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How popular is “Lean” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lean” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lean” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lean” 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
1916 5 0.000002585 5 100%
1919 6 0.000002843 6 -100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 -100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 -100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 10 0.000004356 10 -100%
1927 16 0.000006898 8 8 0%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1967 14 0.000004124 14 100%
1968 8 0.000002368 8 100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 100%
1981 15 0.000004336 15 100%
1982 24 0.000006842 24 100%
1983 19 0.000005486 19 100%
1984 17 0.000004873 17 100%
1985 27 0.000007565 27 100%
1986 23 0.000006466 23 100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 100%
1988 22 0.000005954 22 100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 100%
2002 10 0.000002675 5 5 0%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 100%
2008 14 0.000003562 8 6 14%
2009 14 0.000003665 7 7 0%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 100%
2011 14 0.000003827 6 8 -14%
2012 17 0.000004648 7 10 -18%
2013 17 0.000004663 9 8 6%
2014 22 0.000005936 6 16 -45%
2015 21 0.000005674 7 14 -33%
2016 16 0.000004361 8 8 0%
2017 18 0.000005033 10 8 11%
2019 20 0.000005762 6 14 -40%
2020 14 0.000004191 7 7 0%
2021 14 0.000004132 14 -100%
2022 13 0.000003843 5 8 -23%
2023 15 0.00000453 6 9 -20%
2024 14 0.000004206 14 -100%

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