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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Naomi” in the USA?

Number of people named “Naomi” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Naomi” by birth year

This chart shows how “Naomi” 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 32 0.000158822 32 100%
1881 55 0.000285436 55 100%
1882 54 0.000243756 54 100%
1883 56 0.000258129 56 100%
1884 61 0.000250553 61 100%
1885 68 0.000282329 68 100%
1886 55 0.000215419 55 100%
1887 76 0.000307205 76 100%
1888 93 0.000310544 93 100%
1889 79 0.000273407 79 100%
1890 122 0.000404776 122 100%
1891 132 0.000460455 132 100%
1892 143 0.000427665 143 100%
1893 186 0.000571915 186 100%
1894 196 0.0005787 196 100%
1895 249 0.000709361 249 100%
1896 269 0.000752481 269 100%
1897 241 0.000694611 241 100%
1898 264 0.000692087 264 100%
1899 272 0.000801806 272 100%
1900 307 0.000681831 307 100%
1901 256 0.000740287 256 100%
1902 327 0.000845545 327 100%
1903 355 0.00093127 355 100%
1904 350 0.000867442 350 100%
1905 361 0.000851572 361 100%
1906 372 0.000868244 372 100%
1907 410 0.000880982 410 100%
1908 458 0.000937278 458 100%
1909 504 0.000985869 504 100%
1910 502 0.000849823 502 100%
1911 585 0.000907993 585 100%
1912 835 0.000845089 835 100%
1913 840 0.000738715 840 100%
1914 1129 0.000797123 1129 100%
1915 1555 0.000848602 1548 7 99%
1916 1649 0.000852453 1649 100%
1917 1619 0.000806777 1619 100%
1918 1698 0.000782088 1692 6 99%
1919 1637 0.000775739 1632 5 99%
1920 1854 0.000819396 1854 100%
1921 1976 0.000846432 1976 100%
1922 1876 0.000819516 1869 7 99%
1923 1907 0.000828237 1902 5 99%
1924 1995 0.000837669 1981 14 99%
1925 1779 0.000762439 1768 11 99%
1926 1762 0.000767453 1757 5 99%
1927 1833 0.000790305 1825 8 99%
1928 1652 0.00073067 1652 100%
1929 1608 0.000733523 1600 8 99%
1930 1594 0.000716956 1594 100%
1931 1527 0.000725627 1517 10 99%
1932 1365 0.000646524 1356 9 99%
1933 1436 0.000718199 1430 6 99%
1934 1369 0.000659182 1360 9 99%
1935 1440 0.000689028 1435 5 99%
1936 1281 0.000616583 1281 100%
1937 1209 0.000567427 1202 7 99%
1938 1249 0.000564501 1239 10 98%
1939 1094 0.000496496 1086 8 99%
1940 1053 0.000457292 1053 100%
1941 992 0.000407154 987 5 99%
1942 986 0.000360932 986 100%
1943 904 0.000320277 904 100%
1944 875 0.000325269 875 100%
1945 797 0.000300425 797 100%
1946 838 0.00026226 838 100%
1947 840 0.000233183 840 100%
1948 821 0.000237797 821 100%
1949 850 0.000243918 850 100%
1950 793 0.000226354 793 100%
1951 763 0.000207127 763 100%
1952 769 0.000202475 769 100%
1953 759 0.000196956 759 100%
1954 817 0.00020524 817 100%
1955 695 0.000173097 695 100%
1956 756 0.00018336 756 100%
1957 698 0.000166106 698 100%
1958 763 0.000184571 763 100%
1959 682 0.000164021 682 100%
1960 775 0.000186575 775 100%
1961 673 0.00016247 673 100%
1962 656 0.000162562 656 100%
1963 690 0.000174322 690 100%
1964 617 0.00015871 617 100%
1965 580 0.00015998 580 100%
1966 593 0.000170615 593 100%
1967 512 0.000150815 512 100%
1968 538 0.000159246 538 100%
1969 532 0.000153079 527 5 98%
1970 554 0.000153611 554 100%
1971 608 0.000177138 608 100%
1972 639 0.000203309 639 100%
1973 763 0.00025291 757 6 98%
1974 798 0.0002625 798 100%
1975 903 0.000299067 898 5 99%
1976 928 0.000305837 923 5 99%
1977 1002 0.000315442 1002 100%
1978 1079 0.000339964 1071 8 99%
1979 1180 0.000354674 1175 5 99%
1980 1256 0.000364639 1250 6 99%
1981 1231 0.000355845 1224 7 99%
1982 1231 0.000350916 1222 9 99%
1983 1109 0.000320211 1103 6 99%
1984 1055 0.0003024 1048 7 99%
1985 1079 0.000302316 1079 100%
1986 953 0.000267917 945 8 98%
1987 1003 0.000278177 998 5 99%
1988 1003 0.000271445 1003 100%
1989 991 0.000257774 991 100%
1990 930 0.000235295 924 6 99%
1991 1017 0.000261086 1011 6 99%
1992 1117 0.000290789 1117 100%
1993 1145 0.000303691 1145 100%
1994 1202 0.000323322 1202 100%
1995 1316 0.000359351 1316 100%
1996 1390 0.000381115 1390 100%
1997 1526 0.000420879 1526 100%
1998 1630 0.000443151 1630 100%
1999 1649 0.000446416 1649 100%
2000 1756 0.000464562 1756 100%
2001 1831 0.000489129 1826 5 99%
2002 1967 0.000526176 1967 100%
2003 2052 0.000539671 2052 100%
2004 2284 0.000597761 2276 8 99%
2005 2425 0.000630715 2425 100%
2006 2710 0.000685003 2710 100%
2007 2794 0.000698905 2789 5 100%
2008 2917 0.000742114 2917 100%
2009 3039 0.000795513 3039 100%
2010 3136 0.000848545 3136 100%
2011 3195 0.000873478 3195 100%
2012 3435 0.0009392 3430 5 100%
2013 3454 0.000947426 3454 100%
2014 3716 0.001002597 3716 100%
2015 3780 0.00102137 3775 5 100%
2016 3812 0.001039061 3806 6 100%
2017 3871 0.001082435 3865 6 100%
2018 3854 0.001096164 3854 100%
2019 3954 0.001139175 3954 100%
2020 4119 0.001233021 4119 100%
2021 4271 0.001260645 4271 100%
2022 4498 0.001329536 4498 100%
2023 4500 0.001359026 4494 6 100%
2024 4605 0.001383506 4605 100%

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