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How popular is “Rowena” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rowena” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Rowena” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rowena” 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 8 0.000039705 8 100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 100%
1882 13 0.000058682 13 100%
1883 13 0.000059923 13 100%
1884 19 0.000078041 19 100%
1885 20 0.000083038 20 100%
1886 18 0.000070501 18 100%
1887 27 0.000109139 27 100%
1888 19 0.000063445 19 100%
1889 17 0.000058835 17 100%
1890 28 0.000092899 28 100%
1891 32 0.000111625 32 100%
1892 32 0.000095701 32 100%
1893 41 0.000126067 41 100%
1894 33 0.000097434 33 100%
1895 41 0.000116802 41 100%
1896 43 0.000120285 43 100%
1897 34 0.000097995 34 100%
1898 32 0.000083889 32 100%
1899 38 0.000112017 38 100%
1900 42 0.00009328 42 100%
1901 37 0.000106995 37 100%
1902 37 0.000095673 37 100%
1903 27 0.000070829 27 100%
1904 43 0.000106571 43 100%
1905 27 0.000063691 27 100%
1906 46 0.000107363 46 100%
1907 41 0.000088098 41 100%
1908 54 0.000110509 54 100%
1909 52 0.000101717 52 100%
1910 55 0.000093108 55 100%
1911 60 0.000093127 60 100%
1912 96 0.00009716 96 100%
1913 119 0.000104651 119 100%
1914 136 0.000096022 136 100%
1915 182 0.000099322 182 100%
1916 165 0.000085297 165 100%
1917 224 0.000111623 224 100%
1918 175 0.000080604 175 100%
1919 200 0.000094776 200 100%
1920 194 0.00008574 194 100%
1921 209 0.000089526 209 100%
1922 181 0.000079068 181 100%
1923 188 0.000081651 188 100%
1924 165 0.000069281 165 100%
1925 170 0.000072858 170 100%
1926 162 0.00007056 162 100%
1927 171 0.000073727 171 100%
1928 157 0.00006944 157 100%
1929 177 0.000080742 177 100%
1930 159 0.000071516 159 100%
1931 159 0.000075556 159 100%
1932 179 0.000084782 179 100%
1933 139 0.000069519 139 100%
1934 168 0.000080893 168 100%
1935 122 0.000058376 122 100%
1936 122 0.000058722 122 100%
1937 136 0.00006383 136 100%
1938 157 0.000070958 157 100%
1939 140 0.000063537 140 100%
1940 121 0.000052547 121 100%
1941 120 0.000049252 120 100%
1942 109 0.0000399 109 100%
1943 124 0.000043932 124 100%
1944 99 0.000036802 99 100%
1945 89 0.000033548 89 100%
1946 107 0.000033487 107 100%
1947 113 0.000031369 113 100%
1948 85 0.00002462 85 100%
1949 89 0.00002554 89 100%
1950 98 0.000027973 98 100%
1951 114 0.000030947 114 100%
1952 114 0.000030016 114 100%
1953 153 0.000039703 153 100%
1954 161 0.000040445 161 100%
1955 135 0.000033623 135 100%
1956 122 0.00002959 122 100%
1957 136 0.000032364 136 100%
1958 107 0.000025884 107 100%
1959 128 0.000030784 128 100%
1960 111 0.000026722 111 100%
1961 126 0.000030418 126 100%
1962 143 0.000035437 143 100%
1963 122 0.000030822 122 100%
1964 99 0.000025466 99 100%
1965 91 0.0000251 91 100%
1966 75 0.000021579 75 100%
1967 80 0.000023565 80 100%
1968 64 0.000018944 64 100%
1969 49 0.000014099 49 100%
1970 55 0.00001525 55 100%
1971 76 0.000022142 76 100%
1972 58 0.000018454 58 100%
1973 58 0.000019225 58 100%
1974 45 0.000014803 45 100%
1975 61 0.000020203 61 100%
1976 54 0.000017797 54 100%
1977 56 0.000017629 56 100%
1978 47 0.000014808 47 100%
1979 56 0.000016832 56 100%
1980 59 0.000017129 59 100%
1981 44 0.000012719 44 100%
1982 52 0.000014823 52 100%
1983 47 0.000013571 47 100%
1984 41 0.000011752 41 100%
1985 38 0.000010647 38 100%
1986 35 0.00000984 35 100%
1987 24 0.000006656 24 100%
1988 27 0.000007307 27 100%
1989 24 0.000006243 24 100%
1990 21 0.000005313 21 100%
1991 22 0.000005648 22 100%
1992 18 0.000004686 18 100%
1993 16 0.000004244 16 100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 100%
1996 19 0.000005209 19 100%
1997 16 0.000004413 16 100%
1998 17 0.000004622 17 100%
1999 13 0.000003519 13 100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 100%
2001 11 0.000002939 11 100%
2002 12 0.00000321 12 100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 100%
2005 18 0.000004682 18 100%
2006 15 0.000003792 15 100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 100%
2008 12 0.000003053 12 100%
2009 14 0.000003665 14 100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 100%
2013 11 0.000003017 11 100%
2014 14 0.000003777 14 100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 100%
2016 19 0.000005179 19 100%
2017 22 0.000006152 22 100%
2018 29 0.000008248 29 100%
2019 28 0.000008067 28 100%
2020 50 0.000014967 50 100%
2021 33 0.00000974 33 100%
2022 39 0.000011528 39 100%
2023 37 0.000011174 37 100%
2024 46 0.00001382 46 100%

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