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How popular is “Dona” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dona” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dona” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dona” 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 18 0.000089337 18 100%
1881 24 0.000124554 24 100%
1882 28 0.000126392 28 100%
1883 30 0.000138283 30 100%
1884 34 0.000139653 34 100%
1885 43 0.000178531 43 100%
1886 31 0.000121418 31 100%
1887 41 0.000165729 41 100%
1888 46 0.000153603 46 100%
1889 44 0.000152278 44 100%
1890 52 0.000172528 52 100%
1891 47 0.00016395 47 100%
1892 52 0.000155514 52 100%
1893 36 0.000110693 36 100%
1894 45 0.000132865 45 100%
1895 44 0.000125349 44 100%
1896 35 0.000097906 35 100%
1897 46 0.000132581 46 100%
1898 59 0.000154671 59 100%
1899 43 0.000126756 43 100%
1900 46 0.000102164 46 100%
1901 45 0.000130129 45 100%
1902 60 0.000155146 60 100%
1903 37 0.000097062 37 100%
1904 50 0.00012392 50 100%
1905 51 0.000120305 51 100%
1906 38 0.000088692 38 100%
1907 44 0.000094544 44 100%
1908 32 0.000065487 32 100%
1909 40 0.000078244 40 100%
1910 46 0.000077872 41 5 78%
1911 47 0.00007295 47 100%
1912 51 0.000051616 51 100%
1913 49 0.000043092 49 100%
1914 62 0.000043775 62 100%
1915 79 0.000043112 79 100%
1916 104 0.000053763 104 100%
1917 107 0.00005332 107 100%
1918 121 0.000055732 115 6 90%
1919 110 0.000052127 102 8 85%
1920 114 0.000050384 114 100%
1921 144 0.000061683 135 9 88%
1922 161 0.000070332 161 100%
1923 188 0.000081651 181 7 93%
1924 179 0.000075159 179 100%
1925 218 0.00009343 212 6 94%
1926 295 0.00012849 288 7 95%
1927 386 0.000166425 376 10 95%
1928 393 0.000173822 381 12 94%
1929 363 0.00016559 363 100%
1930 409 0.000183962 401 8 96%
1931 421 0.000200058 411 10 95%
1932 430 0.000203667 425 5 98%
1933 417 0.000208558 411 6 97%
1934 353 0.000169972 348 5 97%
1935 287 0.000137327 287 100%
1936 303 0.000145843 303 100%
1937 292 0.000137046 286 6 96%
1938 292 0.000131973 287 5 97%
1939 259 0.000117543 259 100%
1940 267 0.000115952 267 100%
1941 297 0.0001219 297 100%
1942 354 0.000129584 354 100%
1943 397 0.000140653 397 100%
1944 359 0.000133453 354 5 97%
1945 289 0.000108937 289 100%
1946 359 0.000112352 359 100%
1947 394 0.000109374 389 5 97%
1948 375 0.000108616 370 5 97%
1949 344 0.000098715 344 100%
1950 378 0.000107896 378 100%
1951 427 0.000115915 418 9 96%
1952 369 0.000097156 369 100%
1953 404 0.000104836 404 100%
1954 492 0.000123596 487 5 98%
1955 418 0.000104108 418 100%
1956 427 0.000103564 420 7 97%
1957 348 0.000082815 342 6 97%
1958 331 0.00008007 331 100%
1959 349 0.000083935 343 6 97%
1960 310 0.00007463 310 100%
1961 290 0.000070009 290 100%
1962 281 0.000069634 281 100%
1963 250 0.00006316 243 7 94%
1964 248 0.000063792 248 100%
1965 197 0.000054338 197 100%
1966 201 0.000057831 201 100%
1967 173 0.000050959 173 100%
1968 151 0.000044696 151 100%
1969 153 0.000044025 153 100%
1970 151 0.000041869 151 100%
1971 117 0.000034087 117 100%
1972 101 0.000032135 101 100%
1973 93 0.000030826 93 100%
1974 74 0.000024342 74 100%
1975 60 0.000019872 60 100%
1976 50 0.000016478 50 100%
1977 54 0.000017 54 100%
1978 48 0.000015123 48 100%
1979 44 0.000013225 44 100%
1980 56 0.000016258 56 100%
1981 31 0.000008961 31 100%
1982 44 0.000012543 39 5 77%
1983 32 0.00000924 32 100%
1984 27 0.000007739 27 100%
1985 31 0.000008686 31 100%
1986 23 0.000006466 23 100%
1987 25 0.000006934 25 100%
1988 29 0.000007848 29 100%
1989 30 0.000007803 30 100%
1990 28 0.000007084 28 100%
1991 28 0.000007188 28 100%
1992 27 0.000007029 27 100%
1993 13 0.000003448 13 100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 100%
1995 13 0.00000355 13 100%
1996 12 0.00000329 12 100%
1997 18 0.000004964 18 100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 100%
1999 17 0.000004602 17 100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 100%
2001 16 0.000004274 16 100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 100%
2003 13 0.000003419 13 100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 100%
2010 13 0.000003518 13 100%
2012 10 0.000002734 10 100%
2013 10 0.000002743 10 100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 100%

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