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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Neva” in the USA?

Number of people named “Neva” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Neva” by birth year

This chart shows how “Neva” 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 18 0.000089337 18 100%
1881 15 0.000077846 15 100%
1882 22 0.000099308 22 100%
1883 22 0.000101408 22 100%
1884 40 0.000164297 40 100%
1885 40 0.000166076 40 100%
1886 49 0.000191919 49 100%
1887 45 0.000181898 45 100%
1888 63 0.000210369 63 100%
1889 61 0.000211112 61 100%
1890 74 0.00024552 74 100%
1891 74 0.000258134 74 100%
1892 87 0.000260188 87 100%
1893 116 0.000356678 116 100%
1894 102 0.00030116 102 100%
1895 122 0.000347559 122 100%
1896 112 0.000313301 112 100%
1897 124 0.000357393 124 100%
1898 183 0.000479742 183 100%
1899 131 0.000386164 131 100%
1900 157 0.000348689 157 100%
1901 120 0.000347009 120 100%
1902 124 0.000320635 124 100%
1903 121 0.000317419 121 100%
1904 138 0.00034202 138 100%
1905 141 0.000332608 141 100%
1906 147 0.000343096 147 100%
1907 137 0.000294377 137 100%
1908 184 0.000376548 184 100%
1909 163 0.000318843 163 100%
1910 141 0.000238695 141 100%
1911 168 0.000260757 168 100%
1912 224 0.000226706 224 100%
1913 289 0.000254153 289 100%
1914 353 0.000249233 353 100%
1915 472 0.000257582 472 100%
1916 449 0.000232111 449 100%
1917 487 0.000242681 487 100%
1918 463 0.000213255 457 6 97%
1919 414 0.000196186 414 100%
1920 558 0.000246614 558 100%
1921 463 0.000198329 463 100%
1922 454 0.000198326 454 100%
1923 408 0.0001772 408 100%
1924 458 0.000192307 458 100%
1925 389 0.000166717 389 100%
1926 413 0.000179885 413 100%
1927 426 0.000183672 426 100%
1928 354 0.000156572 354 100%
1929 371 0.000169239 371 100%
1930 365 0.000164171 365 100%
1931 368 0.000174873 368 100%
1932 317 0.000150145 317 100%
1933 315 0.000157544 315 100%
1934 294 0.000141563 294 100%
1935 301 0.000144026 301 100%
1936 244 0.000117444 244 100%
1937 281 0.000131883 281 100%
1938 267 0.000120674 267 100%
1939 238 0.000108013 238 100%
1940 203 0.000088158 203 100%
1941 229 0.00009399 229 100%
1942 205 0.000075042 205 100%
1943 165 0.000058458 165 100%
1944 163 0.000060593 163 100%
1945 169 0.000063704 169 100%
1946 164 0.000051325 164 100%
1947 206 0.000057185 206 100%
1948 166 0.000048081 166 100%
1949 160 0.000045914 160 100%
1950 155 0.000044243 155 100%
1951 156 0.000042348 156 100%
1952 182 0.00004792 182 100%
1953 239 0.000062019 239 100%
1954 211 0.000053006 211 100%
1955 180 0.000044831 180 100%
1956 171 0.000041474 171 100%
1957 195 0.000046405 195 100%
1958 141 0.000034108 141 100%
1959 136 0.000032708 136 100%
1960 131 0.000031537 131 100%
1961 129 0.000031142 129 100%
1962 113 0.000028002 113 100%
1963 122 0.000030822 122 100%
1964 94 0.000024179 94 100%
1965 79 0.00002179 79 100%
1966 78 0.000022442 78 100%
1967 75 0.000022092 75 100%
1968 65 0.00001924 65 100%
1969 64 0.000018416 64 100%
1970 54 0.000014973 54 100%
1971 46 0.000013402 46 100%
1972 54 0.000017181 54 100%
1973 69 0.000022871 69 100%
1974 68 0.000022368 68 100%
1975 47 0.000015566 47 100%
1976 48 0.000015819 48 100%
1977 50 0.000015741 50 100%
1978 49 0.000015439 49 100%
1979 50 0.000015029 50 100%
1980 41 0.000011903 41 100%
1981 42 0.000012141 42 100%
1982 42 0.000011973 42 100%
1983 38 0.000010972 38 100%
1984 31 0.000008886 31 100%
1985 31 0.000008686 31 100%
1986 30 0.000008434 30 100%
1987 34 0.00000943 34 100%
1988 36 0.000009743 36 100%
1989 28 0.000007283 28 100%
1990 35 0.000008855 35 100%
1991 31 0.000007958 31 100%
1992 31 0.00000807 31 100%
1993 32 0.000008487 32 100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 100%
1995 19 0.000005188 19 100%
1996 21 0.000005758 21 100%
1997 29 0.000007998 29 100%
1998 34 0.000009244 34 100%
1999 37 0.000010017 37 100%
2000 36 0.000009524 36 100%
2001 43 0.000011487 43 100%
2002 46 0.000012305 46 100%
2003 55 0.000014465 55 100%
2004 63 0.000016488 63 100%
2005 62 0.000016125 62 100%
2006 72 0.000018199 72 100%
2007 84 0.000021012 84 100%
2008 79 0.000020098 79 100%
2009 93 0.000024344 93 100%
2010 75 0.000020294 75 100%
2011 93 0.000025425 93 100%
2012 84 0.000022967 84 100%
2013 79 0.00002167 79 100%
2014 87 0.000023473 87 100%
2015 87 0.000023508 87 100%
2016 91 0.000024804 91 100%
2017 96 0.000026844 96 100%
2018 91 0.000025882 91 100%
2019 68 0.000019591 68 100%
2020 68 0.000020356 68 100%
2021 62 0.0000183 62 100%
2022 63 0.000018622 63 100%
2023 65 0.00001963 65 100%
2024 41 0.000012318 41 100%

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