179 8 99%
1975 1172 0.000388157 1157 15 97%
1976 1174 0.00038691 1164 10 98%
1977 1149 0.00036172 1137 12 98%
1978 1155 0.000363909 1139 16 97%
1979 1149 0.000345356 1140 9 98%
1980 1340 0.000389025 1325 15 98%
1981 1455 0.000420596 1441 14 98%
1982 1381 0.000393676 1365 16 98%
1983 1332 0.0003846 1309 23 97%
1984 1406 0.000403009 1391 15 98%
1985 1491 0.000417751 1469 22 97%
1986 1661 0.000466956 1640 21 97%
1987 1660 0.000460393 1647 13 98%
1988 1686 0.000456287 1664 22 97%
1989 2304 0.000599306 2275 29 97%
1990 2652 0.000670971 2613 39 97%
1991 2672 0.000685961 2652 20 99%
1992 2350 0.000611776 2328 22 98%
1993 2392 0.000634436 2366 26 98%
1994 2226 0.000598765 2211 15 99%
1995 2381 0.000650164 2367 14 99%
1996 2319 0.000635831 2307 12 99%
1997 2330 0.000642626 2318 12 99%
1998 2272 0.000617692 2264 8 99%
1999 2118 0.000573383 2112 6 99%
2000 2436 0.000644461 2428 8 99%
2001 2529 0.000675591 2518 11 99%
2002 2544 0.000680525 2536 8 99%
2003 2595 0.000682478 2595 100%
2004 2355 0.000616343 2348 7 99%
2005 2365 0.000615109 2354 11 99%
2006 2420 0.0006117 2414 6 100%
2007 2228 0.000557323 2228 100%
2008 1961 0.000498898 1955 6 99%
2009 1832 0.000479559 1825 7 99%
2010 1575 0.000426166 1575 100%
2011 1334 0.000364701 1334 100%
2012 1462 0.000399741 1462 100%
2013 1348 0.000369754 1348 100%
2014 1538 0.000414961 1538 100%
2015 1548 0.000418275 1548 100%
2016 1436 0.00039142 1436 100%
2017 1457 0.000407416 1457 100%
2018 1448 0.000411844 1448 100%
2019 1401 0.000403638 1395 6 99%
2020 1237 0.000370295 1237 100%
2021 1282 0.0003784 1282 100%
2022 1402 0.000414409 1402 100%
2023 1337 0.000403782 1332 5 99%
2024 1497 0.000449752 1497 100%

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