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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Barak” in the USA?

Number of people named “Barak” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Barak” by birth year

This chart shows how “Barak” 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
1953 5 0.000001297 5 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 -100%
1968 8 0.000002368 8 -100%
1969 13 0.000003741 13 -100%
1970 17 0.000004714 17 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 -100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 -100%
1974 13 0.000004276 13 -100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 -100%
1976 18 0.000005932 18 -100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 -100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 -100%
1979 9 0.000002705 9 -100%
1980 19 0.000005516 19 -100%
1981 21 0.00000607 21 -100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 -100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 -100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 -100%
1985 16 0.000004483 16 -100%
1986 19 0.000005341 19 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 20 0.000005202 20 -100%
1990 17 0.000004301 17 -100%
1991 23 0.000005905 23 -100%
1992 21 0.000005467 21 -100%
1993 21 0.00000557 21 -100%
1994 27 0.000007263 27 -100%
1995 17 0.000004642 17 -100%
1996 24 0.00000658 24 -100%
1997 22 0.000006068 22 -100%
1998 21 0.000005709 21 -100%
1999 21 0.000005685 21 -100%
2000 20 0.000005291 20 -100%
2001 14 0.00000374 14 -100%
2002 17 0.000004548 17 -100%
2003 22 0.000005786 22 -100%
2004 18 0.000004711 18 -100%
2005 28 0.000007282 28 -100%
2006 29 0.00000733 29 -100%
2007 19 0.000004753 19 -100%
2008 15 0.000003816 15 -100%
2009 14 0.000003665 14 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 -100%
2017 14 0.000003915 14 -100%
2018 12 0.000003413 12 -100%
2019 15 0.000004322 15 -100%
2020 10 0.000002993 10 -100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 -100%
2022 14 0.000004138 14 -100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 -100%
2024 18 0.000005408 18 -100%

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