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How popular is “Ayesha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ayesha” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ayesha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ayesha” 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
1950 6 0.000001713 6 100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 100%
1965 17 0.000004689 17 100%
1966 19 0.000005467 19 100%
1967 27 0.000007953 27 100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 100%
1969 29 0.000008345 29 100%
1970 56 0.000015527 56 100%
1971 62 0.000018063 62 100%
1972 35 0.000011136 35 100%
1973 72 0.000023866 72 100%
1974 65 0.000021382 65 100%
1975 72 0.000023846 72 100%
1976 77 0.000025377 77 100%
1977 125 0.000039352 125 100%
1978 135 0.000042535 135 100%
1979 147 0.000044184 147 100%
1980 146 0.000042386 146 100%
1981 138 0.000039892 138 100%
1982 148 0.00004219 148 100%
1983 134 0.000038691 134 100%
1984 120 0.000034396 120 100%
1985 121 0.000033902 121 100%
1986 96 0.000026988 96 100%
1987 102 0.000028289 102 100%
1988 102 0.000027605 102 100%
1989 107 0.000027832 107 100%
1990 110 0.000027831 110 100%
1991 141 0.000036198 141 100%
1992 118 0.000030719 118 100%
1993 109 0.00002891 109 100%
1994 112 0.000030127 112 100%
1995 109 0.000029764 109 100%
1996 90 0.000024676 90 100%
1997 111 0.000030614 111 100%
1998 105 0.000028547 105 100%
1999 88 0.000023823 88 100%
2000 113 0.000029895 113 100%
2001 99 0.000026447 99 100%
2002 118 0.000031565 118 100%
2003 103 0.000027089 103 100%
2004 92 0.000024078 92 100%
2005 107 0.000027829 107 100%
2006 102 0.000025782 102 100%
2007 118 0.000029517 118 100%
2008 116 0.000029512 116 100%
2009 107 0.000028009 107 100%
2010 100 0.000027058 100 100%
2011 123 0.000033627 123 100%
2012 106 0.000028983 106 100%
2013 123 0.000033739 123 100%
2014 152 0.00004101 152 100%
2015 151 0.000040801 151 100%
2016 177 0.000048246 177 100%
2017 161 0.00004502 161 100%
2018 150 0.000042663 150 100%
2019 149 0.000042928 149 100%
2020 146 0.000043705 146 100%
2021 142 0.000041913 142 100%
2022 171 0.000050545 171 100%
2023 161 0.000048623 161 100%
2024 166 0.000049872 166 100%

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