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How popular is “Minnie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Minnie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Minnie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Minnie” 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 1755 0.008710369 1746 9 99%
1881 1661 0.008620153 1653 8 99%
1882 2014 0.009091197 2004 10 99%
1883 2049 0.009444746 2035 14 99%
1884 2243 0.009212974 2243 100%
1885 2184 0.009067734 2178 6 99%
1886 2380 0.009321782 2372 8 99%
1887 2226 0.008997866 2215 11 99%
1888 2668 0.008908954 2654 14 99%
1889 2637 0.009126273 2624 13 99%
1890 2666 0.008845359 2650 16 99%
1891 2440 0.00851144 2428 12 99%
1892 2617 0.007826566 2609 8 99%
1893 2528 0.007773128 2510 18 99%
1894 2598 0.007670731 2592 6 100%
1895 2576 0.007338613 2567 9 99%
1896 2544 0.007116402 2530 14 99%
1897 2300 0.006629064 2284 16 99%
1898 2417 0.006336265 2409 8 99%
1899 2046 0.006031235 2036 10 99%
1900 2685 0.005963248 2673 12 99%
1901 2036 0.005887592 2026 10 99%
1902 2066 0.005342187 2055 11 99%
1903 1859 0.004876705 1846 13 99%
1904 1890 0.004684189 1885 5 99%
1905 1956 0.004614057 1950 6 99%
1906 1785 0.00416617 1777 8 99%
1907 1917 0.004119126 1907 10 99%
1908 1825 0.003734787 1817 8 99%
1909 1787 0.003495532 1779 8 99%
1910 1989 0.003367129 1983 6 99%
1911 1906 0.00295835 1899 7 99%
1912 2306 0.002333862 2295 11 99%
1913 2340 0.002057848 2332 8 99%
1914 2728 0.001926086 2718 10 99%
1915 3284 0.00179216 3270 14 99%
1916 3286 0.001698703 3274 12 99%
1917 3269 0.001629002 3262 7 100%
1918 3192 0.001470215 3181 11 99%
1919 3288 0.001558113 3272 16 99%
1920 3257 0.001439467 3244 13 99%
1921 3008 0.001288496 2998 10 99%
1922 3129 0.001366879 3115 14 99%
1923 2802 0.001216948 2785 17 99%
1924 2901 0.001218084 2885 16 99%
1925 2760 0.001182873 2739 21 98%
1926 2459 0.001071037 2449 10 99%
1927 2484 0.001070986 2469 15 99%
1928 2239 0.000990297 2227 12 99%
1929 2011 0.00091736 1994 17 98%
1930 2019 0.000908114 2008 11 99%
1931 1791 0.000851079 1773 18 98%
1932 1826 0.000864874 1809 17 98%
1933 1616 0.000808223 1603 13 98%
1934 1682 0.000809894 1663 19 98%
1935 1590 0.000760802 1581 9 99%
1936 1445 0.000695521 1430 15 98%
1937 1393 0.000653785 1378 15 98%
1938 1374 0.000620996 1360 14 98%
1939 1281 0.000581363 1269 12 98%
1940 1237 0.000537199 1229 8 99%
1941 1363 0.000559426 1355 8 99%
1942 1455 0.000532612 1446 9 99%
1943 1357 0.000480769 1347 10 99%
1944 1228 0.000456492 1220 8 99%
1945 1095 0.000412754 1088 7 99%
1946 1077 0.000337057 1072 5 99%
1947 1060 0.000294255 1051 9 98%
1948 999 0.000289354 993 6 99%
1949 940 0.000269745 935 5 99%
1950 883 0.000252044 877 6 99%
1951 792 0.000214999 792 100%
1952 696 0.000183254 696 100%
1953 662 0.000171785 657 5 98%
1954 614 0.000154244 614 100%
1955 546 0.000135987 546 100%
1956 494 0.000119815 494 100%
1957 423 0.000100663 418 5 98%
1958 416 0.000100631 416 100%
1959 428 0.000102934 423 5 98%
1960 350 0.00008426 350 100%
1961 321 0.000077493 321 100%
1962 270 0.000066908 270 100%
1963 245 0.000061897 245 100%
1964 223 0.000057362 223 100%
1965 208 0.000057372 208 100%
1966 181 0.000052077 181 100%
1967 175 0.000051548 175 100%
1968 155 0.00004588 155 100%
1969 138 0.000039709 138 100%
1970 126 0.000034937 126 100%
1971 134 0.00003904 134 100%
1972 115 0.000036589 115 100%
1973 108 0.000035798 108 100%
1974 104 0.000034211 104 100%
1975 96 0.000031794 96 100%
1976 82 0.000027024 82 100%
1977 69 0.000021722 69 100%
1978 59 0.000018589 59 100%
1979 73 0.000021942 73 100%
1980 71 0.000020613 71 100%
1981 56 0.000016188 56 100%
1982 45 0.000012828 45 100%
1983 53 0.000015303 53 100%
1984 44 0.000012612 44 100%
1985 63 0.000017651 63 100%
1986 34 0.000009558 34 100%
1987 45 0.000012481 45 100%
1988 44 0.000011908 44 100%
1989 33 0.000008584 33 100%
1990 38 0.000009614 38 100%
1991 37 0.000009499 37 100%
1992 55 0.000014318 55 100%
1993 24 0.000006366 24 100%
1994 38 0.000010222 38 100%
1995 28 0.000007646 28 100%
1996 36 0.000009871 36 100%
1997 30 0.000008274 30 100%
1998 35 0.000009516 35 100%
1999 24 0.000006497 24 100%
2000 31 0.000008201 31 100%
2001 25 0.000006678 25 100%
2002 33 0.000008828 33 100%
2003 25 0.000006575 25 100%
2004 27 0.000007066 27 100%
2005 32 0.000008323 32 100%
2006 37 0.000009352 37 100%
2007 17 0.000004252 17 100%
2008 43 0.00001094 43 100%
2009 28 0.00000733 28 100%
2010 38 0.000010282 38 100%
2011 39 0.000010662 39 100%
2012 45 0.000012304 45 100%
2013 58 0.000015909 58 100%
2014 50 0.00001349 50 100%
2015 68 0.000018374 68 100%
2016 66 0.00001799 66 100%
2017 67 0.000018735 67 100%
2018 67 0.000019056 67 100%
2019 74 0.00002132 74 100%
2020 71 0.000021254 71 100%
2021 63 0.000018595 63 100%
2022 55 0.000016257 55 100%
2023 50 0.0000151 50 100%
2024 62 0.000018627 62 100%

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