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How popular is “Thong” in the USA?

Number of people named “Thong” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Thong” by birth year

This chart shows how “Thong” 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
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 -100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 -100%
1982 17 0.000004846 17 -100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 -100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 -100%
1985 17 0.000004763 17 -100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 -100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 -100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
1990 16 0.000004048 16 -100%
1991 15 0.000003851 15 -100%
1992 17 0.000004426 17 -100%
1993 19 0.000005039 19 -100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 -100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 -100%
1996 19 0.000005209 19 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
1999 11 0.000002978 11 -100%
2000 13 0.000003439 13 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 -100%

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