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How popular is “Issa” in the USA?

Number of people named “Issa” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Issa” by birth year

This chart shows how “Issa” 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
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 -100%
1975 22 0.000007286 6 16 -45%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 18 0.000005667 6 12 -33%
1978 20 0.000006301 20 -100%
1979 24 0.000007214 6 18 -50%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 -100%
1981 28 0.000008094 5 23 -64%
1982 17 0.000004846 17 -100%
1983 18 0.000005197 18 -100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 -100%
1985 23 0.000006444 9 14 -22%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 -100%
1987 18 0.000004992 6 12 -33%
1988 21 0.000005683 6 15 -43%
1989 30 0.000007803 6 24 -60%
1990 34 0.000008602 5 29 -71%
1991 36 0.000009242 10 26 -44%
1992 38 0.000009893 10 28 -47%
1993 32 0.000008487 7 25 -56%
1994 32 0.000008608 32 -100%
1995 42 0.000011469 6 36 -71%
1996 41 0.000011242 11 30 -46%
1997 37 0.000010205 8 29 -57%
1998 30 0.000008156 30 -100%
1999 40 0.000010829 9 31 -55%
2000 34 0.000008995 7 27 -59%
2001 54 0.000014425 17 37 -37%
2002 53 0.000014178 13 40 -51%
2003 63 0.000016569 11 52 -65%
2004 50 0.000013086 12 38 -52%
2005 70 0.000018206 8 62 -77%
2006 54 0.000013649 9 45 -67%
2007 86 0.000021512 18 68 -58%
2008 63 0.000016028 14 49 -56%
2009 63 0.000016491 17 46 -46%
2010 79 0.000021376 24 55 -39%
2011 70 0.000019137 14 56 -60%
2012 81 0.000022147 15 66 -63%
2013 78 0.000021395 20 58 -49%
2014 92 0.000024822 21 71 -54%
2015 82 0.000022157 28 54 -32%
2016 107 0.000029166 26 81 -51%
2017 105 0.000029361 41 64 -22%
2018 140 0.000039819 53 87 -24%
2019 130 0.000037454 57 73 -12%
2020 141 0.000042208 54 87 -23%
2021 143 0.000042208 59 84 -17%
2022 166 0.000049067 74 92 -11%
2023 169 0.000051039 61 108 -28%
2024 196 0.000058885 81 115 -17%

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