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How popular is “Philemon” in the USA?

Number of people named “Philemon” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Philemon” by birth year

This chart shows how “Philemon” 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
1916 9 0.000004653 9 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 -100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 -100%
1922 10 0.000004368 10 -100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1925 6 0.000002571 6 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 -100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 -100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1943 6 0.000002126 6 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 -100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 -100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1968 8 0.000002368 8 -100%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 -100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 -100%
1977 14 0.000004407 14 -100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 -100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 -100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1996 14 0.000003839 14 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2005 17 0.000004422 17 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2008 16 0.000004071 16 -100%
2009 13 0.000003403 13 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2012 16 0.000004375 16 -100%
2013 10 0.000002743 10 -100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 -100%
2015 15 0.000004053 15 -100%
2016 16 0.000004361 16 -100%
2017 24 0.000006711 24 -100%
2018 16 0.000004551 16 -100%
2019 11 0.000003169 11 -100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 -100%
2021 21 0.000006198 21 -100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 -100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 -100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 -100%

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