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How popular is “Phineas” in the USA?

Number of people named “Phineas” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Phineas” by birth year

This chart shows how “Phineas” 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
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1915 5 0.000002729 5 -100%
1916 9 0.000004653 9 -100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 -100%
1918 9 0.000004145 9 -100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 -100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 -100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1998 17 0.000004622 17 -100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 -100%
2000 27 0.000007143 27 -100%
2001 28 0.00000748 28 -100%
2002 28 0.00000749 28 -100%
2003 39 0.000010257 39 -100%
2004 40 0.000010469 40 -100%
2005 43 0.000011184 43 -100%
2006 66 0.000016683 66 -100%
2007 88 0.000022013 88 -100%
2008 117 0.000029766 117 -100%
2009 130 0.00003403 130 -100%
2010 141 0.000038152 141 -100%
2011 120 0.000032807 120 -100%
2012 105 0.000028709 105 -100%
2013 98 0.000026881 98 -100%
2014 106 0.000028599 106 -100%
2015 95 0.000025669 95 -100%
2016 142 0.000038706 142 -100%
2017 129 0.000036072 129 -100%
2018 136 0.000038681 136 -100%
2019 117 0.000033709 117 -100%
2020 121 0.000036221 121 -100%
2021 131 0.000038666 131 -100%
2022 108 0.000031923 108 -100%
2023 98 0.000029597 98 -100%
2024 114 0.00003425 114 -100%

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