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How popular is “Maxine” in the USA?

Number of people named “Maxine” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Maxine” by birth year

This chart shows how “Maxine” 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
1884 8 0.000032859 8 100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 100%
1890 11 0.000036496 11 100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 100%
1893 17 0.000052272 17 100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 100%
1896 14 0.000039163 14 100%
1897 26 0.000074937 26 100%
1898 31 0.000081268 31 100%
1899 34 0.000100226 34 100%
1900 68 0.000151025 68 100%
1901 46 0.00013302 46 100%
1902 62 0.000160317 62 100%
1903 70 0.000183631 70 100%
1904 84 0.000208186 84 100%
1905 135 0.000318455 135 100%
1906 173 0.00040378 173 100%
1907 219 0.000470573 219 100%
1908 220 0.000450221 220 100%
1909 332 0.000649422 332 100%
1910 397 0.000672071 397 100%
1911 531 0.000824178 531 100%
1912 830 0.000840028 823 7 98%
1913 1078 0.000948017 1073 5 99%
1914 1396 0.000985636 1396 100%
1915 2119 0.001156391 2110 9 99%
1916 2436 0.001259294 2424 12 99%
1917 2647 0.001319048 2647 100%
1918 3226 0.001485875 3216 10 99%
1919 3194 0.001513568 3183 11 99%
1920 3518 0.001554819 3507 11 99%
1921 3644 0.001560931 3630 14 99%
1922 3455 0.00150929 3444 11 99%
1923 3614 0.001569611 3603 11 99%
1924 3672 0.001541814 3659 13 99%
1925 3553 0.001522735 3538 15 99%
1926 3165 0.001378541 3150 15 99%
1927 3101 0.001337008 3094 7 100%
1928 3145 0.001391016 3124 21 99%
1929 3005 0.001370793 2994 11 99%
1930 2717 0.001222064 2701 16 99%
1931 2401 0.001140949 2392 9 99%
1932 2234 0.00105812 2223 11 99%
1933 2070 0.001035286 2061 9 99%
1934 2030 0.000977458 2018 12 99%
1935 1941 0.000928753 1926 15 98%
1936 1840 0.000885647 1828 12 99%
1937 1743 0.000818053 1730 13 99%
1938 1836 0.000829803 1824 12 99%
1939 1785 0.000810096 1774 11 99%
1940 1796 0.000779959 1785 11 99%
1941 1760 0.00072237 1750 10 99%
1942 1750 0.000640599 1750 100%
1943 1766 0.000625673 1754 12 99%
1944 1614 0.000599982 1603 11 99%
1945 1454 0.000548077 1449 5 99%
1946 1550 0.000485086 1544 6 99%
1947 1584 0.000439716 1584 100%
1948 1522 0.000440838 1522 100%
1949 1335 0.000383095 1329 6 99%
1950 1258 0.000359084 1253 5 99%
1951 1255 0.000340686 1247 8 99%
1952 1160 0.000305424 1160 100%
1953 1172 0.000304128 1172 100%
1954 989 0.000248448 989 100%
1955 870 0.000216683 870 100%
1956 892 0.000216345 892 100%
1957 773 0.000183954 773 100%
1958 687 0.000166187 687 100%
1959 698 0.000167869 698 100%
1960 592 0.00014252 592 100%
1961 628 0.000151607 628 100%
1962 572 0.000141747 572 100%
1963 499 0.000126067 499 100%
1964 446 0.000114724 446 100%
1965 424 0.000116951 424 100%
1966 366 0.000105304 366 100%
1967 288 0.000084833 288 100%
1968 257 0.000076071 257 100%
1969 237 0.000068195 237 100%
1970 262 0.000072646 262 100%
1971 197 0.000057395 197 100%
1972 163 0.000051861 163 100%
1973 162 0.000053698 162 100%
1974 132 0.000043421 132 100%
1975 128 0.000042393 128 100%
1976 114 0.00003757 114 100%
1977 120 0.000037777 120 100%
1978 143 0.000045055 143 100%
1979 120 0.000036069 120 100%
1980 110 0.000031935 110 100%
1981 121 0.000034977 121 100%
1982 115 0.000032783 115 100%
1983 110 0.000031761 110 100%
1984 119 0.00003411 119 100%
1985 133 0.000037264 133 100%
1986 125 0.000035141 125 100%
1987 157 0.000043543 157 100%
1988 194 0.000052503 194 100%
1989 173 0.000045 173 100%
1990 173 0.00004377 173 100%
1991 200 0.000051344 200 100%
1992 196 0.000051025 196 100%
1993 200 0.000053046 200 100%
1994 206 0.000055411 206 100%
1995 181 0.000049424 181 100%
1996 195 0.000053466 195 100%
1997 182 0.000050197 182 100%
1998 187 0.00005084 187 100%
1999 165 0.000044669 165 100%
2000 178 0.000047091 178 100%
2001 206 0.00005503 206 100%
2002 183 0.000048953 183 100%
2003 166 0.000043658 166 100%
2004 150 0.000039258 150 100%
2005 139 0.000036152 139 100%
2006 129 0.000032607 129 100%
2007 138 0.00003452 138 100%
2008 142 0.000036126 142 100%
2009 139 0.000036386 139 100%
2010 161 0.000043564 161 100%
2011 159 0.000043469 159 100%
2012 188 0.000051403 188 100%
2013 238 0.000065283 238 100%
2014 204 0.00005504 204 100%
2015 234 0.000063228 234 100%
2016 309 0.000084226 309 100%
2017 311 0.000086964 311 100%
2018 319 0.000090731 319 100%
2019 347 0.000099973 347 100%
2020 370 0.000110759 370 100%
2021 410 0.000121017 410 100%
2022 483 0.000142767 483 100%
2023 590 0.000178183 590 100%
2024 591 0.000177557 591 100%

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