Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Philana” in the USA?

Number of people named “Philana” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Philana” by birth year

This chart shows how “Philana” 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
1969 10 0.000002877 10 100%
1970 19 0.000005268 19 100%
1971 20 0.000005827 20 100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 100%
1973 17 0.000005635 17 100%
1974 23 0.000007566 23 100%
1975 24 0.000007949 24 100%
1976 13 0.000004284 13 100%
1977 16 0.000005037 16 100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 100%
1979 22 0.000006613 22 100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 100%
1981 12 0.000003469 12 100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 100%
1983 12 0.000003465 12 100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 100%

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