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How popular is “Lani” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lani” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lani” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lani” 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
1917 5 0.000002492 5 100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 100%
1938 16 0.000007231 16 100%
1939 21 0.000009531 15 6 43%
1940 45 0.000019542 37 8 64%
1941 50 0.000020522 43 7 72%
1942 39 0.000014276 39 100%
1943 36 0.000012754 36 100%
1944 66 0.000024535 59 7 79%
1945 67 0.000025255 67 100%
1946 83 0.000025976 73 10 76%
1947 101 0.000028037 101 100%
1948 82 0.000023751 74 8 80%
1949 74 0.000021235 67 7 81%
1950 85 0.000024262 76 9 79%
1951 87 0.000023617 80 7 84%
1952 75 0.000019747 67 8 79%
1953 91 0.000023614 86 5 89%
1954 118 0.000029643 109 9 85%
1955 86 0.000021419 80 6 86%
1956 106 0.000025709 106 100%
1957 93 0.000022132 93 100%
1958 100 0.00002419 100 100%
1959 97 0.000023329 97 100%
1960 110 0.000026482 105 5 91%
1961 111 0.000026797 100 11 80%
1962 88 0.000021807 88 100%
1963 75 0.000018948 75 100%
1964 90 0.000023151 85 5 89%
1965 62 0.000017101 57 5 84%
1966 89 0.000025607 84 5 89%
1967 102 0.000030045 102 100%
1968 95 0.00002812 95 100%
1969 96 0.000027623 96 100%
1970 138 0.000038264 133 5 93%
1971 96 0.000027969 96 100%
1972 78 0.000024817 78 100%
1973 64 0.000021214 64 100%
1974 76 0.000025 76 100%
1975 76 0.000025171 76 100%
1976 79 0.000026036 79 100%
1977 68 0.000021407 68 100%
1978 103 0.000032452 98 5 90%
1979 143 0.000042982 143 100%
1980 142 0.000041225 142 100%
1981 113 0.000032665 113 100%
1982 101 0.000028792 95 6 88%
1983 78 0.000022522 78 100%
1984 65 0.000018631 65 100%
1985 84 0.000023535 79 5 88%
1986 65 0.000018273 65 100%
1987 64 0.00001775 64 100%
1988 65 0.000017591 65 100%
1989 72 0.000018728 72 100%
1990 89 0.000022518 89 100%
1991 81 0.000020794 75 6 85%
1992 95 0.000024731 89 6 87%
1993 82 0.000021749 82 100%
1994 62 0.000016677 62 100%
1995 67 0.000018295 67 100%
1996 45 0.000012338 45 100%
1997 43 0.00001186 43 100%
1998 66 0.000017944 66 100%
1999 73 0.000019762 73 100%
2000 86 0.000022752 86 100%
2001 101 0.000026981 96 5 90%
2002 130 0.000034775 130 100%
2003 118 0.000031034 118 100%
2004 138 0.000036117 132 6 91%
2005 142 0.000036933 142 100%
2006 127 0.000032102 127 100%
2007 120 0.000030017 120 100%
2008 95 0.000024169 95 100%
2009 98 0.000025653 98 100%
2010 90 0.000024352 90 100%
2011 76 0.000020778 76 100%
2012 71 0.000019413 71 100%
2013 74 0.000020298 74 100%
2014 72 0.000019426 72 100%
2015 67 0.000018104 67 100%
2016 80 0.000021806 80 100%
2017 78 0.000021811 78 100%
2018 73 0.000020763 73 100%
2019 81 0.000023337 81 100%
2020 82 0.000024547 82 100%
2021 92 0.000027155 92 100%
2022 104 0.000030741 98 6 88%
2023 101 0.000030503 96 5 90%
2024 104 0.000031245 104 100%

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