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How popular is “Nevada” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nevada” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nevada” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nevada” 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 12 0.000059558 12 100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 100%
1882 18 0.000081252 18 100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 100%
1888 11 0.000036731 11 100%
1889 13 0.000044991 13 100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 100%
1891 21 0.000073254 21 100%
1892 14 0.000041869 14 100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 100%
1896 11 0.000030771 11 100%
1897 21 0.000060526 21 100%
1898 17 0.000044566 17 100%
1899 21 0.000061904 21 100%
1900 23 0.000051082 23 100%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 100%
1902 13 0.000033615 13 100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 100%
1904 19 0.00004709 19 100%
1905 20 0.000047178 20 100%
1906 13 0.000030342 13 100%
1907 17 0.000036529 17 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1909 22 0.000043034 22 100%
1910 23 0.000038936 23 100%
1911 22 0.000034147 22 100%
1912 20 0.000020242 20 100%
1913 23 0.000020227 23 100%
1914 29 0.000020475 29 100%
1915 34 0.000018555 34 100%
1916 42 0.000021712 42 100%
1917 34 0.000016943 34 100%
1918 32 0.000014739 32 100%
1919 48 0.000022746 48 100%
1920 34 0.000015027 34 100%
1921 41 0.000017563 41 100%
1922 39 0.000017037 39 100%
1923 39 0.000016938 39 100%
1924 43 0.000018055 43 100%
1925 24 0.000010286 24 100%
1926 31 0.000013502 31 100%
1927 30 0.000012935 30 100%
1928 34 0.000015038 34 100%
1929 25 0.000011404 25 100%
1930 28 0.000012594 28 100%
1931 29 0.000013781 29 100%
1932 26 0.000012315 26 100%
1933 27 0.000013504 27 100%
1934 23 0.000011075 23 100%
1935 30 0.000014355 30 100%
1936 20 0.000009627 20 100%
1937 21 0.000009856 21 100%
1938 17 0.000007683 17 100%
1939 17 0.000007715 17 100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 100%
1941 14 0.000005746 14 100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 100%
1945 14 0.000005277 14 100%
1946 11 0.000003443 11 100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 100%
1950 17 0.000004852 17 100%
1951 19 0.000005158 19 100%
1952 16 0.000004213 16 100%
1953 20 0.00000519 15 5 50%
1954 15 0.000003768 9 6 20%
1955 17 0.000004234 12 5 41%
1956 22 0.000005336 17 5 55%
1957 17 0.000004046 12 5 41%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 100%
1959 12 0.000002886 12 100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 100%
1964 14 0.000003601 8 6 14%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 100%
1968 17 0.000005032 12 5 41%
1969 16 0.000004604 6 10 -25%
1970 25 0.000006932 11 14 -12%
1971 26 0.000007575 13 13 0%
1972 14 0.000004454 9 5 29%
1973 27 0.00000895 15 12 11%
1974 20 0.000006579 9 11 -10%
1975 24 0.000007949 17 7 42%
1976 20 0.000006591 9 11 -10%
1977 28 0.000008815 18 10 29%
1978 26 0.000008192 17 9 31%
1979 31 0.000009318 14 17 -10%
1980 24 0.000006968 9 15 -25%
1981 33 0.000009539 20 13 21%
1982 24 0.000006842 8 16 -33%
1983 32 0.00000924 13 19 -19%
1984 24 0.000006879 13 11 8%
1985 19 0.000005323 19 100%
1986 19 0.000005341 12 7 26%
1987 27 0.000007488 17 10 26%
1988 39 0.000010555 24 15 23%
1989 24 0.000006243 18 6 50%
1990 33 0.000008349 14 19 -15%
1991 29 0.000007445 20 9 38%
1992 29 0.00000755 18 11 24%
1993 41 0.000010875 24 17 17%
1994 50 0.000013449 27 23 8%
1995 74 0.000020207 44 30 19%
1996 54 0.000014806 34 20 26%
1997 67 0.000018479 37 30 10%
1998 73 0.000019847 51 22 40%
1999 64 0.000017326 45 19 41%
2000 60 0.000015873 33 27 10%
2001 71 0.000018967 47 24 32%
2002 53 0.000014178 39 14 47%
2003 73 0.000019199 60 13 64%
2004 60 0.000015703 48 12 60%
2005 64 0.000016646 50 14 56%
2006 67 0.000016935 49 18 46%
2007 29 0.000007254 29 100%
2008 52 0.000013229 45 7 73%
2009 40 0.000010471 33 7 65%
2010 37 0.000010012 31 6 68%
2011 54 0.000014763 44 10 63%
2012 36 0.000009843 27 9 50%
2013 26 0.000007132 26 100%
2014 30 0.000008094 22 8 47%
2015 26 0.000007025 26 100%
2016 24 0.000006542 24 100%
2017 43 0.000012024 32 11 49%
2018 32 0.000009102 25 7 56%
2019 30 0.000008643 23 7 53%
2020 33 0.000009879 28 5 70%
2021 40 0.000011807 33 7 65%
2022 61 0.000018031 49 12 61%
2023 57 0.000017214 44 13 54%
2024 48 0.000014421 37 11 54%

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