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How popular is “Dwain” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dwain” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dwain” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dwain” 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
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 17 0.000009277 17 -100%
1916 22 0.000011373 22 -100%
1917 26 0.000012956 26 -100%
1918 26 0.000011975 26 -100%
1919 32 0.000015164 32 -100%
1920 44 0.000019446 44 -100%
1921 41 0.000017563 41 -100%
1922 50 0.000021842 50 -100%
1923 53 0.000023019 53 -100%
1924 53 0.000022254 53 -100%
1925 77 0.000033 77 -100%
1926 63 0.00002744 63 -100%
1927 65 0.000028025 65 -100%
1928 75 0.000033172 75 -100%
1929 76 0.000034669 76 -100%
1930 76 0.000034184 76 -100%
1931 85 0.000040392 85 -100%
1932 89 0.000042154 89 -100%
1933 100 0.000050014 100 -100%
1934 98 0.000047188 98 -100%
1935 108 0.000051677 108 -100%
1936 107 0.000051502 107 -100%
1937 105 0.00004928 105 -100%
1938 108 0.000048812 108 -100%
1939 101 0.000045837 101 -100%
1940 110 0.00004777 110 -100%
1941 93 0.000038171 93 -100%
1942 106 0.000038802 106 -100%
1943 82 0.000029052 82 -100%
1944 83 0.000030854 83 -100%
1945 74 0.000027894 74 -100%
1946 123 0.000038494 123 -100%
1947 133 0.000036921 133 -100%
1948 128 0.000037074 128 -100%
1949 132 0.000037879 132 -100%
1950 114 0.00003254 114 -100%
1951 138 0.000037462 138 -100%
1952 138 0.000036335 138 -100%
1953 166 0.000043076 166 -100%
1954 178 0.000044716 178 -100%
1955 155 0.000038604 155 -100%
1956 195 0.000047295 195 -100%
1957 177 0.000042121 177 -100%
1958 180 0.000043542 180 -100%
1959 257 0.000061809 257 -100%
1960 231 0.000055612 231 -100%
1961 191 0.00004611 191 -100%
1962 150 0.000037171 150 -100%
1963 176 0.000044465 176 -100%
1964 140 0.000036012 140 -100%
1965 123 0.000033927 123 -100%
1966 117 0.000033663 117 -100%
1967 104 0.000030634 104 -100%
1968 104 0.000030784 104 -100%
1969 120 0.000034529 120 -100%
1970 117 0.000032441 117 -100%
1971 100 0.000029135 100 -100%
1972 87 0.000027681 87 -100%
1973 95 0.000031489 95 -100%
1974 81 0.000026645 81 -100%
1975 62 0.000020534 62 -100%
1976 50 0.000016478 50 -100%
1977 57 0.000017944 57 -100%
1978 57 0.000017959 57 -100%
1979 58 0.000017433 58 -100%
1980 60 0.000017419 60 -100%
1981 45 0.000013008 45 -100%
1982 51 0.000014538 51 -100%
1983 45 0.000012993 45 -100%
1984 37 0.000010606 37 -100%
1985 36 0.000010087 36 -100%
1986 31 0.000008715 31 -100%
1987 36 0.000009984 36 -100%
1988 35 0.000009472 35 -100%
1989 36 0.000009364 36 -100%
1990 38 0.000009614 38 -100%
1991 31 0.000007958 31 -100%
1992 21 0.000005467 21 -100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 -100%
1994 19 0.000005111 19 -100%
1995 18 0.000004915 18 -100%
1996 17 0.000004661 17 -100%
1997 20 0.000005516 20 -100%
1998 19 0.000005166 19 -100%
1999 16 0.000004332 16 -100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2002 17 0.000004548 17 -100%
2003 13 0.000003419 13 -100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 -100%
2005 16 0.000004161 16 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2011 14 0.000003827 14 -100%
2012 16 0.000004375 16 -100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 -100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 -100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2017 10 0.000002796 10 -100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 -100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2021 9 0.000002656 9 -100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 -100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 -100%

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