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How popular is “Obrian” in the USA?

Number of people named “Obrian” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Obrian” by birth year

This chart shows how “Obrian” 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
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 12 0.000003465 12 -100%
1984 25 0.000007166 25 -100%
1985 28 0.000007845 28 -100%
1986 25 0.000007028 25 -100%
1987 29 0.000008043 29 -100%
1988 27 0.000007307 27 -100%
1989 17 0.000004422 17 -100%
1990 16 0.000004048 16 -100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 -100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 21 0.00000557 21 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 14 0.000003641 14 -100%
2006 15 0.000003792 15 -100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2013 13 0.000003566 13 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2016 14 0.000003816 14 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%
2019 7 0.000002017 7 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%

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