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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Petula” in the USA?

Number of people named “Petula” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Petula” by birth year

This chart shows how “Petula” 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
1965 19 0.000005241 19 100%
1966 20 0.000005754 20 100%
1967 23 0.000006775 23 100%
1968 39 0.000011544 39 100%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 100%
1970 20 0.000005546 20 100%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 100%

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