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How popular is “Inga” in the USA?

Number of people named “Inga” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Inga” by birth year

This chart shows how “Inga” 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
1880 8 0.000039705 8 100%
1881 15 0.000077846 15 100%
1882 13 0.000058682 13 100%
1883 13 0.000059923 13 100%
1884 18 0.000073934 18 100%
1885 28 0.000116253 28 100%
1886 21 0.000082251 21 100%
1887 28 0.000113181 28 100%
1888 29 0.000096836 29 100%
1889 43 0.000148817 43 100%
1890 41 0.000136031 41 100%
1891 35 0.00012209 35 100%
1892 47 0.000140561 47 100%
1893 43 0.000132217 43 100%
1894 40 0.000118102 40 100%
1895 35 0.000099709 35 100%
1896 38 0.000106298 38 100%
1897 36 0.000103759 36 100%
1898 46 0.000120591 46 100%
1899 39 0.000114965 39 100%
1900 34 0.000075512 34 100%
1901 29 0.000083861 29 100%
1902 24 0.000062058 24 100%
1903 32 0.000083945 32 100%
1904 21 0.000052047 21 100%
1905 25 0.000058973 25 100%
1906 21 0.000049014 21 100%
1907 28 0.000060165 28 100%
1908 19 0.000038883 19 100%
1909 15 0.000029341 15 100%
1910 29 0.000049093 29 100%
1911 21 0.000032595 21 100%
1912 27 0.000027326 27 100%
1913 27 0.000023744 27 100%
1914 42 0.000029654 42 100%
1915 39 0.000021283 39 100%
1916 46 0.00002378 46 100%
1917 31 0.000015448 31 100%
1918 30 0.000013818 30 100%
1919 38 0.000018007 38 100%
1920 32 0.000014143 32 100%
1921 28 0.000011994 28 100%
1922 19 0.0000083 19 100%
1923 23 0.000009989 23 100%
1924 16 0.000006718 16 100%
1925 20 0.000008572 20 100%
1926 24 0.000010453 24 100%
1927 19 0.000008192 19 100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 100%
1929 17 0.000007755 17 100%
1930 23 0.000010345 23 100%
1931 16 0.000007603 16 100%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 100%
1938 15 0.000006779 15 100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 100%
1943 13 0.000004606 13 100%
1944 17 0.00000632 17 100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 100%
1947 19 0.000005274 19 100%
1948 23 0.000006662 23 100%
1949 22 0.000006313 22 100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 100%
1951 11 0.000002986 11 100%
1952 18 0.000004739 18 100%
1953 23 0.000005968 23 100%
1954 21 0.000005275 21 100%
1955 27 0.000006725 27 100%
1956 35 0.000008489 35 100%
1957 36 0.000008567 36 100%
1958 34 0.000008225 34 100%
1959 44 0.000010582 44 100%
1960 45 0.000010833 45 100%
1961 47 0.000011346 47 100%
1962 58 0.000014373 58 100%
1963 59 0.000014906 59 100%
1964 57 0.000014662 57 100%
1965 55 0.000015171 55 100%
1966 56 0.000016112 56 100%
1967 57 0.00001679 57 100%
1968 59 0.000017464 59 100%
1969 115 0.00003309 115 100%
1970 107 0.000029669 107 100%
1971 88 0.000025638 88 100%
1972 83 0.000026408 83 100%
1973 70 0.000023203 70 100%
1974 58 0.000019079 58 100%
1975 41 0.000013579 41 100%
1976 48 0.000015819 48 100%
1977 37 0.000011648 37 100%
1978 42 0.000013233 42 100%
1979 61 0.000018335 61 100%
1980 51 0.000014806 51 100%
1981 41 0.000011852 41 100%
1982 41 0.000011688 41 100%
1983 35 0.000010106 35 100%
1984 32 0.000009172 32 100%
1985 25 0.000007005 25 100%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 100%
1987 24 0.000006656 24 100%
1988 19 0.000005142 19 100%
1989 22 0.000005723 22 100%
1990 19 0.000004807 19 100%
1991 22 0.000005648 22 100%
1992 20 0.000005207 20 100%
1993 18 0.000004774 18 100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 100%
1996 18 0.000004935 18 100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 100%
1998 18 0.000004894 18 100%
1999 18 0.000004873 18 100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 100%
2001 16 0.000004274 16 100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 100%
2003 16 0.000004208 16 100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 100%
2005 14 0.000003641 14 100%
2006 26 0.000006572 26 100%
2007 17 0.000004252 17 100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 100%
2009 18 0.000004712 18 100%
2010 18 0.00000487 18 100%
2011 21 0.000005741 21 100%
2012 20 0.000005468 20 100%
2013 21 0.00000576 21 100%
2014 24 0.000006475 24 100%
2015 22 0.000005944 22 100%
2016 20 0.000005452 20 100%
2017 30 0.000008389 30 100%
2018 21 0.000005973 21 100%
2019 13 0.000003745 13 100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 100%
2021 23 0.000006789 23 100%
2022 23 0.000006798 23 100%
2023 11 0.000003322 11 100%
2024 12 0.000003605 12 100%

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