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How popular is “Kian” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kian” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Kian” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kian” 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
1970 5 0.000001386 5 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 17 0.00000563 5 12 -41%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 -100%
1981 23 0.000006649 6 17 -48%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 -100%
1983 12 0.000003465 12 -100%
1984 12 0.00000344 5 7 -17%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 -100%
1986 20 0.000005623 20 -100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1988 27 0.000007307 5 22 -63%
1989 17 0.000004422 17 -100%
1990 41 0.000010373 41 -100%
1991 46 0.000011809 7 39 -70%
1992 48 0.000012496 7 41 -71%
1993 49 0.000012996 49 -100%
1994 49 0.00001318 7 42 -71%
1995 65 0.000017749 65 -100%
1996 109 0.000029886 5 104 -91%
1997 102 0.000028132 5 97 -90%
1998 96 0.0000261 96 -100%
1999 124 0.000033569 124 -100%
2000 161 0.000042594 161 -100%
2001 171 0.000045681 171 -100%
2002 198 0.000052965 5 193 -95%
2003 199 0.000052336 199 -100%
2004 271 0.000070925 7 264 -95%
2005 288 0.000074905 288 -100%
2006 314 0.000079369 5 309 -97%
2007 357 0.000089302 357 -100%
2008 412 0.000104817 412 -100%
2009 433 0.000113346 433 -100%
2010 441 0.000119327 5 436 -98%
2011 408 0.000111543 408 -100%
2012 420 0.000114837 420 -100%
2013 441 0.000120966 441 -100%
2014 574 0.000154868 7 567 -98%
2015 602 0.000162663 602 -100%
2016 612 0.000166817 5 607 -98%
2017 682 0.000190705 6 676 -98%
2018 675 0.000191985 675 -100%
2019 618 0.00017805 618 -100%
2020 658 0.000196972 658 -100%
2021 676 0.000199531 5 671 -99%
2022 675 0.000199519 675 -100%
2023 740 0.000223484 8 732 -98%
2024 765 0.000229833 765 -100%

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