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How popular is “Nena” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nena” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nena” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nena” 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 8 0.000039705 8 100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 100%
1882 9 0.000040626 9 100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 100%
1884 8 0.000032859 8 100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 100%
1888 13 0.000043409 13 100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 100%
1892 13 0.000038879 13 100%
1893 15 0.000046122 15 100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 100%
1896 13 0.000036365 13 100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 100%
1899 13 0.000038322 13 100%
1900 16 0.000035535 16 100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 100%
1903 11 0.000028856 11 100%
1904 12 0.000029741 12 100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 100%
1908 13 0.000026604 13 100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 100%
1912 19 0.00001923 19 100%
1913 24 0.000021106 24 100%
1914 19 0.000013415 19 100%
1915 31 0.000016917 31 100%
1916 20 0.000010339 20 100%
1917 29 0.000014451 29 100%
1918 27 0.000012436 27 100%
1919 29 0.000013742 29 100%
1920 25 0.000011049 25 100%
1921 31 0.000013279 31 100%
1922 40 0.000017474 40 100%
1923 33 0.000014332 33 100%
1924 30 0.000012597 30 100%
1925 25 0.000010714 25 100%
1926 26 0.000011325 26 100%
1927 26 0.00001121 26 100%
1928 30 0.000013269 30 100%
1929 26 0.00001186 26 100%
1930 21 0.000009445 21 100%
1931 21 0.000009979 21 100%
1932 31 0.000014683 31 100%
1933 18 0.000009002 18 100%
1934 24 0.000011556 24 100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 100%
1936 23 0.000011071 23 100%
1937 20 0.000009387 20 100%
1938 19 0.000008587 19 100%
1939 32 0.000014523 32 100%
1940 20 0.000008686 20 100%
1941 26 0.000010671 26 100%
1942 29 0.000010616 29 100%
1943 31 0.000010983 31 100%
1944 27 0.000010037 27 100%
1945 27 0.000010178 27 100%
1946 34 0.000010641 34 100%
1947 50 0.00001388 50 100%
1948 36 0.000010427 36 100%
1949 28 0.000008035 28 100%
1950 46 0.00001313 46 100%
1951 73 0.000019817 73 100%
1952 65 0.000017114 65 100%
1953 68 0.000017646 68 100%
1954 104 0.000026126 104 100%
1955 96 0.00002391 96 100%
1956 85 0.000020616 85 100%
1957 104 0.000024749 104 100%
1958 95 0.000022981 95 100%
1959 91 0.000021886 91 100%
1960 85 0.000020463 85 100%
1961 72 0.000017382 72 100%
1962 96 0.00002379 96 100%
1963 112 0.000028296 112 100%
1964 89 0.000022893 89 100%
1965 86 0.000023721 86 100%
1966 65 0.000018702 65 100%
1967 57 0.00001679 57 100%
1968 60 0.00001776 60 100%
1969 56 0.000016114 56 100%
1970 47 0.000013032 47 100%
1971 48 0.000013985 48 100%
1972 47 0.000014954 47 100%
1973 61 0.00002022 61 100%
1974 42 0.000013816 42 100%
1975 51 0.000016891 51 100%
1976 54 0.000017797 54 100%
1977 29 0.00000913 29 100%
1978 31 0.000009767 31 100%
1979 48 0.000014427 48 100%
1980 106 0.000030774 106 100%
1981 74 0.000021391 74 100%
1982 71 0.00002024 71 100%
1983 45 0.000012993 45 100%
1984 108 0.000030957 108 100%
1985 52 0.000014569 52 100%
1986 53 0.0000149 53 100%
1987 47 0.000013035 47 100%
1988 45 0.000012178 45 100%
1989 39 0.000010145 39 100%
1990 35 0.000008855 35 100%
1991 34 0.000008729 34 100%
1992 33 0.000008591 33 100%
1993 30 0.000007957 30 100%
1994 32 0.000008608 32 100%
1995 31 0.000008465 31 100%
1996 36 0.000009871 36 100%
1997 34 0.000009377 34 100%
1998 27 0.000007341 27 100%
1999 30 0.000008122 30 100%
2000 32 0.000008466 32 100%
2001 31 0.000008281 31 100%
2002 38 0.000010165 38 100%
2003 23 0.000006049 23 100%
2004 40 0.000010469 40 100%
2005 37 0.000009623 37 100%
2006 27 0.000006825 27 100%
2007 37 0.000009255 37 100%
2008 26 0.000006615 26 100%
2009 25 0.000006544 25 100%
2010 27 0.000007306 27 100%
2011 22 0.000006015 22 100%
2012 23 0.000006289 23 100%
2013 23 0.000006309 23 100%
2014 17 0.000004587 17 100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 100%
2016 20 0.000005452 20 100%
2017 19 0.000005313 19 100%
2018 14 0.000003982 14 100%
2019 14 0.000004033 14 100%
2021 9 0.000002656 9 100%
2022 12 0.000003547 12 100%
2023 12 0.000003624 12 100%
2024 10 0.000003004 10 100%

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