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How popular is “Bren” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bren” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Bren” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bren” 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
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 10 0.000002572 10 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 -100%
1980 13 0.000003774 6 7 -8%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1983 13 0.000003754 7 6 8%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 -100%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 -100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 -100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 -100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 -100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 -100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1998 17 0.000004622 11 6 29%
1999 19 0.000005144 12 7 26%
2000 12 0.000003175 6 6 0%
2001 16 0.000004274 6 10 -25%
2002 20 0.00000535 5 15 -50%
2003 24 0.000006312 8 16 -33%
2004 15 0.000003926 7 8 -7%
2005 22 0.000005722 6 16 -45%
2006 13 0.000003286 7 6 8%
2007 23 0.000005753 10 13 -13%
2008 27 0.000006869 12 15 -11%
2009 18 0.000004712 7 11 -22%
2010 12 0.000003247 5 7 -17%
2011 15 0.000004101 6 9 -20%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 16 0.000004389 9 7 13%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 -100%
2015 18 0.000004864 7 11 -22%
2016 18 0.000004906 7 11 -22%
2017 15 0.000004194 7 8 -7%
2018 24 0.000006826 11 13 -8%
2019 12 0.000003457 12 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2021 16 0.000004723 6 10 -25%
2022 14 0.000004138 6 8 -14%
2023 8 0.000002416 8 -100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 -100%

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