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How popular is “Reba” in the USA?

Number of people named “Reba” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Reba” by birth year

This chart shows how “Reba” 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 13 0.000064521 13 100%
1881 17 0.000088226 17 100%
1882 9 0.000040626 9 100%
1883 15 0.000069142 15 100%
1884 19 0.000078041 19 100%
1885 22 0.000091342 22 100%
1886 28 0.000109668 28 100%
1887 29 0.000117223 29 100%
1888 33 0.000110193 33 100%
1889 39 0.000134973 39 100%
1890 43 0.000142667 43 100%
1891 58 0.000202321 58 100%
1892 71 0.000212337 71 100%
1893 65 0.000199863 65 100%
1894 100 0.000295255 100 100%
1895 87 0.000247849 87 100%
1896 109 0.000304909 109 100%
1897 82 0.000236341 82 100%
1898 133 0.000348665 133 100%
1899 93 0.000274147 93 100%
1900 116 0.00025763 116 100%
1901 124 0.000358576 124 100%
1902 129 0.000333563 129 100%
1903 126 0.000330535 126 100%
1904 128 0.000317236 128 100%
1905 162 0.000382146 162 100%
1906 150 0.000350098 150 100%
1907 167 0.000358839 167 100%
1908 183 0.000374502 183 100%
1909 208 0.000406867 208 100%
1910 236 0.000399519 236 100%
1911 259 0.000402 259 100%
1912 335 0.000339048 335 100%
1913 415 0.00036496 410 5 98%
1914 502 0.000354434 502 100%
1915 662 0.00036127 662 100%
1916 672 0.000347391 665 7 98%
1917 618 0.000307961 618 100%
1918 689 0.000317349 689 100%
1919 706 0.000334558 706 100%
1920 699 0.000308931 699 100%
1921 753 0.000322552 748 5 99%
1922 728 0.000318021 728 100%
1923 733 0.000318352 728 5 99%
1924 780 0.00032751 773 7 98%
1925 792 0.000339433 792 100%
1926 755 0.000328846 747 8 98%
1927 726 0.000313018 726 100%
1928 729 0.000322433 729 100%
1929 648 0.000295599 642 6 98%
1930 686 0.000308552 680 6 98%
1931 652 0.000309829 652 100%
1932 663 0.000314026 657 6 98%
1933 627 0.000313587 627 100%
1934 636 0.000306238 636 100%
1935 614 0.000293794 614 100%
1936 609 0.00029313 609 100%
1937 601 0.000282071 601 100%
1938 574 0.000259426 574 100%
1939 543 0.000246433 538 5 98%
1940 550 0.000238852 550 100%
1941 525 0.00021548 525 100%
1942 526 0.000192546 526 100%
1943 529 0.000187419 529 100%
1944 440 0.000163564 440 100%
1945 442 0.000166609 442 100%
1946 475 0.000148656 475 100%
1947 488 0.000135468 488 100%
1948 440 0.000127443 440 100%
1949 432 0.000123968 432 100%
1950 362 0.000103329 362 100%
1951 441 0.000119715 441 100%
1952 429 0.000112954 429 100%
1953 440 0.000114178 440 100%
1954 453 0.000113799 453 100%
1955 444 0.000110583 444 100%
1956 452 0.000109628 452 100%
1957 403 0.000095903 403 100%
1958 365 0.000088294 365 100%
1959 350 0.000084175 350 100%
1960 382 0.000091964 382 100%
1961 308 0.000074355 308 100%
1962 268 0.000066413 268 100%
1963 240 0.000060634 240 100%
1964 218 0.000056076 218 100%
1965 199 0.00005489 199 100%
1966 166 0.000047761 166 100%
1967 164 0.000048308 164 100%
1968 116 0.000034336 116 100%
1969 113 0.000032515 113 100%
1970 121 0.00003355 121 100%
1971 108 0.000031465 108 100%
1972 81 0.000025772 81 100%
1973 84 0.000027843 84 100%
1974 65 0.000021382 65 100%
1975 49 0.000016228 49 100%
1976 65 0.000021422 65 100%
1977 59 0.000018574 59 100%
1978 56 0.000017644 56 100%
1979 49 0.000014728 49 100%
1980 37 0.000010742 37 100%
1981 46 0.000013297 46 100%
1982 42 0.000011973 42 100%
1983 45 0.000012993 45 100%
1984 47 0.000013472 47 100%
1985 50 0.000014009 50 100%
1986 83 0.000023334 83 100%
1987 102 0.000028289 102 100%
1988 109 0.000029499 109 100%
1989 97 0.000025231 97 100%
1990 108 0.000027325 108 100%
1991 156 0.000040049 156 100%
1992 169 0.000043996 169 100%
1993 157 0.000041641 157 100%
1994 149 0.000040079 149 100%
1995 124 0.00003386 124 100%
1996 108 0.000029612 108 100%
1997 65 0.000017927 65 100%
1998 55 0.000014953 55 100%
1999 47 0.000012724 47 100%
2000 36 0.000009524 36 100%
2001 33 0.000008816 33 100%
2002 34 0.000009095 34 100%
2003 30 0.00000789 30 100%
2004 32 0.000008375 32 100%
2005 28 0.000007282 28 100%
2006 30 0.000007583 30 100%
2007 24 0.000006003 24 100%
2008 21 0.000005343 21 100%
2009 25 0.000006544 25 100%
2010 18 0.00000487 18 100%
2011 21 0.000005741 21 100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 100%
2013 11 0.000003017 11 100%
2014 19 0.000005126 19 100%
2015 14 0.000003783 14 100%
2016 23 0.000006269 23 100%
2017 19 0.000005313 19 100%
2018 22 0.000006257 22 100%
2019 26 0.000007491 26 100%
2020 19 0.000005688 19 100%
2021 20 0.000005903 20 100%
2022 26 0.000007685 26 100%
2023 23 0.000006946 23 100%
2024 20 0.000006009 20 100%

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