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How popular is “Gaines” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gaines” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Gaines” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gaines” 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%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 -100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 25 0.000017651 25 -100%
1915 32 0.000017463 32 -100%
1916 15 0.000007754 15 -100%
1917 22 0.000010963 22 -100%
1918 25 0.000011515 25 -100%
1919 26 0.000012321 26 -100%
1920 18 0.000007955 18 -100%
1921 31 0.000013279 31 -100%
1922 27 0.000011795 27 -100%
1923 19 0.000008252 19 -100%
1924 26 0.000010917 26 -100%
1925 25 0.000010714 25 -100%
1926 19 0.000008276 19 -100%
1927 32 0.000013797 32 -100%
1928 20 0.000008846 20 -100%
1929 22 0.000010036 22 -100%
1930 25 0.000011245 25 -100%
1931 23 0.00001093 23 -100%
1932 20 0.000009473 20 -100%
1933 17 0.000008502 17 -100%
1934 27 0.000013001 27 -100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 -100%
1936 29 0.000013959 29 -100%
1937 28 0.000013141 28 -100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 -100%
1939 27 0.000012254 27 -100%
1940 28 0.00001216 28 -100%
1941 19 0.000007798 19 -100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 -100%
1943 19 0.000006731 19 -100%
1944 18 0.000006691 18 -100%
1945 21 0.000007916 21 -100%
1946 24 0.000007511 24 -100%
1947 19 0.000005274 19 -100%
1948 19 0.000005503 19 -100%
1949 21 0.000006026 21 -100%
1950 26 0.000007421 26 -100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 -100%
1952 15 0.000003949 15 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 -100%
1954 19 0.000004773 19 -100%
1955 19 0.000004732 19 -100%
1956 14 0.000003396 14 -100%
1957 18 0.000004284 18 -100%
1958 18 0.000004354 18 -100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 -100%
1960 16 0.000003852 16 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 -100%
1971 11 0.000003205 11 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 11 0.00000318 11 -100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1999 11 0.000002978 11 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 -100%
2007 16 0.000004002 16 -100%
2008 15 0.000003816 15 -100%
2009 14 0.000003665 14 -100%
2010 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 -100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2013 15 0.000004114 15 -100%
2014 19 0.000005126 19 -100%
2015 18 0.000004864 18 -100%
2016 29 0.000007905 29 -100%
2017 25 0.000006991 25 -100%
2018 28 0.000007964 28 -100%
2019 20 0.000005762 20 -100%
2020 31 0.00000928 31 -100%
2021 23 0.000006789 23 -100%
2022 15 0.000004434 15 -100%
2023 17 0.000005134 17 -100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 -100%

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