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How popular is “Minerva” in the USA?

Number of people named “Minerva” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Minerva” by birth year

This chart shows how “Minerva” 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
1880 63 0.00031268 63 100%
1881 53 0.000275056 53 100%
1882 56 0.000252784 56 100%
1883 52 0.000239691 52 100%
1884 73 0.000299843 73 100%
1885 77 0.000319696 77 100%
1886 65 0.000254586 65 100%
1887 64 0.000258699 64 100%
1888 79 0.000263796 79 100%
1889 79 0.000273407 79 100%
1890 89 0.000295288 89 100%
1891 59 0.000205809 59 100%
1892 82 0.000245234 82 100%
1893 61 0.000187564 61 100%
1894 82 0.000242109 82 100%
1895 75 0.000213663 75 100%
1896 98 0.000274138 98 100%
1897 74 0.000213283 74 100%
1898 79 0.000207102 79 100%
1899 82 0.000241721 82 100%
1900 101 0.000224316 101 100%
1901 84 0.000242907 84 100%
1902 88 0.000227547 88 100%
1903 76 0.00019937 76 100%
1904 64 0.000158618 64 100%
1905 88 0.000207585 88 100%
1906 84 0.000196055 84 100%
1907 63 0.00013537 63 100%
1908 85 0.000173949 85 100%
1909 95 0.000185829 95 100%
1910 100 0.000169288 100 100%
1911 114 0.000176942 114 100%
1912 111 0.000112341 111 100%
1913 145 0.000127516 145 100%
1914 139 0.00009814 139 100%
1915 205 0.000111874 205 100%
1916 181 0.000093568 181 100%
1917 211 0.000105145 211 100%
1918 200 0.000092119 200 100%
1919 185 0.000087668 185 100%
1920 204 0.00009016 204 100%
1921 202 0.000086528 202 100%
1922 197 0.000086058 197 100%
1923 155 0.000067319 155 100%
1924 183 0.000076839 183 100%
1925 185 0.000079287 185 100%
1926 143 0.000062285 143 100%
1927 157 0.000067691 157 100%
1928 153 0.000067671 153 100%
1929 159 0.000072531 159 100%
1930 157 0.000070616 157 100%
1931 138 0.000065577 138 100%
1932 146 0.000069152 146 100%
1933 125 0.000062517 125 100%
1934 126 0.00006067 126 100%
1935 101 0.000048328 101 100%
1936 104 0.000050058 104 100%
1937 116 0.000054443 116 100%
1938 121 0.000054687 121 100%
1939 114 0.000051737 114 100%
1940 105 0.000045599 105 100%
1941 118 0.000048432 118 100%
1942 123 0.000045025 123 100%
1943 150 0.000053143 150 100%
1944 155 0.000057619 155 100%
1945 112 0.000042218 112 100%
1946 143 0.000044753 143 100%
1947 130 0.000036088 130 100%
1948 147 0.000042578 147 100%
1949 154 0.000044192 154 100%
1950 144 0.000041103 144 100%
1951 168 0.000045606 168 100%
1952 171 0.000045024 171 100%
1953 195 0.000050601 195 100%
1954 185 0.000046474 185 100%
1955 221 0.000055042 221 100%
1956 193 0.00004681 193 100%
1957 212 0.00005045 212 100%
1958 206 0.000049832 206 100%
1959 179 0.00004305 179 100%
1960 206 0.000049593 206 100%
1961 217 0.000052386 217 100%
1962 158 0.000039154 158 100%
1963 179 0.000045223 179 100%
1964 148 0.00003807 148 100%
1965 154 0.000042477 154 100%
1966 128 0.000036828 128 100%
1967 155 0.000045657 155 100%
1968 116 0.000034336 116 100%
1969 124 0.00003568 124 100%
1970 127 0.000035214 127 100%
1971 120 0.000034961 120 100%
1972 109 0.00003468 109 100%
1973 127 0.000042096 127 100%
1974 91 0.000029934 91 100%
1975 100 0.000033119 100 100%
1976 125 0.000041196 125 100%
1977 95 0.000029907 95 100%
1978 74 0.000023315 74 100%
1979 102 0.000030658 102 100%
1980 97 0.000028161 97 100%
1981 112 0.000032376 112 100%
1982 90 0.000025656 90 100%
1983 76 0.000021944 76 100%
1984 64 0.000018345 64 100%
1985 82 0.000022975 82 100%
1986 84 0.000023615 84 100%
1987 71 0.000019692 71 100%
1988 70 0.000018944 70 100%
1989 91 0.000023671 91 100%
1990 90 0.000022771 90 100%
1991 81 0.000020794 81 100%
1992 84 0.000021868 84 100%
1993 67 0.000017771 67 100%
1994 72 0.000019367 72 100%
1995 61 0.000016657 61 100%
1996 58 0.000015903 58 100%
1997 56 0.000015445 56 100%
1998 52 0.000014137 52 100%
1999 48 0.000012995 48 100%
2000 51 0.000013492 51 100%
2001 45 0.000012021 45 100%
2002 55 0.000014713 55 100%
2003 61 0.000016043 61 100%
2004 58 0.00001518 58 100%
2005 59 0.000015345 59 100%
2006 65 0.00001643 65 100%
2007 72 0.00001801 72 100%
2008 48 0.000012212 48 100%
2009 41 0.000010732 41 100%
2010 37 0.000010012 37 100%
2011 38 0.000010389 38 100%
2012 39 0.000010663 39 100%
2013 46 0.000012618 46 100%
2014 47 0.000012681 47 100%
2015 51 0.00001378 51 100%
2016 65 0.000017717 65 100%
2017 68 0.000019015 68 100%
2018 82 0.000023323 82 100%
2019 84 0.000024201 84 100%
2020 69 0.000020655 69 100%
2021 84 0.000024794 84 100%
2022 83 0.000024533 83 100%
2023 93 0.000028087 93 100%
2024 74 0.000022232 74 100%

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