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How popular is “Aretta” in the USA?

Number of people named “Aretta” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Aretta” by birth year

This chart shows how “Aretta” 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%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 100%
1908 15 0.000030697 15 100%
1909 11 0.000021517 11 100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 100%
1912 17 0.000017205 17 100%
1913 24 0.000021106 24 100%
1914 24 0.000016945 24 100%
1915 24 0.000013097 24 100%
1916 23 0.00001189 23 100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 100%
1918 27 0.000012436 27 100%
1919 31 0.00001469 31 100%
1920 29 0.000012817 29 100%
1921 28 0.000011994 28 100%
1922 27 0.000011795 27 100%
1923 33 0.000014332 33 100%
1924 32 0.000013436 32 100%
1925 29 0.000012429 29 100%
1926 25 0.000010889 25 100%
1927 22 0.000009485 22 100%
1928 19 0.000008404 19 100%
1929 28 0.000012773 28 100%
1930 23 0.000010345 23 100%
1931 22 0.000010454 22 100%
1932 21 0.000009947 21 100%
1933 25 0.000012503 25 100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 100%
1935 13 0.00000622 13 100%
1936 20 0.000009627 20 100%
1937 20 0.000009387 20 100%
1938 23 0.000010395 23 100%
1939 17 0.000007715 17 100%
1940 15 0.000006514 15 100%
1941 13 0.000005336 13 100%
1942 15 0.000005491 15 100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 100%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 100%
1945 13 0.0000049 13 100%
1946 17 0.00000532 17 100%
1947 19 0.000005274 19 100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 100%
1949 18 0.000005165 18 100%
1950 16 0.000004567 16 100%
1951 11 0.000002986 11 100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 100%
1955 18 0.000004483 18 100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 100%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 100%
1962 13 0.000003222 13 100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 100%
1965 15 0.000004137 15 100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 100%

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