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How popular is “Aretha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Aretha” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Aretha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Aretha” 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
1900 5 0.000011105 5 100%
1902 7 0.0000181 7 100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 100%
1907 12 0.000025785 12 100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 100%
1911 12 0.000018626 12 100%
1912 13 0.000013157 13 100%
1913 18 0.00001583 18 100%
1914 24 0.000016945 24 100%
1915 30 0.000016372 30 100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 100%
1917 33 0.000016444 33 100%
1918 24 0.000011054 24 100%
1919 41 0.000019429 41 100%
1920 31 0.000013701 31 100%
1921 33 0.000014136 33 100%
1922 46 0.000020095 46 100%
1923 45 0.000019544 45 100%
1924 30 0.000012597 30 100%
1925 46 0.000019715 46 100%
1926 39 0.000016987 39 100%
1927 15 0.000006467 15 100%
1928 27 0.000011942 27 100%
1929 32 0.000014597 32 100%
1930 37 0.000016642 37 100%
1931 23 0.00001093 23 100%
1932 39 0.000018472 39 100%
1933 34 0.000017005 34 100%
1934 39 0.000018779 39 100%
1935 36 0.000017226 36 100%
1936 31 0.000014921 31 100%
1937 31 0.000014549 31 100%
1938 30 0.000013559 30 100%
1939 39 0.0000177 39 100%
1940 28 0.00001216 28 100%
1941 20 0.000008209 20 100%
1942 31 0.000011348 31 100%
1943 28 0.00000992 28 100%
1944 33 0.000012267 33 100%
1945 34 0.000012816 34 100%
1946 34 0.000010641 34 100%
1947 32 0.000008883 32 100%
1948 44 0.000012744 44 100%
1949 31 0.000008896 31 100%
1950 36 0.000010276 36 100%
1951 32 0.000008687 32 100%
1952 36 0.000009479 36 100%
1953 27 0.000007006 27 100%
1954 31 0.000007788 31 100%
1955 30 0.000007472 30 100%
1956 38 0.000009217 38 100%
1957 47 0.000011185 47 100%
1958 34 0.000008225 34 100%
1959 44 0.000010582 44 100%
1960 59 0.000014204 59 100%
1961 110 0.000026555 110 100%
1962 130 0.000032215 130 100%
1963 110 0.00002779 110 100%
1964 123 0.000031639 123 100%
1965 148 0.000040823 148 100%
1966 91 0.000026182 91 100%
1967 385 0.000113406 385 100%
1968 543 0.000160726 543 100%
1969 309 0.000088913 309 100%
1970 257 0.00007126 257 100%
1971 237 0.000069049 237 100%
1972 199 0.000063315 199 100%
1973 147 0.000048726 147 100%
1974 153 0.000050329 153 100%
1975 117 0.000038749 117 100%
1976 97 0.000031968 97 100%
1977 91 0.000028648 91 100%
1978 80 0.000025206 80 100%
1979 64 0.000019237 64 100%
1980 55 0.000015967 55 100%
1981 54 0.00001561 54 100%
1982 50 0.000014253 50 100%
1983 33 0.000009528 33 100%
1984 40 0.000011465 40 100%
1985 26 0.000007285 26 100%
1986 34 0.000009558 34 100%
1987 27 0.000007488 27 100%
1988 26 0.000007036 26 100%
1989 23 0.000005983 23 100%
1990 25 0.000006325 25 100%
1991 21 0.000005391 21 100%
1992 17 0.000004426 17 100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 100%
1994 14 0.000003766 14 100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 100%

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