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How popular is “Valentine” in the USA?

Number of people named “Valentine” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Valentine” by birth year

This chart shows how “Valentine” 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 10 0.000049632 10 -100%
1881 13 0.000067467 13 -100%
1882 19 0.000085766 19 -100%
1883 16 0.000073751 16 -100%
1884 18 0.000073934 18 -100%
1885 26 0.000107949 10 16 -23%
1886 16 0.000062667 16 -100%
1887 20 0.000080843 5 15 -50%
1888 17 0.000056766 17 -100%
1889 21 0.000072678 6 15 -43%
1890 18 0.000059721 18 -100%
1891 11 0.000038371 11 -100%
1892 24 0.000071776 6 18 -50%
1893 15 0.000046122 15 -100%
1894 31 0.000091529 5 26 -68%
1895 30 0.000085465 7 23 -53%
1896 29 0.000081123 10 19 -31%
1897 17 0.000048997 5 12 -41%
1898 23 0.000060295 9 14 -22%
1899 15 0.000044217 15 -100%
1900 21 0.00004664 6 15 -43%
1901 26 0.000075185 7 19 -46%
1902 19 0.00004913 7 12 -26%
1903 33 0.000086569 9 24 -45%
1904 26 0.000064439 8 18 -38%
1905 28 0.00006605 9 19 -36%
1906 18 0.000042012 18 -100%
1907 26 0.000055867 7 19 -46%
1908 31 0.00006344 8 23 -48%
1909 39 0.000076287 12 27 -38%
1910 41 0.000069408 11 30 -46%
1911 40 0.000062085 11 29 -45%
1912 73 0.000073882 18 55 -51%
1913 93 0.000081786 12 81 -74%
1914 142 0.000100258 19 123 -73%
1915 167 0.000091136 30 137 -64%
1916 155 0.000080128 31 124 -60%
1917 156 0.000077738 52 104 -33%
1918 172 0.000079222 30 142 -65%
1919 180 0.000085298 38 142 -58%
1920 152 0.000067178 29 123 -62%
1921 138 0.000059113 35 103 -49%
1922 168 0.000073389 36 132 -57%
1923 136 0.000059067 28 108 -59%
1924 148 0.000062143 22 126 -70%
1925 136 0.000058286 30 106 -56%
1926 144 0.00006272 29 115 -60%
1927 139 0.00005993 25 114 -64%
1928 133 0.000058825 14 119 -79%
1929 113 0.000051547 16 97 -72%
1930 132 0.000059372 21 111 -68%
1931 111 0.000052747 19 92 -66%
1932 100 0.000047364 11 89 -78%
1933 84 0.000042012 14 70 -67%
1934 72 0.000034668 9 63 -75%
1935 72 0.000034451 14 58 -61%
1936 74 0.000035618 8 66 -78%
1937 74 0.000034731 10 64 -73%
1938 81 0.000036609 13 68 -68%
1939 54 0.000024507 10 44 -63%
1940 62 0.000026925 12 50 -61%
1941 75 0.000030783 12 63 -68%
1942 57 0.000020865 7 50 -75%
1943 75 0.000026572 19 56 -49%
1944 69 0.00002565 18 51 -48%
1945 33 0.000012439 5 28 -70%
1946 53 0.000016587 7 46 -74%
1947 65 0.000018044 12 53 -63%
1948 70 0.000020275 16 54 -54%
1949 79 0.00002267 11 68 -72%
1950 67 0.000019125 10 57 -70%
1951 63 0.000017102 9 54 -71%
1952 72 0.000018957 11 61 -69%
1953 71 0.000018424 11 60 -69%
1954 54 0.000013565 6 48 -78%
1955 78 0.000019427 14 64 -64%
1956 62 0.000015037 10 52 -68%
1957 52 0.000012375 5 47 -81%
1958 44 0.000010644 5 39 -77%
1959 45 0.000010823 13 32 -42%
1960 51 0.000012278 10 41 -61%
1961 34 0.000008208 8 26 -53%
1962 40 0.000009912 9 31 -55%
1963 39 0.000009853 8 31 -59%
1964 38 0.000009775 7 31 -63%
1965 63 0.000017377 18 45 -43%
1966 49 0.000014098 11 38 -55%
1967 40 0.000011782 8 32 -60%
1968 33 0.000009768 33 -100%
1969 38 0.000010934 8 30 -58%
1970 41 0.000011368 6 35 -71%
1971 31 0.000009032 31 -100%
1972 38 0.00001209 8 30 -58%
1973 39 0.000012927 7 32 -64%
1974 39 0.000012829 6 33 -69%
1975 33 0.000010929 5 28 -70%
1976 37 0.000012194 8 29 -57%
1977 28 0.000008815 7 21 -50%
1978 37 0.000011658 6 31 -68%
1979 42 0.000012624 10 32 -52%
1980 53 0.000015387 22 31 -17%
1981 54 0.00001561 16 38 -41%
1982 54 0.000015394 18 36 -33%
1983 41 0.000011838 12 29 -41%
1984 40 0.000011465 11 29 -45%
1985 47 0.000013169 14 33 -40%
1986 39 0.000010964 12 27 -38%
1987 42 0.000011649 12 30 -43%
1988 31 0.00000839 31 -100%
1989 35 0.000009104 9 26 -49%
1990 49 0.000012397 12 37 -51%
1991 45 0.000011552 13 32 -42%
1992 39 0.000010153 12 27 -38%
1993 39 0.000010344 16 23 -18%
1994 32 0.000008608 7 25 -56%
1995 37 0.000010103 13 24 -30%
1996 49 0.000013435 13 36 -47%
1997 54 0.000014893 14 40 -48%
1998 50 0.000013594 16 34 -36%
1999 42 0.00001137 14 28 -33%
2000 29 0.000007672 9 20 -38%
2001 38 0.000010151 15 23 -21%
2002 39 0.000010433 14 25 -28%
2003 39 0.000010257 13 26 -33%
2004 39 0.000010207 9 30 -54%
2005 47 0.000012224 14 33 -40%
2006 44 0.000011122 13 31 -41%
2007 42 0.000010506 22 20 5%
2008 60 0.000015265 24 36 -20%
2009 53 0.000013874 25 28 -6%
2010 45 0.000012176 14 31 -38%
2011 65 0.00001777 32 33 -2%
2012 53 0.000014491 28 25 6%
2013 67 0.000018378 32 35 -4%
2014 87 0.000023473 47 40 8%
2015 72 0.000019455 41 31 14%
2016 78 0.000021261 37 41 -5%
2017 83 0.000023209 35 48 -16%
2018 87 0.000024745 42 45 -3%
2019 117 0.000033709 55 62 -6%
2020 96 0.000028738 45 51 -6%
2021 102 0.000030107 49 53 -4%
2022 128 0.000037835 56 72 -13%
2023 129 0.000038959 46 83 -29%
2024 107 0.000032147 51 56 -5%

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