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How popular is “Ruffin” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ruffin” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ruffin” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ruffin” 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
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1916 19 0.000009822 19 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 -100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 -100%
1920 14 0.000006187 14 -100%
1921 16 0.000006854 16 -100%
1922 14 0.000006116 14 -100%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 18 0.000007714 18 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 -100%
1928 17 0.000007519 17 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 15 0.000006157 15 -100%
1942 15 0.000005491 15 -100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1944 11 0.000004089 11 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 -100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 -100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1952 14 0.000003686 14 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 -100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%

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