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How popular is “Kern” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kern” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Kern” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kern” 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
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1916 6 0.000003102 6 -100%
1918 8 0.000003685 8 -100%
1919 13 0.00000616 13 -100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 -100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 -100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 -100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 -100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1927 5 0.000002156 5 -100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 -100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 -100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 -100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1942 11 0.000004027 11 -100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 -100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 19 0.000005274 19 -100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 -100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 21 0.000005529 21 -100%
1953 21 0.000005449 21 -100%
1954 16 0.000004019 16 -100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 -100%
1956 21 0.000005093 21 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 -100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 -100%
1960 18 0.000004333 18 -100%
1961 20 0.000004828 20 -100%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 18 0.000004965 18 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 14 0.000004124 14 -100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 -100%
1970 9 0.000002495 9 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1973 14 0.000004641 14 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 -100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 -100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 -100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%

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