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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Kamala” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kamala” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Kamala” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kamala” 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
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 100%
1962 20 0.000004956 20 100%
1963 44 0.000011116 44 100%
1964 105 0.000027009 105 100%
1965 91 0.0000251 91 100%
1966 51 0.000014673 51 100%
1967 46 0.00001355 46 100%
1968 48 0.000014208 48 100%
1969 38 0.000010934 38 100%
1970 39 0.000010814 39 100%
1971 28 0.000008158 28 100%
1972 35 0.000011136 35 100%
1973 20 0.000006629 20 100%
1974 35 0.000011513 35 100%
1975 40 0.000013248 40 100%
1976 29 0.000009557 29 100%
1977 28 0.000008815 28 100%
1978 25 0.000007877 25 100%
1979 25 0.000007514 25 100%
1980 19 0.000005516 19 100%
1981 22 0.00000636 22 100%
1982 16 0.000004561 16 100%
1983 20 0.000005775 20 100%
1984 13 0.000003726 13 100%
1985 16 0.000004483 16 100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 100%
1995 15 0.000004096 15 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 100%
1999 15 0.000004061 15 100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 100%
2009 11 0.000002879 11 100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 100%
2017 10 0.000002796 10 100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 100%
2019 13 0.000003745 13 100%
2020 19 0.000005688 19 100%
2021 25 0.000007379 25 100%
2022 14 0.000004138 14 100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 100%

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