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How popular is “Donnis” in the USA?

Number of people named “Donnis” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Donnis” by birth year

This chart shows how “Donnis” 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
1912 7 0.000007085 7 100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 100%
1916 9 0.000004653 9 100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 100%
1919 6 0.000002843 6 100%
1920 11 0.000004862 6 5 9%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 100%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 100%
1924 8 0.000003359 8 100%
1925 20 0.000008572 20 100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 100%
1927 28 0.000012072 21 7 50%
1928 23 0.000010173 18 5 57%
1929 24 0.000010948 24 100%
1930 27 0.000012144 21 6 56%
1931 17 0.000008078 9 8 6%
1932 29 0.000013736 21 8 45%
1933 32 0.000016004 26 6 63%
1934 32 0.000015408 26 6 63%
1935 23 0.000011005 15 8 30%
1936 44 0.000021179 33 11 50%
1937 22 0.000010325 22 100%
1938 40 0.000018078 31 9 55%
1939 33 0.000014977 24 9 45%
1940 40 0.000017371 27 13 35%
1941 34 0.000013955 22 12 29%
1942 46 0.000016839 37 9 61%
1943 42 0.00001488 33 9 57%
1944 36 0.000013383 24 12 33%
1945 20 0.000007539 13 7 30%
1946 42 0.000013144 34 8 62%
1947 43 0.000011937 31 12 44%
1948 59 0.000017089 42 17 42%
1949 35 0.000010044 25 10 43%
1950 37 0.000010561 24 13 30%
1951 38 0.000010316 25 13 32%
1952 50 0.000013165 31 19 24%
1953 37 0.000009601 15 22 -19%
1954 25 0.00000628 13 12 4%
1955 25 0.000006227 16 9 28%
1956 33 0.000008004 24 9 45%
1957 22 0.000005235 15 7 36%
1958 28 0.000006773 19 9 36%
1959 32 0.000007696 18 14 13%
1960 26 0.000006259 15 11 15%
1961 12 0.000002897 6 6 0%
1962 15 0.000003717 15 100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 100%
1966 14 0.000004028 6 8 -14%
1967 15 0.000004418 8 7 7%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 100%
1969 12 0.000003453 6 6 0%
1970 23 0.000006377 15 8 30%
1971 22 0.00000641 11 11 0%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 17 0.00000563 6 11 -29%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 12 0.000003469 6 6 0%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%

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