Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Risa” in the USA?

Number of people named “Risa” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Risa” by birth year

This chart shows how “Risa” 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
1942 12 0.000004393 12 100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 100%
1945 29 0.000010931 29 100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 100%
1947 33 0.000009161 33 100%
1948 28 0.00000811 28 100%
1949 48 0.000013774 48 100%
1950 46 0.00001313 46 100%
1951 39 0.000010587 39 100%
1952 41 0.000010795 41 100%
1953 46 0.000011937 46 100%
1954 64 0.000016078 64 100%
1955 93 0.000023163 93 100%
1956 94 0.000022799 94 100%
1957 74 0.00001761 74 100%
1958 90 0.000021771 90 100%
1959 105 0.000025253 105 100%
1960 125 0.000030093 125 100%
1961 113 0.00002728 113 100%
1962 131 0.000032463 131 100%
1963 119 0.000030064 119 100%
1964 108 0.000027781 108 100%
1965 119 0.000032824 119 100%
1966 124 0.000035677 124 100%
1967 76 0.000022387 76 100%
1968 83 0.000024568 83 100%
1969 75 0.000021581 75 100%
1970 55 0.00001525 55 100%
1971 76 0.000022142 76 100%
1972 56 0.000017817 56 100%
1973 51 0.000016905 51 100%
1974 59 0.000019408 59 100%
1975 59 0.00001954 59 100%
1976 49 0.000016149 49 100%
1977 48 0.000015111 48 100%
1978 46 0.000014493 46 100%
1979 62 0.000018635 62 100%
1980 49 0.000014226 49 100%
1981 65 0.00001879 65 100%
1982 52 0.000014823 52 100%
1983 62 0.000017902 62 100%
1984 62 0.000017771 62 100%
1985 50 0.000014009 50 100%
1986 42 0.000011807 42 100%
1987 44 0.000012203 44 100%
1988 65 0.000017591 65 100%
1989 45 0.000011705 45 100%
1990 71 0.000017963 71 100%
1991 49 0.000012579 49 100%
1992 55 0.000014318 55 100%
1993 37 0.000009814 37 100%
1994 48 0.000012911 48 100%
1995 54 0.000014745 54 100%
1996 31 0.0000085 31 100%
1997 39 0.000010756 39 100%
1998 54 0.000014681 54 100%
1999 36 0.000009746 36 100%
2000 43 0.000011376 43 100%
2001 32 0.000008548 32 100%
2002 49 0.000013108 49 100%
2003 46 0.000012098 46 100%
2004 33 0.000008637 33 100%
2005 25 0.000006502 25 100%
2006 20 0.000005055 20 100%
2007 30 0.000007504 30 100%
2008 31 0.000007887 31 100%
2009 22 0.000005759 22 100%
2010 22 0.000005953 22 100%
2011 30 0.000008202 30 100%
2012 33 0.000009023 33 100%
2013 17 0.000004663 17 100%
2014 27 0.000007285 27 100%
2015 16 0.000004323 16 100%
2016 25 0.000006814 25 100%
2017 23 0.000006431 23 100%
2018 24 0.000006826 24 100%
2019 20 0.000005762 20 100%
2020 14 0.000004191 14 100%
2021 14 0.000004132 14 100%
2022 16 0.000004729 16 100%
2023 11 0.000003322 11 100%
2024 15 0.000004507 15 100%

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