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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Irena” in the USA?

Number of people named “Irena” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Irena” by birth year

This chart shows how “Irena” 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%
1882 11 0.000049654 11 100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 100%
1902 11 0.000028443 11 100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 100%
1905 11 0.000025948 11 100%
1906 12 0.000028008 12 100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 100%
1913 12 0.000010553 12 100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 100%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 100%
1916 21 0.000010856 21 100%
1917 25 0.000012458 25 100%
1918 25 0.000011515 25 100%
1919 33 0.000015638 33 100%
1920 23 0.000010165 23 100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 100%
1923 12 0.000005212 12 100%
1924 16 0.000006718 16 100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 100%
1927 13 0.000005605 13 100%
1928 17 0.000007519 17 100%
1929 18 0.000008211 18 100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 100%
1935 13 0.00000622 13 100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 100%
1951 14 0.0000038 14 100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 100%
1953 16 0.000004152 16 100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 100%
1955 17 0.000004234 17 100%
1956 15 0.000003638 15 100%
1957 13 0.000003094 13 100%
1958 14 0.000003387 14 100%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 100%
1962 10 0.000002478 10 100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 100%
1965 17 0.000004689 17 100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 100%
1967 18 0.000005302 18 100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 100%
1969 15 0.000004316 15 100%
1970 20 0.000005546 20 100%
1971 20 0.000005827 20 100%
1972 17 0.000005409 17 100%
1973 20 0.000006629 20 100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 100%
1975 22 0.000007286 22 100%
1976 16 0.000005273 16 100%
1977 14 0.000004407 14 100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 100%
1979 17 0.00000511 17 100%
1980 14 0.000004064 14 100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 100%
1982 22 0.000006271 22 100%
1983 23 0.000006641 23 100%
1984 15 0.0000043 15 100%
1985 16 0.000004483 16 100%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 100%
1987 22 0.000006102 22 100%
1988 18 0.000004871 18 100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 100%
1991 20 0.000005134 20 100%
1992 28 0.000007289 28 100%
1993 25 0.000006631 25 100%
1994 19 0.000005111 19 100%
1995 20 0.000005461 20 100%
1996 21 0.000005758 21 100%
1997 24 0.000006619 24 100%
1998 23 0.000006253 23 100%
1999 21 0.000005685 21 100%
2000 21 0.000005556 21 100%
2001 16 0.000004274 16 100%
2002 21 0.000005618 21 100%
2003 18 0.000004734 18 100%
2004 20 0.000005234 20 100%
2005 21 0.000005462 21 100%
2006 14 0.000003539 14 100%
2007 16 0.000004002 16 100%
2008 18 0.000004579 18 100%
2009 18 0.000004712 18 100%
2010 23 0.000006223 23 100%
2011 27 0.000007382 27 100%
2012 29 0.000007929 29 100%
2013 24 0.000006583 24 100%
2014 23 0.000006206 23 100%
2015 31 0.000008376 31 100%
2016 30 0.000008177 30 100%
2017 30 0.000008389 30 100%
2018 33 0.000009386 33 100%
2019 26 0.000007491 26 100%
2020 31 0.00000928 31 100%
2021 27 0.000007969 27 100%
2022 23 0.000006798 23 100%
2023 22 0.000006644 22 100%
2024 34 0.000010215 34 100%

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