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How popular is “Ossie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ossie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ossie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ossie” 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 14 0.000069484 5 9 -29%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 100%
1884 15 0.000061612 9 6 20%
1885 13 0.000053975 6 7 -8%
1886 10 0.000039167 5 5 0%
1887 17 0.000068717 17 100%
1888 16 0.000053427 8 8 0%
1889 20 0.000069217 14 6 40%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 100%
1891 20 0.000069766 15 5 50%
1892 20 0.000059813 12 8 20%
1893 18 0.000055347 18 100%
1894 28 0.000082671 23 5 64%
1895 21 0.000059826 15 6 43%
1896 17 0.000047555 17 100%
1897 19 0.000054762 10 9 5%
1898 24 0.000062917 16 8 33%
1899 15 0.000044217 8 7 7%
1900 47 0.000104385 32 15 36%
1901 21 0.000060727 21 100%
1902 33 0.00008533 24 9 45%
1903 28 0.000073452 28 100%
1904 30 0.000074352 22 8 47%
1905 39 0.000091998 30 9 54%
1906 29 0.000067686 24 5 66%
1907 39 0.000083801 32 7 64%
1908 42 0.000085951 31 11 48%
1909 49 0.000095848 40 9 63%
1910 61 0.000103265 43 18 41%
1911 44 0.000068293 33 11 50%
1912 68 0.000068822 49 19 44%
1913 66 0.000058042 48 18 45%
1914 83 0.000058602 59 24 42%
1915 93 0.000050752 71 22 53%
1916 99 0.000051178 67 32 35%
1917 104 0.000051825 74 30 42%
1918 99 0.000045599 74 25 49%
1919 138 0.000065395 96 42 39%
1920 125 0.000055245 83 42 33%
1921 105 0.000044977 78 27 49%
1922 111 0.000048489 75 36 35%
1923 106 0.000046037 76 30 43%
1924 90 0.00003779 69 21 53%
1925 107 0.000045858 85 22 59%
1926 91 0.000039636 61 30 34%
1927 97 0.000041822 74 23 53%
1928 98 0.000043345 74 24 51%
1929 82 0.000037406 55 27 34%
1930 93 0.00004183 64 29 38%
1931 85 0.000040392 56 29 32%
1932 69 0.000032681 44 25 28%
1933 80 0.000040011 51 29 28%
1934 82 0.000039484 55 27 34%
1935 61 0.000029188 44 17 44%
1936 56 0.000026954 40 16 43%
1937 61 0.000028629 43 18 41%
1938 69 0.000031185 51 18 48%
1939 67 0.000030407 39 28 16%
1940 63 0.000027359 40 23 27%
1941 53 0.000021753 27 26 2%
1942 66 0.00002416 42 24 27%
1943 54 0.000019132 29 25 7%
1944 61 0.000022676 36 25 18%
1945 51 0.000019224 31 20 22%
1946 48 0.000015022 27 21 13%
1947 52 0.000014435 28 24 8%
1948 57 0.00001651 25 32 -12%
1949 55 0.000015783 34 21 24%
1950 44 0.000012559 22 22 0%
1951 45 0.000012216 24 21 7%
1952 43 0.000011322 23 20 7%
1953 42 0.000010899 23 19 10%
1954 48 0.000012058 26 22 8%
1955 29 0.000007223 11 18 -24%
1956 40 0.000009702 16 24 -20%
1957 39 0.000009281 21 18 8%
1958 21 0.00000508 13 8 24%
1959 30 0.000007215 17 13 13%
1960 20 0.000004815 5 15 -50%
1961 21 0.00000507 9 12 -14%
1962 20 0.000004956 5 15 -50%
1963 24 0.000006063 11 13 -8%
1964 23 0.000005916 8 15 -30%
1965 16 0.000004413 11 5 38%
1966 22 0.00000633 13 9 18%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 -100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 -100%
1969 18 0.000005179 5 13 -44%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 14 0.000004614 14 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 -100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 -100%
1980 13 0.000003774 6 7 -8%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%

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