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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Bea” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bea” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Bea” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bea” 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
1883 5 0.000023047 5 100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 100%
1905 13 0.000030666 13 100%
1906 13 0.000030342 13 100%
1907 15 0.000032231 15 100%
1908 22 0.000045022 22 100%
1909 19 0.000037166 19 100%
1910 20 0.000033858 20 100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 100%
1912 17 0.000017205 17 100%
1913 25 0.000021986 25 100%
1914 28 0.000019769 28 100%
1915 24 0.000013097 24 100%
1916 21 0.000010856 21 100%
1917 27 0.000013455 27 100%
1918 30 0.000013818 30 100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 100%
1920 20 0.000008839 20 100%
1921 31 0.000013279 31 100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 100%
1923 36 0.000015635 36 100%
1924 20 0.000008398 20 100%
1925 22 0.000009429 22 100%
1926 23 0.000010018 23 100%
1927 25 0.000010779 25 100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 100%
1929 22 0.000010036 22 100%
1930 26 0.000011694 26 100%
1931 18 0.000008554 18 100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 100%
1933 23 0.000011503 23 100%
1934 14 0.000006741 14 100%
1935 22 0.000010527 22 100%
1936 28 0.000013477 28 100%
1937 19 0.000008917 19 100%
1938 38 0.000017175 38 100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 100%
1940 26 0.000011291 26 100%
1941 34 0.000013955 34 100%
1942 31 0.000011348 31 100%
1943 40 0.000014172 40 100%
1944 20 0.000007435 20 100%
1945 28 0.000010554 28 100%
1946 27 0.00000845 27 100%
1947 17 0.000004719 17 100%
1948 28 0.00000811 28 100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 100%
1950 16 0.000004567 16 100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 100%
1953 11 0.000002854 11 100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 100%
1956 20 0.000004851 20 100%
1957 27 0.000006425 27 100%
1958 26 0.000006289 26 100%
1959 28 0.000006734 28 100%
1960 32 0.000007704 32 100%
1961 30 0.000007242 30 100%
1962 30 0.000007434 30 100%
1963 23 0.000005811 23 100%
1964 18 0.00000463 18 100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 100%
2004 7 0.000001832 7 100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 100%
2006 18 0.00000455 18 100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 100%
2008 20 0.000005088 20 100%
2009 24 0.000006282 24 100%
2010 18 0.00000487 18 100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 100%
2012 22 0.000006015 22 100%
2013 23 0.000006309 23 100%
2014 39 0.000010522 39 100%
2015 25 0.000006755 25 100%
2016 48 0.000013084 48 100%
2017 37 0.000010346 37 100%
2018 50 0.000014221 50 100%
2019 47 0.000013541 47 100%
2020 50 0.000014967 50 100%
2021 54 0.000015939 54 100%
2022 62 0.000018326 62 100%
2023 71 0.000021442 71 100%
2024 88 0.000026438 88 100%

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