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How popular is “Kenisha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kenisha” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Kenisha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kenisha” 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
1973 19 0.000006298 19 100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 100%
1975 29 0.000009605 29 100%
1976 134 0.000044162 134 100%
1977 229 0.000072092 229 100%
1978 313 0.000098618 313 100%
1979 178 0.000053502 178 100%
1980 122 0.000035419 122 100%
1981 93 0.000026883 93 100%
1982 81 0.00002309 81 100%
1983 106 0.000030606 106 100%
1984 103 0.000029523 103 100%
1985 123 0.000034462 123 100%
1986 118 0.000033173 118 100%
1987 106 0.000029399 106 100%
1988 134 0.000036265 134 100%
1989 154 0.000040058 149 5 94%
1990 221 0.000055914 221 100%
1991 207 0.000053141 207 100%
1992 191 0.000049723 191 100%
1993 179 0.000047477 179 100%
1994 139 0.000037389 139 100%
1995 112 0.000030583 112 100%
1996 89 0.000024402 89 100%
1997 104 0.000028684 104 100%
1998 67 0.000018215 67 100%
1999 73 0.000019762 73 100%
2000 42 0.000011111 42 100%
2001 50 0.000013357 50 100%
2002 52 0.00001391 52 100%
2003 56 0.000014728 56 100%
2004 37 0.000009684 37 100%
2005 35 0.000009103 35 100%
2006 32 0.000008089 32 100%
2007 33 0.000008255 33 100%
2008 28 0.000007123 28 100%
2009 21 0.000005497 21 100%
2010 21 0.000005682 21 100%
2011 16 0.000004374 16 100%
2012 15 0.000004101 15 100%
2013 13 0.000003566 13 100%
2014 14 0.000003777 14 100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 100%
2016 21 0.000005724 21 100%
2017 17 0.000004754 17 100%
2018 12 0.000003413 12 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 100%
2023 13 0.000003926 13 100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 100%

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