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How popular is “Nephi” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nephi” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nephi” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nephi” 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
1918 5 0.000002303 5 -100%
1919 12 0.000005687 12 -100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 -100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 -100%
1925 6 0.000002571 6 -100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 -100%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1974 18 0.000005921 18 -100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 -100%
1976 13 0.000004284 13 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 15 0.000004726 15 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 -100%
1981 15 0.000004336 15 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 14 0.000004042 14 -100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
1989 20 0.000005202 20 -100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 -100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 13 0.000003384 13 -100%
1993 16 0.000004244 16 -100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 -100%
1995 13 0.00000355 13 -100%
1996 14 0.000003839 14 -100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 -100%
1998 17 0.000004622 17 -100%
1999 17 0.000004602 17 -100%
2000 13 0.000003439 13 -100%
2001 23 0.000006144 23 -100%
2002 13 0.000003478 13 -100%
2003 14 0.000003682 14 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2005 16 0.000004161 16 -100%
2006 17 0.000004297 17 -100%
2007 26 0.000006504 26 -100%
2008 20 0.000005088 20 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2010 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
2011 14 0.000003827 14 -100%
2012 13 0.000003554 13 -100%
2013 10 0.000002743 10 -100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 -100%
2015 8 0.000002162 8 -100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 -100%
2017 9 0.000002517 9 -100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 -100%
2019 7 0.000002017 7 -100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%
2023 8 0.000002416 8 -100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 -100%

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