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How popular is “Anya” in the USA?

Number of people named “Anya” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Anya” by birth year

This chart shows how “Anya” 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
1943 5 0.000001771 5 100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1956 14 0.000003396 14 100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 100%
1961 12 0.000002897 12 100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 100%
1963 26 0.000006569 26 100%
1964 22 0.000005659 22 100%
1965 19 0.000005241 19 100%
1966 31 0.000008919 31 100%
1967 29 0.000008542 29 100%
1968 32 0.000009472 32 100%
1969 43 0.000012373 43 100%
1970 32 0.000008873 32 100%
1971 29 0.000008449 29 100%
1972 38 0.00001209 38 100%
1973 50 0.000016573 50 100%
1974 46 0.000015132 46 100%
1975 57 0.000018878 57 100%
1976 57 0.000018785 57 100%
1977 69 0.000021722 69 100%
1978 72 0.000022685 72 100%
1979 72 0.000021641 72 100%
1980 334 0.000096966 334 100%
1981 166 0.000047986 166 100%
1982 124 0.000035348 124 100%
1983 146 0.000042156 146 100%
1984 130 0.000037263 130 100%
1985 91 0.000025497 91 100%
1986 83 0.000023334 83 100%
1987 64 0.00001775 64 100%
1988 78 0.000021109 78 100%
1989 113 0.000029393 113 100%
1990 99 0.000025048 99 100%
1991 80 0.000020538 80 100%
1992 96 0.000024992 96 100%
1993 96 0.000025462 96 100%
1994 132 0.000035506 132 100%
1995 140 0.000038229 140 100%
1996 122 0.00003345 122 100%
1997 152 0.000041922 152 100%
1998 252 0.000068512 252 100%
1999 326 0.000088254 326 100%
2000 439 0.000116141 439 100%
2001 508 0.000135706 508 100%
2002 578 0.000154616 578 100%
2003 596 0.000156746 596 100%
2004 631 0.000165143 631 100%
2005 680 0.00017686 680 100%
2006 777 0.000196401 777 100%
2007 895 0.00022388 895 100%
2008 884 0.000224898 884 100%
2009 889 0.000232712 889 100%
2010 789 0.000213489 789 100%
2011 727 0.000198754 727 100%
2012 787 0.000215182 787 100%
2013 688 0.000188717 688 100%
2014 671 0.000181039 671 100%
2015 564 0.000152395 564 100%
2016 516 0.000140649 516 100%
2017 471 0.000131704 471 100%
2018 431 0.000122586 431 100%
2019 445 0.000128208 445 100%
2020 438 0.000131115 438 100%
2021 574 0.000169424 574 100%
2022 645 0.000190652 645 100%
2023 695 0.000209894 695 100%
2024 798 0.000239748 798 100%

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