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How popular is “Kesha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kesha” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Kesha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kesha” 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
1964 14 0.000003601 14 100%
1965 34 0.000009378 34 100%
1966 34 0.000009782 34 100%
1967 33 0.00000972 33 100%
1968 74 0.000021904 74 100%
1969 87 0.000025034 87 100%
1970 145 0.000040205 145 100%
1971 228 0.000066427 228 100%
1972 238 0.000075724 238 100%
1973 293 0.00009712 293 100%
1974 320 0.000105263 320 100%
1975 304 0.000100682 304 100%
1976 313 0.000103154 313 100%
1977 309 0.000097277 309 100%
1978 267 0.000084124 267 100%
1979 256 0.000076946 251 5 96%
1980 213 0.000061838 213 100%
1981 191 0.000055212 191 100%
1982 173 0.000049316 173 100%
1983 139 0.000040135 139 100%
1984 102 0.000029237 102 100%
1985 135 0.000037825 135 100%
1986 124 0.00003486 124 100%
1987 131 0.000036332 131 100%
1988 124 0.000033558 124 100%
1989 124 0.000032254 124 100%
1990 117 0.000029602 117 100%
1991 91 0.000023362 91 100%
1992 78 0.000020306 78 100%
1993 62 0.000016444 62 100%
1994 60 0.000016139 60 100%
1995 62 0.00001693 62 100%
1996 50 0.000013709 50 100%
1997 40 0.000011032 40 100%
1998 29 0.000007884 29 100%
1999 26 0.000007039 26 100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 100%
2001 21 0.00000561 21 100%
2002 21 0.000005618 21 100%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 100%
2004 16 0.000004187 16 100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2010 13 0.000003518 13 100%
2011 12 0.000003281 12 100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 100%

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