Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Sadako” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sadako” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Sadako” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sadako” 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
1913 7 0.000006156 7 100%
1915 19 0.000010369 19 100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 100%
1917 18 0.00000897 18 100%
1918 21 0.000009672 21 100%
1919 24 0.000011373 24 100%
1920 22 0.000009723 22 100%
1921 24 0.000010281 24 100%
1922 14 0.000006116 14 100%
1923 14 0.00000608 14 100%
1924 25 0.000010497 25 100%
1925 23 0.000009857 23 100%
1926 23 0.000010018 23 100%
1927 25 0.000010779 25 100%
1928 18 0.000007961 18 100%
1929 17 0.000007755 17 100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%

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