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How popular is “Asa” in the USA?

Number of people named “Asa” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Asa” by birth year

This chart shows how “Asa” 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 60 0.00029779 60 -100%
1881 65 0.000337333 65 -100%
1882 62 0.000279868 62 -100%
1883 61 0.000281176 61 -100%
1884 43 0.00017662 43 -100%
1885 43 0.000178531 43 -100%
1886 52 0.000203669 52 -100%
1887 51 0.000206151 51 -100%
1888 58 0.000193673 58 -100%
1889 37 0.000128052 37 -100%
1890 48 0.000159256 48 -100%
1891 46 0.000160462 46 -100%
1892 58 0.000173458 58 -100%
1893 43 0.000132217 43 -100%
1894 37 0.000109244 37 -100%
1895 40 0.000113954 40 -100%
1896 32 0.000089514 32 -100%
1897 47 0.000135463 47 -100%
1898 31 0.000081268 31 -100%
1899 30 0.000088435 30 -100%
1900 30 0.000066628 30 -100%
1901 25 0.000072294 25 -100%
1902 21 0.000054301 21 -100%
1903 26 0.000068206 26 -100%
1904 24 0.000059482 24 -100%
1905 22 0.000051896 22 -100%
1906 17 0.000039678 17 -100%
1907 39 0.000083801 39 -100%
1908 24 0.000049115 24 -100%
1909 16 0.000031297 16 -100%
1910 30 0.000050786 30 -100%
1911 25 0.000038803 25 -100%
1912 47 0.000047568 47 -100%
1913 58 0.000051007 58 -100%
1914 73 0.000051541 73 -100%
1915 109 0.000059484 109 -100%
1916 104 0.000053763 5 99 -90%
1917 86 0.000042855 86 -100%
1918 123 0.000056653 6 117 -90%
1919 88 0.000041701 88 -100%
1920 105 0.000046406 105 -100%
1921 103 0.000044121 103 -100%
1922 101 0.000044121 101 -100%
1923 127 0.000055158 9 118 -86%
1924 106 0.000044508 106 -100%
1925 87 0.000037286 87 -100%
1926 110 0.000047911 6 104 -89%
1927 112 0.000048289 5 107 -91%
1928 99 0.000043787 7 92 -86%
1929 72 0.000032844 72 -100%
1930 83 0.000037332 5 78 -88%
1931 68 0.000032313 68 -100%
1932 52 0.000024629 52 -100%
1933 72 0.00003601 72 -100%
1934 79 0.000038039 79 -100%
1935 65 0.000031102 65 -100%
1936 59 0.000028398 59 -100%
1937 65 0.000030507 65 -100%
1938 60 0.000027118 60 -100%
1939 50 0.000022692 50 -100%
1940 53 0.000023017 53 -100%
1941 60 0.000024626 60 -100%
1942 56 0.000020499 56 -100%
1943 56 0.00001984 56 -100%
1944 51 0.000018959 51 -100%
1945 37 0.000013947 37 -100%
1946 48 0.000015022 7 41 -71%
1947 68 0.000018877 5 63 -85%
1948 58 0.000016799 58 -100%
1949 51 0.000014635 51 -100%
1950 48 0.000013701 48 -100%
1951 48 0.00001303 48 -100%
1952 49 0.000012902 49 -100%
1953 46 0.000011937 46 -100%
1954 42 0.000010551 42 -100%
1955 41 0.000010212 41 -100%
1956 46 0.000011157 46 -100%
1957 43 0.000010233 43 -100%
1958 44 0.000010644 44 -100%
1959 41 0.000009861 10 31 -51%
1960 46 0.000011074 46 -100%
1961 46 0.000011105 6 40 -74%
1962 57 0.000014125 6 51 -79%
1963 53 0.00001339 11 42 -58%
1964 41 0.000010546 5 36 -76%
1965 48 0.00001324 7 41 -71%
1966 47 0.000013523 8 39 -66%
1967 41 0.000012077 8 33 -61%
1968 46 0.000013616 5 41 -78%
1969 56 0.000016114 13 43 -54%
1970 58 0.000016082 58 -100%
1971 47 0.000013693 47 -100%
1972 57 0.000018136 10 47 -65%
1973 61 0.00002022 9 52 -70%
1974 81 0.000026645 12 69 -70%
1975 71 0.000023515 10 61 -72%
1976 89 0.000029331 9 80 -80%
1977 87 0.000027389 8 79 -82%
1978 94 0.000029617 16 78 -66%
1979 111 0.000033363 12 99 -78%
1980 150 0.000043548 15 135 -80%
1981 171 0.000049431 17 154 -80%
1982 146 0.00004162 6 140 -92%
1983 156 0.000045043 13 143 -83%
1984 130 0.000037263 12 118 -82%
1985 155 0.000043428 14 141 -82%
1986 119 0.000033454 17 102 -71%
1987 141 0.000039106 15 126 -79%
1988 163 0.000044113 15 148 -82%
1989 197 0.000051243 14 183 -86%
1990 175 0.000044276 14 161 -84%
1991 185 0.000047494 15 170 -84%
1992 169 0.000043996 13 156 -85%
1993 174 0.00004615 20 154 -77%
1994 192 0.000051645 16 176 -83%
1995 198 0.000054067 18 180 -82%
1996 189 0.000051821 24 165 -75%
1997 215 0.000059298 18 197 -83%
1998 210 0.000057093 18 192 -83%
1999 269 0.000072823 24 245 -82%
2000 291 0.000076986 16 275 -89%
2001 313 0.000083614 27 286 -83%
2002 301 0.000080518 25 276 -83%
2003 322 0.000084685 20 302 -88%
2004 321 0.000084011 20 301 -88%
2005 391 0.000101695 43 348 -78%
2006 405 0.000102371 25 380 -88%
2007 439 0.000109814 41 398 -81%
2008 421 0.000107107 35 386 -83%
2009 522 0.000136643 44 478 -83%
2010 477 0.000129068 45 432 -81%
2011 497 0.000135874 33 464 -87%
2012 502 0.000137257 41 461 -84%
2013 537 0.000147298 58 479 -78%
2014 593 0.000159995 49 544 -83%
2015 605 0.000163473 65 540 -79%
2016 628 0.000171178 53 575 -83%
2017 666 0.000186231 71 595 -79%
2018 644 0.000183168 78 566 -76%
2019 640 0.000184388 73 567 -77%
2020 650 0.000194577 76 574 -77%
2021 687 0.000202778 94 593 -73%
2022 775 0.000229077 92 683 -76%
2023 679 0.000205062 88 591 -74%
2024 720 0.000216314 75 645 -79%

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