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How popular is “Nerissa” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nerissa” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nerissa” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nerissa” 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
1915 6 0.000003274 6 100%
1918 7 0.000003224 7 100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 100%
1954 14 0.000003517 14 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 100%
1958 14 0.000003387 14 100%
1959 12 0.000002886 12 100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 100%
1962 21 0.000005204 21 100%
1963 18 0.000004548 18 100%
1964 25 0.000006431 25 100%
1965 26 0.000007172 26 100%
1966 19 0.000005467 19 100%
1967 26 0.000007659 26 100%
1968 31 0.000009176 31 100%
1969 38 0.000010934 38 100%
1970 27 0.000007486 27 100%
1971 44 0.000012819 44 100%
1972 45 0.000014318 45 100%
1973 33 0.000010938 33 100%
1974 42 0.000013816 42 100%
1975 51 0.000016891 51 100%
1976 38 0.000012523 38 100%
1977 38 0.000011963 38 100%
1978 63 0.00001985 63 100%
1979 73 0.000021942 73 100%
1980 54 0.000015677 54 100%
1981 72 0.000020813 72 100%
1982 64 0.000018244 64 100%
1983 51 0.000014726 51 100%
1984 55 0.000015765 55 100%
1985 39 0.000010927 39 100%
1986 28 0.000007872 28 100%
1987 43 0.000011926 43 100%
1988 34 0.000009202 34 100%
1989 48 0.000012486 48 100%
1990 41 0.000010373 41 100%
1991 33 0.000008472 33 100%
1992 26 0.000006769 26 100%
1993 30 0.000007957 30 100%
1994 35 0.000009415 35 100%
1995 35 0.000009557 35 100%
1996 28 0.000007677 28 100%
1997 31 0.00000855 31 100%
1998 27 0.000007341 27 100%
1999 29 0.000007851 29 100%
2000 23 0.000006085 23 100%
2001 31 0.000008281 31 100%
2002 26 0.000006955 26 100%
2003 22 0.000005786 22 100%
2004 33 0.000008637 33 100%
2005 22 0.000005722 22 100%
2006 20 0.000005055 20 100%
2007 29 0.000007254 29 100%
2008 18 0.000004579 18 100%
2009 21 0.000005497 21 100%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 100%
2014 14 0.000003777 14 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2016 15 0.000004089 15 100%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 100%
2019 9 0.000002593 9 100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 100%

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