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How popular is “Pecola” in the USA?

Number of people named “Pecola” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Pecola” by birth year

This chart shows how “Pecola” 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
1900 10 0.000022209 10 100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 100%
1911 14 0.00002173 14 100%
1912 20 0.000020242 20 100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 100%
1915 17 0.000009277 17 100%
1916 24 0.000012407 24 100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 100%
1918 20 0.000009212 20 100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 100%
1920 28 0.000012375 28 100%
1921 14 0.000005997 14 100%
1922 22 0.000009611 22 100%
1923 20 0.000008686 20 100%
1924 25 0.000010497 25 100%
1925 15 0.000006429 15 100%
1926 24 0.000010453 24 100%
1927 20 0.000008623 20 100%
1928 18 0.000007961 18 100%
1929 15 0.000006843 15 100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 100%
1933 18 0.000009002 18 100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 100%
1935 19 0.000009091 19 100%
1936 23 0.000011071 23 100%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 100%
1938 16 0.000007231 16 100%
1939 18 0.000008169 18 100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 100%
1942 15 0.000005491 15 100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 100%

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