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How popular is “Pernell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Pernell” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Pernell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Pernell” 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
1915 12 0.000006549 6 6 0%
1916 16 0.000008271 7 9 -13%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 -100%
1918 22 0.000010133 8 14 -27%
1919 18 0.00000853 9 9 0%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 -100%
1921 16 0.000006854 6 10 -25%
1922 16 0.000006989 7 9 -13%
1923 13 0.000005646 6 7 -8%
1924 19 0.000007978 12 7 26%
1925 19 0.000008143 12 7 26%
1926 18 0.00000784 6 12 -33%
1927 13 0.000005605 6 7 -8%
1928 23 0.000010173 7 16 -39%
1929 18 0.000008211 9 9 0%
1930 18 0.000008096 9 9 0%
1931 17 0.000008078 7 10 -18%
1932 23 0.000010894 7 16 -39%
1933 25 0.000012503 14 11 12%
1934 18 0.000008667 7 11 -22%
1935 17 0.000008134 7 10 -18%
1936 22 0.000010589 9 13 -18%
1937 17 0.000007979 5 12 -41%
1938 25 0.000011299 9 16 -28%
1939 17 0.000007715 7 10 -18%
1940 20 0.000008686 10 10 0%
1941 20 0.000008209 6 14 -40%
1942 20 0.000007321 10 10 0%
1943 26 0.000009211 11 15 -15%
1944 22 0.000008178 5 17 -55%
1945 16 0.000006031 5 11 -38%
1946 15 0.000004694 15 -100%
1947 17 0.000004719 17 -100%
1948 24 0.000006951 8 16 -33%
1949 29 0.000008322 5 24 -66%
1950 34 0.000009705 12 22 -29%
1951 15 0.000004072 15 -100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 -100%
1953 19 0.00000493 6 13 -37%
1954 15 0.000003768 15 -100%
1955 18 0.000004483 18 -100%
1956 24 0.000005821 24 -100%
1957 22 0.000005235 22 -100%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 -100%
1959 23 0.000005532 23 -100%
1960 37 0.000008907 37 -100%
1961 68 0.000016416 68 -100%
1962 128 0.00003172 128 -100%
1963 149 0.000037643 149 -100%
1964 183 0.000047073 5 178 -95%
1965 153 0.000042202 5 148 -93%
1966 84 0.000024168 84 -100%
1967 59 0.000017379 59 -100%
1968 51 0.000015096 51 -100%
1969 43 0.000012373 43 -100%
1970 45 0.000012477 45 -100%
1971 35 0.000010197 35 -100%
1972 48 0.000015272 5 43 -79%
1973 77 0.000025523 77 -100%
1974 64 0.000021053 64 -100%
1975 45 0.000014904 45 -100%
1976 44 0.000014501 44 -100%
1977 38 0.000011963 38 -100%
1978 36 0.000011343 36 -100%
1979 37 0.000011121 37 -100%
1980 46 0.000013355 46 -100%
1981 37 0.000010696 37 -100%
1982 45 0.000012828 45 -100%
1983 43 0.000012416 43 -100%
1984 50 0.000014332 50 -100%
1985 50 0.000014009 50 -100%
1986 46 0.000012932 46 -100%
1987 41 0.000011371 41 -100%
1988 30 0.000008119 30 -100%
1989 51 0.000013266 51 -100%
1990 41 0.000010373 41 -100%
1991 51 0.000013093 51 -100%
1992 40 0.000010413 40 -100%
1993 29 0.000007692 29 -100%
1994 28 0.000007532 28 -100%
1995 31 0.000008465 31 -100%
1996 12 0.00000329 12 -100%
1997 20 0.000005516 20 -100%
1998 20 0.000005437 20 -100%
1999 20 0.000005414 20 -100%
2000 18 0.000004762 18 -100%
2001 21 0.00000561 21 -100%
2002 16 0.00000428 16 -100%
2003 20 0.00000526 20 -100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2006 25 0.000006319 25 -100%
2007 15 0.000003752 15 -100%
2008 17 0.000004325 17 -100%
2009 14 0.000003665 14 -100%
2010 16 0.000004329 16 -100%
2011 16 0.000004374 16 -100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2013 12 0.000003292 12 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 -100%
2017 14 0.000003915 14 -100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 -100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%

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