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How popular is “Nina” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nina” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nina” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nina” 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 119 0.000590618 119 100%
1881 123 0.000638338 123 100%
1882 171 0.000771894 171 100%
1883 177 0.000815871 177 100%
1884 187 0.00076809 187 100%
1885 198 0.000822075 193 5 95%
1886 238 0.000932178 238 100%
1887 266 0.001075217 266 100%
1888 304 0.001015113 304 100%
1889 315 0.001090169 315 100%
1890 314 0.001041801 314 100%
1891 273 0.000952305 273 100%
1892 340 0.001016825 340 100%
1893 330 0.001014688 330 100%
1894 347 0.001024536 347 100%
1895 353 0.001005641 348 5 97%
1896 320 0.000895145 320 100%
1897 336 0.00096842 336 100%
1898 383 0.00100405 383 100%
1899 390 0.001149649 390 100%
1900 376 0.000835077 376 100%
1901 295 0.000853065 295 100%
1902 369 0.000954147 369 100%
1903 345 0.000905037 345 100%
1904 348 0.000862486 348 100%
1905 354 0.000835059 354 100%
1906 340 0.000793556 340 100%
1907 433 0.000930402 433 100%
1908 449 0.00091886 449 100%
1909 434 0.000848943 434 100%
1910 478 0.000809194 478 100%
1911 466 0.00072329 466 100%
1912 582 0.000589032 582 100%
1913 668 0.000587454 668 100%
1914 828 0.000584604 828 100%
1915 1085 0.000592111 1085 100%
1916 1135 0.00058674 1130 5 99%
1917 1160 0.000578049 1154 6 99%
1918 1171 0.000539355 1165 6 99%
1919 1124 0.00053264 1124 100%
1920 1226 0.000541844 1226 100%
1921 1212 0.000519168 1212 100%
1922 1131 0.000494069 1131 100%
1923 1192 0.000517702 1192 100%
1924 1217 0.000510999 1212 5 99%
1925 1202 0.00051515 1197 5 99%
1926 1116 0.000486083 1111 5 99%
1927 1057 0.00045573 1057 100%
1928 1030 0.000455563 1023 7 99%
1929 968 0.000441573 968 100%
1930 1001 0.000450234 996 5 99%
1931 1002 0.000476148 997 5 99%
1932 974 0.000461329 974 100%
1933 976 0.000488135 976 100%
1934 1032 0.000496914 1027 5 99%
1935 975 0.00046653 966 9 98%
1936 942 0.000453413 937 5 99%
1937 906 0.000425218 901 5 99%
1938 977 0.000441567 972 5 99%
1939 917 0.000416167 917 100%
1940 911 0.000395625 911 100%
1941 884 0.000362827 878 6 99%
1942 915 0.000334942 915 100%
1943 939 0.000332677 939 100%
1944 1007 0.000374338 1007 100%
1945 882 0.000332465 882 100%
1946 1013 0.000317027 1013 100%
1947 1004 0.000278709 999 5 99%
1948 1022 0.000296016 1022 100%
1949 943 0.000270606 943 100%
1950 1011 0.00028858 1011 100%
1951 1035 0.000280965 1035 100%
1952 1356 0.00035703 1356 100%
1953 1377 0.000357324 1377 100%
1954 1489 0.000374054 1489 100%
1955 1351 0.000336481 1351 100%
1956 1331 0.00032282 1326 5 99%
1957 1325 0.000315315 1320 5 99%
1958 1194 0.000288831 1194 100%
1959 1344 0.000323233 1339 5 99%
1960 1243 0.000299243 1236 7 99%
1961 1249 0.000301523 1242 7 99%
1962 1283 0.000317938 1278 5 99%
1963 1273 0.000321611 1273 100%
1964 1143 0.000294011 1143 100%
1965 1064 0.000293481 1059 5 99%
1966 1064 0.000306129 1064 100%
1967 978 0.000288079 978 100%
1968 805 0.000238278 805 100%
1969 823 0.000236813 813 10 98%
1970 826 0.00022903 826 100%
1971 839 0.000244439 839 100%
1972 805 0.000256125 799 6 99%
1973 746 0.000247275 741 5 99%
1974 732 0.00024079 732 100%
1975 726 0.000240446 726 100%
1976 567 0.000186864 567 100%
1977 625 0.000196758 625 100%
1978 565 0.000178016 565 100%
1979 857 0.000257589 857 100%
1980 1896 0.000550442 1889 7 99%
1981 1707 0.000493442 1701 6 99%
1982 1434 0.000408784 1427 7 99%
1983 1342 0.000387487 1342 100%
1984 1352 0.000387531 1342 10 99%
1985 1205 0.000337619 1199 6 99%
1986 1083 0.000304463 1073 10 98%
1987 1273 0.000353061 1265 8 99%
1988 1235 0.000334232 1227 8 99%
1989 1182 0.000307456 1172 10 98%
1990 1110 0.000280836 1102 8 99%
1991 1101 0.000282651 1101 100%
1992 1051 0.000273607 1051 100%
1993 1016 0.000269476 1016 100%
1994 1067 0.000287009 1062 5 99%
1995 995 0.000271698 989 6 99%
1996 1157 0.00031723 1157 100%
1997 1283 0.000353858 1283 100%
1998 1348 0.000366483 1348 100%
1999 1437 0.000389023 1437 100%
2000 1428 0.000377787 1428 100%
2001 1306 0.000348882 1306 100%
2002 1320 0.000353103 1320 100%
2003 1356 0.000356624 1356 100%
2004 1326 0.000347037 1326 100%
2005 1287 0.000334734 1287 100%
2006 1212 0.000306355 1212 100%
2007 1270 0.000317684 1270 100%
2008 1228 0.000312415 1228 100%
2009 1149 0.000300772 1149 100%
2010 1002 0.000271123 1002 100%
2011 1051 0.000287332 1051 100%
2012 1092 0.000298575 1092 100%
2013 1114 0.000305568 1114 100%
2014 1108 0.000298944 1108 100%
2015 1079 0.00029155 1079 100%
2016 1047 0.000285387 1047 100%
2017 1019 0.00028494 1019 100%
2018 1028 0.000292386 1028 100%
2019 1005 0.000289548 1005 100%
2020 944 0.000282586 944 100%
2021 1003 0.000296049 1003 100%
2022 1025 0.000302973 1025 100%
2023 919 0.000277543 919 100%
2024 955 0.000286916 955 100%

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