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How popular is “Rhea” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rhea” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Rhea” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rhea” 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
1882 7 0.000031598 7 100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 100%
1885 11 0.000045671 11 100%
1886 13 0.000050917 13 100%
1887 14 0.00005659 14 100%
1888 20 0.000066784 20 100%
1889 31 0.000107286 31 100%
1890 39 0.000129396 39 100%
1891 24 0.000083719 24 100%
1892 44 0.000131589 44 100%
1893 56 0.00017219 56 100%
1894 48 0.000141723 48 100%
1895 41 0.000116802 41 100%
1896 61 0.000170637 56 5 84%
1897 53 0.000152757 53 100%
1898 54 0.000141563 54 100%
1899 61 0.000179817 61 100%
1900 51 0.000113268 51 100%
1901 58 0.000167721 58 100%
1902 55 0.000142217 55 100%
1903 46 0.000120672 40 6 74%
1904 49 0.000121442 49 100%
1905 49 0.000115587 49 100%
1906 58 0.000135371 58 100%
1907 63 0.00013537 63 100%
1908 55 0.000112555 55 100%
1909 64 0.00012519 64 100%
1910 60 0.000101573 60 100%
1911 89 0.000138139 89 100%
1912 92 0.000093112 92 100%
1913 115 0.000101134 115 100%
1914 123 0.000086843 123 100%
1915 180 0.00009823 172 8 91%
1916 178 0.000092017 169 9 90%
1917 191 0.000095179 181 10 90%
1918 181 0.000083367 174 7 92%
1919 191 0.000090511 177 14 85%
1920 200 0.000088392 184 16 84%
1921 191 0.000081816 179 12 87%
1922 190 0.000083 177 13 86%
1923 149 0.000064713 135 14 81%
1924 169 0.00007096 155 14 83%
1925 176 0.00007543 160 16 82%
1926 175 0.000076223 162 13 85%
1927 140 0.000060362 125 15 79%
1928 164 0.000072536 151 13 84%
1929 147 0.000067057 139 8 89%
1930 135 0.000060721 125 10 85%
1931 134 0.000063676 121 13 81%
1932 117 0.000055416 117 100%
1933 106 0.000053015 106 100%
1934 110 0.000052966 104 6 89%
1935 100 0.000047849 100 100%
1936 121 0.000058241 116 5 92%
1937 125 0.000058667 118 7 89%
1938 97 0.00004384 84 13 73%
1939 101 0.000045837 101 100%
1940 94 0.000040822 86 8 83%
1941 109 0.000044738 109 100%
1942 129 0.000047221 121 8 88%
1943 119 0.00004216 110 9 85%
1944 107 0.000039776 98 9 83%
1945 94 0.000035433 87 7 85%
1946 135 0.000042249 127 8 88%
1947 137 0.000038031 130 7 90%
1948 152 0.000044026 146 6 92%
1949 130 0.000037305 123 7 89%
1950 120 0.000034253 111 9 85%
1951 121 0.000032847 113 8 87%
1952 128 0.000033702 120 8 88%
1953 133 0.000034513 126 7 89%
1954 112 0.000028136 112 100%
1955 136 0.000033872 131 5 93%
1956 122 0.00002959 114 8 87%
1957 144 0.000034268 138 6 92%
1958 150 0.000036285 150 100%
1959 133 0.000031987 133 100%
1960 120 0.000028889 113 7 88%
1961 114 0.000027521 114 100%
1962 120 0.000029737 114 6 90%
1963 120 0.000030317 120 100%
1964 106 0.000027266 100 6 89%
1965 99 0.000027307 99 100%
1966 108 0.000031073 102 6 89%
1967 89 0.000026216 89 100%
1968 113 0.000033448 113 100%
1969 91 0.000026185 91 100%
1970 83 0.000023014 83 100%
1971 92 0.000026804 92 100%
1972 76 0.000024181 76 100%
1973 85 0.000028175 85 100%
1974 83 0.000027303 83 100%
1975 109 0.0000361 104 5 91%
1976 108 0.000035593 102 6 89%
1977 120 0.000037777 120 100%
1978 134 0.00004222 134 100%
1979 111 0.000033363 111 100%
1980 129 0.000037451 129 100%
1981 140 0.00004047 140 100%
1982 109 0.000031072 109 100%
1983 141 0.000040712 141 100%
1984 132 0.000037836 132 100%
1985 130 0.000036424 130 100%
1986 113 0.000031768 113 100%
1987 121 0.000033559 121 100%
1988 103 0.000027875 103 100%
1989 126 0.000032775 126 100%
1990 124 0.000031373 124 100%
1991 109 0.000027983 109 100%
1992 134 0.000034884 134 100%
1993 136 0.000036072 136 100%
1994 96 0.000025823 96 100%
1995 112 0.000030583 112 100%
1996 83 0.000022757 83 100%
1997 130 0.000035855 130 100%
1998 111 0.000030178 111 100%
1999 139 0.00003763 139 100%
2000 172 0.000045504 172 100%
2001 176 0.000047016 176 100%
2002 217 0.000058048 217 100%
2003 195 0.000051284 195 100%
2004 271 0.000070925 266 5 96%
2005 170 0.000044215 170 100%
2006 208 0.000052576 208 100%
2007 223 0.000055782 223 100%
2008 201 0.000051136 201 100%
2009 214 0.000056018 214 100%
2010 208 0.000056281 208 100%
2011 202 0.000055225 202 100%
2012 225 0.00006152 225 100%
2013 219 0.000060071 219 100%
2014 233 0.000062865 233 100%
2015 271 0.000073225 271 100%
2016 289 0.000078775 289 100%
2017 318 0.000088921 318 100%
2018 360 0.000102392 360 100%
2019 411 0.000118412 411 100%
2020 464 0.000138898 464 100%
2021 484 0.000142859 484 100%
2022 500 0.000147792 500 100%
2023 577 0.000174257 577 100%
2024 484 0.000145411 484 100%

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