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How popular is “Rube” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rube” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Rube” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rube” 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 6 0.000029779 6 -100%
1881 9 0.000046708 9 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 -100%
1884 12 0.000049289 12 -100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 -100%
1888 11 0.000036731 11 -100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 -100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 -100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 -100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1896 13 0.000036365 13 -100%
1897 10 0.000028822 10 -100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 -100%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 10 0.000026233 10 -100%
1905 11 0.000025948 11 -100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 -100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 13 0.000013157 13 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 -100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 -100%
1917 25 0.000012458 25 -100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 -100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 -100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 -100%
1921 15 0.000006425 15 -100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 -100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 -100%
1924 13 0.000005458 13 -100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 -100%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 -100%
1929 6 0.000002737 6 -100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 -100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%

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