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How popular is “Bena” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bena” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Bena” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bena” 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 6 0.000029779 6 100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 100%
1915 12 0.000006549 12 100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 100%
1918 16 0.000007369 16 100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 100%
1920 16 0.000007071 16 100%
1921 13 0.000005569 13 100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 100%
1927 12 0.000005174 12 100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 100%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 100%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 100%

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