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How popular is “Rossie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rossie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Rossie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rossie” 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
1883 7 0.000032266 7 100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 100%
1886 15 0.000058751 15 100%
1887 14 0.00005659 14 100%
1888 17 0.000056766 17 100%
1889 14 0.000048452 14 100%
1890 13 0.000043132 13 100%
1891 28 0.000097672 23 5 64%
1892 18 0.000053832 13 5 44%
1893 16 0.000049197 16 100%
1894 16 0.000047241 16 100%
1895 25 0.000071221 25 100%
1896 25 0.000069933 20 5 60%
1897 19 0.000054762 12 7 26%
1898 18 0.000047188 18 100%
1899 14 0.000041269 14 100%
1900 37 0.000082175 27 10 46%
1901 17 0.00004916 17 100%
1902 19 0.00004913 13 6 37%
1903 21 0.000055089 21 100%
1904 21 0.000052047 21 100%
1905 14 0.000033025 14 100%
1906 28 0.000065352 21 7 50%
1907 28 0.000060165 23 5 64%
1908 14 0.00002865 14 100%
1909 35 0.000068463 28 7 60%
1910 31 0.000052479 26 5 68%
1911 14 0.00002173 14 100%
1912 41 0.000041495 31 10 51%
1913 36 0.000031659 26 10 44%
1914 69 0.000048717 53 16 54%
1915 55 0.000030015 36 19 31%
1916 49 0.000025331 33 16 35%
1917 54 0.000026909 38 16 41%
1918 53 0.000024411 40 13 51%
1919 90 0.000042649 63 27 40%
1920 62 0.000027402 42 20 35%
1921 60 0.000025701 42 18 40%
1922 41 0.000017911 29 12 41%
1923 38 0.000016504 27 11 42%
1924 50 0.000020994 37 13 48%
1925 53 0.000022715 43 10 62%
1926 42 0.000018293 34 8 62%
1927 39 0.000016815 27 12 38%
1928 53 0.000023442 34 19 28%
1929 41 0.000018703 25 16 22%
1930 37 0.000016642 21 16 14%
1931 31 0.000014731 21 10 35%
1932 39 0.000018472 18 21 -8%
1933 36 0.000018005 29 7 61%
1934 43 0.000020705 32 11 49%
1935 39 0.000018661 21 18 8%
1936 26 0.000012515 18 8 38%
1937 22 0.000010325 13 9 18%
1938 30 0.000013559 17 13 13%
1939 22 0.000009984 15 7 36%
1940 19 0.000008251 12 7 26%
1941 19 0.000007798 10 9 5%
1942 31 0.000011348 19 12 23%
1943 28 0.00000992 19 9 36%
1944 23 0.00000855 12 11 4%
1945 19 0.000007162 8 11 -16%
1946 25 0.000007824 12 13 -4%
1947 29 0.00000805 14 15 -3%
1948 30 0.000008689 17 13 13%
1949 21 0.000006026 13 8 24%
1950 26 0.000007421 14 12 8%
1951 23 0.000006244 14 9 22%
1952 21 0.000005529 11 10 5%
1953 18 0.000004671 10 8 11%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 22 0.000005479 11 11 0%
1956 15 0.000003638 5 10 -33%
1957 17 0.000004046 11 6 29%
1958 25 0.000006048 13 12 4%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1960 21 0.000005056 8 13 -24%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 11 0.00000283 6 5 9%
1965 14 0.000003862 6 8 -14%
1966 18 0.000005179 6 12 -33%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1970 16 0.000004436 8 8 0%
1973 13 0.000004309 5 8 -23%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 8 5 23%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 100%
1989 11 0.000002861 6 5 9%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 100%
2017 9 0.000002517 9 100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 100%

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