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How popular is “Ova” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ova” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ova” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ova” 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
1881 5 0.000025949 5 100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 100%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 100%
1890 13 0.000043132 13 100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 100%
1893 16 0.000049197 16 100%
1894 17 0.000050193 11 6 29%
1895 20 0.000056977 20 100%
1896 15 0.00004196 15 100%
1897 19 0.000054762 19 100%
1898 22 0.000057674 22 100%
1899 20 0.000058956 20 100%
1900 18 0.000039977 18 100%
1901 25 0.000072294 18 7 44%
1902 18 0.000046544 18 100%
1903 18 0.000047219 18 100%
1904 23 0.000057003 23 100%
1905 18 0.000042461 18 100%
1906 15 0.00003501 15 100%
1907 29 0.000062313 23 6 59%
1908 26 0.000053208 21 5 62%
1909 27 0.000052814 27 100%
1910 26 0.000044015 21 5 62%
1911 30 0.000046564 23 7 53%
1912 36 0.000036435 29 7 61%
1913 51 0.000044851 41 10 61%
1914 51 0.000036008 42 9 65%
1915 62 0.000033835 40 22 29%
1916 62 0.000032051 44 18 42%
1917 60 0.000029899 46 14 53%
1918 71 0.000032702 45 26 27%
1919 66 0.000031276 51 15 55%
1920 50 0.000022098 42 8 68%
1921 58 0.000024845 40 18 38%
1922 57 0.0000249 35 22 23%
1923 52 0.000022584 36 16 38%
1924 63 0.000026453 38 25 21%
1925 71 0.000030429 51 20 44%
1926 41 0.000017858 22 19 7%
1927 41 0.000017677 33 8 61%
1928 33 0.000014596 23 10 39%
1929 30 0.000013685 17 13 13%
1930 26 0.000011694 13 13 0%
1931 32 0.000015206 16 16 0%
1932 29 0.000013736 18 11 24%
1933 37 0.000018505 21 16 14%
1934 21 0.000010112 14 7 33%
1935 29 0.000013876 17 12 17%
1936 16 0.000007701 9 7 13%
1937 25 0.000011733 13 12 4%
1938 24 0.000010847 13 11 8%
1939 20 0.000009077 12 8 20%
1940 17 0.000007383 5 12 -41%
1941 21 0.000008619 14 7 33%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 -100%
1944 19 0.000007063 6 13 -37%
1945 11 0.000004146 5 6 -9%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 100%
1955 14 0.000003487 6 8 -14%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 100%
2022 12 0.000003547 12 100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 100%

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