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How popular is “Ima” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ima” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ima” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ima” 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
1886 9 0.00003525 9 100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 100%
1890 11 0.000036496 11 100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 100%
1892 24 0.000071776 24 100%
1893 26 0.000079945 26 100%
1894 42 0.000124007 42 100%
1895 28 0.000079768 28 100%
1896 26 0.000072731 26 100%
1897 22 0.000063408 22 100%
1898 38 0.000099619 38 100%
1899 37 0.000109069 37 100%
1900 36 0.000079954 36 100%
1901 30 0.000086752 30 100%
1902 32 0.000082744 32 100%
1903 40 0.000104932 40 100%
1904 33 0.000081787 33 100%
1905 45 0.000106152 45 100%
1906 46 0.000107363 46 100%
1907 42 0.000090247 42 100%
1908 40 0.000081858 40 100%
1909 56 0.000109541 56 100%
1910 50 0.000084644 50 100%
1911 49 0.000076054 49 100%
1912 63 0.000063761 63 100%
1913 67 0.000058921 67 100%
1914 94 0.000066368 94 100%
1915 109 0.000059484 109 100%
1916 110 0.000056865 110 100%
1917 149 0.000074249 149 100%
1918 158 0.000072774 158 100%
1919 139 0.000065869 139 100%
1920 169 0.000074691 169 100%
1921 167 0.000071536 167 100%
1922 155 0.000067711 155 100%
1923 166 0.000072096 166 100%
1924 179 0.000075159 179 100%
1925 219 0.000093858 219 100%
1926 223 0.000097129 223 100%
1927 232 0.000100028 232 100%
1928 227 0.000100401 227 100%
1929 202 0.000092147 202 100%
1930 228 0.000102551 228 100%
1931 204 0.00009694 204 100%
1932 222 0.000105149 222 100%
1933 204 0.000102028 204 100%
1934 214 0.000103042 214 100%
1935 171 0.000081822 171 100%
1936 149 0.000071718 149 100%
1937 154 0.000072278 154 100%
1938 125 0.000056495 125 100%
1939 146 0.00006626 146 100%
1940 153 0.000066444 153 100%
1941 100 0.000041044 100 100%
1942 109 0.0000399 109 100%
1943 79 0.000027989 79 100%
1944 76 0.000028252 76 100%
1945 72 0.00002714 72 100%
1946 67 0.000020968 67 100%
1947 52 0.000014435 52 100%
1948 68 0.000019696 68 100%
1949 51 0.000014635 51 100%
1950 35 0.00000999 35 100%
1951 57 0.000015473 57 100%
1952 34 0.000008952 34 100%
1953 37 0.000009601 37 100%
1954 33 0.00000829 33 100%
1955 34 0.000008468 34 100%
1956 19 0.000004608 19 100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 100%
1958 21 0.00000508 21 100%
1959 17 0.000004089 17 100%
1960 14 0.00000337 14 100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 100%
1962 15 0.000003717 15 100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 100%
1965 15 0.000004137 15 100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 100%

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