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How popular is “Ara” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ara” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ara” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ara” 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%
1881 8 0.000041518 8 100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 100%
1884 18 0.000073934 18 100%
1885 17 0.000070582 17 100%
1886 17 0.000066584 17 100%
1887 16 0.000064675 16 100%
1888 20 0.000066784 20 100%
1889 22 0.000076139 22 100%
1890 22 0.000072992 22 100%
1891 18 0.000062789 18 100%
1892 21 0.000062804 21 100%
1893 24 0.000073796 19 5 58%
1894 15 0.000044288 15 100%
1895 22 0.000062674 22 100%
1896 21 0.000058744 21 100%
1897 20 0.000057644 20 100%
1898 25 0.000065539 25 100%
1899 12 0.000035374 12 100%
1900 25 0.000055524 25 100%
1901 30 0.000086752 30 100%
1902 20 0.000051715 20 100%
1903 23 0.000060336 23 100%
1904 18 0.000044611 18 100%
1905 17 0.000040102 17 100%
1906 18 0.000042012 18 100%
1907 27 0.000058016 27 100%
1908 25 0.000051161 25 100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 100%
1910 28 0.000047401 23 5 64%
1911 23 0.000035699 23 100%
1912 36 0.000036435 30 6 67%
1913 40 0.000035177 34 6 70%
1914 49 0.000034596 40 9 63%
1915 55 0.000030015 47 8 71%
1916 52 0.000026881 47 5 81%
1917 45 0.000022424 40 5 78%
1918 52 0.000023951 52 100%
1919 48 0.000022746 39 9 63%
1920 59 0.000026076 51 8 73%
1921 56 0.000023988 46 10 64%
1922 47 0.000020532 38 9 62%
1923 49 0.000021281 38 11 55%
1924 56 0.000023514 50 6 79%
1925 46 0.000019715 35 11 52%
1926 57 0.000024827 43 14 51%
1927 44 0.000018971 33 11 50%
1928 38 0.000016807 27 11 42%
1929 47 0.00002144 28 19 19%
1930 24 0.000010795 16 8 33%
1931 39 0.000018533 26 13 33%
1932 37 0.000017525 27 10 46%
1933 27 0.000013504 18 9 33%
1934 45 0.000021668 34 11 51%
1935 36 0.000017226 21 15 17%
1936 23 0.000011071 23 100%
1937 27 0.000012672 22 5 63%
1938 19 0.000008587 19 100%
1939 23 0.000010438 18 5 57%
1940 20 0.000008686 20 100%
1941 19 0.000007798 12 7 26%
1942 16 0.000005857 11 5 38%
1943 22 0.000007794 16 6 45%
1944 23 0.00000855 16 7 39%
1945 21 0.000007916 21 100%
1946 26 0.000008137 20 6 54%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 100%
1948 16 0.000004634 16 100%
1949 25 0.000007174 19 6 52%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 100%
1951 10 0.000002715 10 100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 100%
1953 11 0.000002854 11 100%
1954 21 0.000005275 15 6 43%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 100%
1956 14 0.000003396 8 6 14%
1957 18 0.000004284 10 8 11%
1958 19 0.000004596 10 9 5%
1959 14 0.000003367 9 5 29%
1960 20 0.000004815 9 11 -10%
1961 16 0.000003863 10 6 25%
1962 18 0.000004461 12 6 33%
1963 34 0.00000859 17 17 0%
1964 25 0.000006431 15 10 20%
1965 28 0.000007723 15 13 7%
1966 26 0.000007481 10 16 -23%
1967 31 0.000009131 12 19 -23%
1968 18 0.000005328 7 11 -22%
1969 38 0.000010934 12 26 -37%
1970 22 0.0000061 6 16 -45%
1971 37 0.00001078 19 18 3%
1972 38 0.00001209 19 19 0%
1973 43 0.000014253 19 24 -12%
1974 50 0.000016447 18 32 -28%
1975 58 0.000019209 24 34 -17%
1976 47 0.00001549 19 28 -19%
1977 40 0.000012592 19 21 -5%
1978 53 0.000016699 24 29 -9%
1979 44 0.000013225 23 21 5%
1980 50 0.000014516 23 27 -8%
1981 45 0.000013008 27 18 20%
1982 38 0.000010833 27 11 42%
1983 38 0.000010972 19 19 0%
1984 32 0.000009172 17 15 6%
1985 43 0.000012048 22 21 2%
1986 39 0.000010964 23 16 18%
1987 31 0.000008598 21 10 35%
1988 42 0.000011367 25 17 19%
1989 45 0.000011705 24 21 7%
1990 27 0.000006831 14 13 4%
1991 32 0.000008215 15 17 -6%
1992 23 0.000005988 11 12 -4%
1993 29 0.000007692 12 17 -17%
1994 30 0.00000807 16 14 7%
1995 24 0.000006554 14 10 17%
1996 26 0.000007129 16 10 23%
1997 29 0.000007998 13 16 -10%
1998 32 0.0000087 13 19 -19%
1999 28 0.00000758 17 11 21%
2000 36 0.000009524 29 7 61%
2001 23 0.000006144 13 10 13%
2002 28 0.00000749 19 9 36%
2003 26 0.000006838 20 6 54%
2004 27 0.000007066 19 8 41%
2005 41 0.000010664 27 14 32%
2006 42 0.000010616 29 13 38%
2007 29 0.000007254 22 7 52%
2008 39 0.000009922 26 13 33%
2009 40 0.000010471 30 10 50%
2010 40 0.000010823 34 6 70%
2011 38 0.000010389 28 10 47%
2012 64 0.000017499 55 9 72%
2013 52 0.000014264 42 10 62%
2014 56 0.000015109 49 7 75%
2015 59 0.000015942 49 10 66%
2016 66 0.00001799 53 13 61%
2017 79 0.000022091 62 17 57%
2018 74 0.000021047 62 12 68%
2019 70 0.000020167 54 16 54%
2020 72 0.000021553 55 17 53%
2021 93 0.00002745 75 18 61%
2022 87 0.000025716 78 9 79%
2023 72 0.000021744 52 20 44%
2024 65 0.000019528 51 14 57%

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