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How popular is “Bathsheba” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bathsheba” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Bathsheba” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bathsheba” 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
1951 9 0.000002443 9 100%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 100%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 100%
1973 15 0.000004972 15 100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 100%
1976 14 0.000004614 14 100%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 100%
1989 10 0.000002601 10 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 100%

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