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How popular is “Ema” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ema” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ema” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ema” 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
1883 8 0.000036876 8 100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 100%
1914 14 0.000009885 14 100%
1915 22 0.000012006 22 100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 100%
1917 14 0.000006976 14 100%
1918 12 0.000005527 12 100%
1919 18 0.00000853 18 100%
1920 21 0.000009281 21 100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 100%
1922 31 0.000013542 31 100%
1923 30 0.000013029 30 100%
1924 16 0.000006718 16 100%
1925 18 0.000007714 18 100%
1926 21 0.000009147 21 100%
1927 28 0.000012072 28 100%
1928 28 0.000012384 28 100%
1929 25 0.000011404 25 100%
1930 22 0.000009895 22 100%
1931 24 0.000011405 24 100%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 100%
1933 18 0.000009002 18 100%
1934 20 0.00000963 20 100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 100%
1942 11 0.000004027 11 100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 100%
1946 16 0.000005007 16 100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 100%
1953 13 0.000003373 13 100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 100%
1964 10 0.000002572 10 100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 100%
1975 19 0.000006293 19 100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 100%
1979 17 0.00000511 17 100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 100%
1981 15 0.000004336 15 100%
1982 15 0.000004276 15 100%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 100%
1984 13 0.000003726 13 100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 100%
1988 23 0.000006225 23 100%
1989 16 0.000004162 16 100%
1990 17 0.000004301 17 100%
1991 18 0.000004621 18 100%
1992 20 0.000005207 20 100%
1993 24 0.000006366 24 100%
1994 38 0.000010222 38 100%
1995 36 0.00000983 36 100%
1996 28 0.000007677 28 100%
1997 29 0.000007998 29 100%
1998 47 0.000012778 47 100%
1999 44 0.000011912 44 100%
2000 50 0.000013228 50 100%
2001 58 0.000015494 58 100%
2002 81 0.000021668 81 100%
2003 125 0.000032875 125 100%
2004 134 0.00003507 134 100%
2005 133 0.000034592 133 100%
2006 152 0.000038421 152 100%
2007 136 0.00003402 136 100%
2008 153 0.000038925 153 100%
2009 148 0.000038742 148 100%
2010 134 0.000036258 134 100%
2011 161 0.000044016 161 100%
2012 136 0.000037185 136 100%
2013 137 0.000037579 137 100%
2014 145 0.000039122 145 100%
2015 156 0.000042152 156 100%
2016 151 0.000041159 151 100%
2017 130 0.000036351 130 100%
2018 124 0.000035268 124 100%
2019 150 0.000043216 150 100%
2020 141 0.000042208 141 100%
2021 106 0.000031287 106 100%
2022 144 0.000042564 144 100%
2023 156 0.000047113 156 100%
2024 136 0.000040859 136 100%

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