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How popular is “Arnie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Arnie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Arnie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Arnie” 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
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1901 13 0.000037593 7 6 8%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1908 11 0.000022511 5 6 -9%
1909 14 0.000027385 5 9 -29%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 -100%
1911 18 0.000027938 11 7 22%
1912 17 0.000017205 7 10 -18%
1913 30 0.000026383 5 25 -67%
1914 23 0.000016239 23 -100%
1915 27 0.000014735 27 -100%
1916 51 0.000026365 12 39 -53%
1917 28 0.000013953 8 20 -43%
1918 40 0.000018424 13 27 -35%
1919 31 0.00001469 10 21 -35%
1920 24 0.000010607 10 14 -17%
1921 32 0.000013707 7 25 -56%
1922 34 0.000014853 12 22 -29%
1923 29 0.000012595 8 21 -45%
1924 32 0.000013436 8 24 -50%
1925 30 0.000012857 8 22 -47%
1926 20 0.000008711 6 14 -40%
1927 25 0.000010779 5 20 -60%
1928 19 0.000008404 19 -100%
1929 17 0.000007755 5 12 -41%
1930 25 0.000011245 5 20 -60%
1931 22 0.000010454 9 13 -18%
1932 19 0.000008999 5 14 -47%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 -100%
1934 27 0.000013001 7 20 -48%
1935 34 0.000016269 5 29 -71%
1936 26 0.000012515 5 21 -62%
1937 34 0.000015957 5 29 -71%
1938 24 0.000010847 24 -100%
1939 39 0.0000177 9 30 -54%
1940 24 0.000010423 24 -100%
1941 24 0.00000985 24 -100%
1942 26 0.000009517 5 21 -62%
1943 20 0.000007086 20 -100%
1944 32 0.000011896 7 25 -56%
1945 20 0.000007539 20 -100%
1946 32 0.000010015 32 -100%
1947 31 0.000008606 31 -100%
1948 27 0.00000782 27 -100%
1949 27 0.000007748 27 -100%
1950 30 0.000008563 30 -100%
1951 23 0.000006244 23 -100%
1952 28 0.000007372 6 22 -57%
1953 28 0.000007266 5 23 -64%
1954 25 0.00000628 25 -100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 -100%
1956 38 0.000009217 38 -100%
1957 47 0.000011185 47 -100%
1958 52 0.000012579 52 -100%
1959 56 0.000013468 5 51 -82%
1960 60 0.000014445 60 -100%
1961 45 0.000010864 45 -100%
1962 55 0.000013629 55 -100%
1963 40 0.000010106 40 -100%
1964 39 0.000010032 39 -100%
1965 30 0.000008275 30 -100%
1966 39 0.000011221 39 -100%
1967 22 0.00000648 22 -100%
1968 23 0.000006808 23 -100%
1969 25 0.000007194 25 -100%
1970 23 0.000006377 23 -100%
1971 27 0.000007866 27 -100%
1972 19 0.000006045 19 -100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 -100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 -100%
1975 20 0.000006624 20 -100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 -100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 -100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 -100%
1982 17 0.000004846 17 -100%
1983 12 0.000003465 12 -100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 -100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 -100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 -100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 -100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 -100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 -100%
2019 9 0.000002593 9 -100%
2020 10 0.000002993 10 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 -100%
2023 12 0.000003624 12 -100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 -100%

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