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How popular is “Emmit” in the USA?

Number of people named “Emmit” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Emmit” by birth year

This chart shows how “Emmit” 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
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1886 15 0.000058751 15 -100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 -100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 -100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 -100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 -100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1899 13 0.000038322 13 -100%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 -100%
1901 9 0.000026026 9 -100%
1902 7 0.0000181 7 -100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 -100%
1904 8 0.000019827 8 -100%
1905 11 0.000025948 11 -100%
1906 13 0.000030342 13 -100%
1907 14 0.000030082 14 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1909 16 0.000031297 16 -100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 -100%
1911 16 0.000024834 16 -100%
1912 24 0.00002429 24 -100%
1913 25 0.000021986 25 -100%
1914 24 0.000016945 24 -100%
1915 54 0.000029469 54 -100%
1916 49 0.000025331 49 -100%
1917 53 0.000026411 53 -100%
1918 59 0.000027175 59 -100%
1919 73 0.000034593 73 -100%
1920 52 0.000022982 52 -100%
1921 66 0.000028272 66 -100%
1922 71 0.000031016 71 -100%
1923 65 0.00002823 65 -100%
1924 46 0.000019315 46 -100%
1925 77 0.000033 77 -100%
1926 48 0.000020907 48 -100%
1927 53 0.000022851 53 -100%
1928 56 0.000024768 56 -100%
1929 55 0.000025089 55 -100%
1930 48 0.00002159 48 -100%
1931 62 0.000029462 62 -100%
1932 47 0.000022261 47 -100%
1933 42 0.000021006 42 -100%
1934 34 0.000016371 34 -100%
1935 31 0.000014833 31 -100%
1936 51 0.000024548 51 -100%
1937 31 0.000014549 31 -100%
1938 42 0.000018982 42 -100%
1939 44 0.000019969 44 -100%
1940 35 0.0000152 35 -100%
1941 23 0.00000944 23 -100%
1942 24 0.000008785 24 -100%
1943 25 0.000008857 25 -100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 -100%
1945 27 0.000010178 27 -100%
1946 30 0.000009389 30 -100%
1947 40 0.000011104 40 -100%
1948 27 0.00000782 27 -100%
1949 30 0.000008609 30 -100%
1950 18 0.000005138 18 -100%
1951 24 0.000006515 24 -100%
1952 23 0.000006056 23 -100%
1953 15 0.000003892 15 -100%
1954 16 0.000004019 16 -100%
1955 18 0.000004483 18 -100%
1956 27 0.000006549 27 -100%
1957 27 0.000006425 27 -100%
1958 27 0.000006531 27 -100%
1959 19 0.00000457 19 -100%
1960 19 0.000004574 19 -100%
1961 14 0.00000338 14 -100%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 -100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 -100%
1968 16 0.000004736 16 -100%
1969 20 0.000005755 20 -100%
1970 16 0.000004436 16 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 -100%
1974 12 0.000003947 12 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 11 0.00000318 11 -100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1988 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1994 20 0.00000538 20 -100%
1995 16 0.000004369 16 -100%
1996 14 0.000003839 14 -100%
1997 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 -100%
1999 21 0.000005685 21 -100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 -100%
2001 19 0.000005076 19 -100%
2002 26 0.000006955 26 -100%
2003 23 0.000006049 23 -100%
2004 33 0.000008637 33 -100%
2005 31 0.000008063 31 -100%
2006 36 0.0000091 36 -100%
2007 31 0.000007754 31 -100%
2008 43 0.00001094 43 -100%
2009 41 0.000010732 41 -100%
2010 73 0.000019752 73 -100%
2011 97 0.000026519 97 -100%
2012 137 0.000037459 137 -100%
2013 129 0.000035384 129 -100%
2014 120 0.000032377 120 -100%
2015 122 0.000032965 122 -100%
2016 121 0.000032982 121 -100%
2017 104 0.000029081 104 -100%
2018 95 0.00002702 95 -100%
2019 81 0.000023337 81 -100%
2020 85 0.000025445 85 -100%
2021 73 0.000021547 73 -100%
2022 59 0.000017439 59 -100%
2023 44 0.000013288 44 -100%
2024 34 0.000010215 34 -100%

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