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How popular is “Rue” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rue” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Rue” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rue” 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
1896 10 0.000027973 5 5 0%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 100%
1915 17 0.000009277 10 7 18%
1916 15 0.000007754 5 10 -33%
1917 27 0.000013455 11 16 -19%
1918 19 0.000008751 6 13 -37%
1919 12 0.000005687 12 -100%
1920 16 0.000007071 9 7 13%
1922 18 0.000007863 5 13 -44%
1923 17 0.000007383 10 7 18%
1924 14 0.000005878 7 7 0%
1925 12 0.000005143 12 100%
1926 14 0.000006098 7 7 0%
1927 17 0.00000733 7 10 -18%
1928 16 0.000007077 10 6 25%
1929 8 0.000003649 8 100%
1930 14 0.000006297 8 6 14%
1931 14 0.000006653 6 8 -14%
1932 18 0.000008526 8 10 -11%
1933 14 0.000007002 5 9 -29%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 100%
1937 23 0.000010795 13 10 13%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 100%
1943 13 0.000004606 7 6 8%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 100%
1951 13 0.000003529 6 7 -8%
1952 13 0.000003423 5 8 -23%
1953 16 0.000004152 8 8 0%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1956 15 0.000003638 10 5 33%
1957 13 0.000003094 5 8 -23%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 100%
2011 13 0.000003554 13 100%
2012 32 0.000008749 32 100%
2013 27 0.000007406 27 100%
2014 38 0.000010253 32 6 68%
2015 27 0.000007295 27 100%
2016 36 0.000009813 36 100%
2017 50 0.000013981 44 6 76%
2018 33 0.000009386 33 100%
2019 41 0.000011812 41 100%
2020 76 0.000022751 70 6 84%
2021 131 0.000038666 118 13 80%
2022 203 0.000060004 183 20 80%
2023 195 0.000058891 183 12 88%
2024 205 0.000061589 188 17 83%

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