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How popular is “Hannibal” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hannibal” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hannibal” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hannibal” 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
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 -100%
1918 8 0.000003685 8 -100%
1921 14 0.000005997 14 -100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 -100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 -100%
1924 11 0.000004619 11 -100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 -100%
1929 8 0.000003649 8 -100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 -100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 -100%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 -100%
1984 14 0.000004013 14 -100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 -100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 -100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 -100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 -100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2007 14 0.000003502 14 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2012 13 0.000003554 13 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2014 17 0.000004587 17 -100%
2015 19 0.000005134 19 -100%
2016 17 0.000004634 17 -100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 -100%
2018 16 0.000004551 16 -100%
2019 13 0.000003745 13 -100%
2020 14 0.000004191 14 -100%
2021 18 0.000005313 18 -100%
2023 11 0.000003322 11 -100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 -100%

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