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How popular is “Van” in the USA?

Number of people named “Van” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Van” by birth year

This chart shows how “Van” 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 33 0.000163785 33 -100%
1881 32 0.000166072 32 -100%
1882 46 0.000207644 46 -100%
1883 31 0.000142893 31 -100%
1884 38 0.000156082 38 -100%
1885 38 0.000157772 38 -100%
1886 41 0.000160585 41 -100%
1887 32 0.000129349 32 -100%
1888 37 0.00012355 6 31 -68%
1889 34 0.000117669 34 -100%
1890 27 0.000089582 27 -100%
1891 48 0.000167438 48 -100%
1892 35 0.000104673 35 -100%
1893 42 0.000129142 42 -100%
1894 32 0.000094482 32 -100%
1895 34 0.000096861 34 -100%
1896 37 0.000103501 37 -100%
1897 38 0.000109524 38 -100%
1898 38 0.000099619 38 -100%
1899 32 0.00009433 32 -100%
1900 62 0.000137699 5 57 -84%
1901 34 0.000098319 34 -100%
1902 40 0.000103431 7 33 -65%
1903 38 0.000099685 38 -100%
1904 36 0.000089223 5 31 -72%
1905 34 0.000080203 34 -100%
1906 25 0.00005835 25 -100%
1907 36 0.000077354 7 29 -61%
1908 36 0.000073673 36 -100%
1909 45 0.000088024 45 -100%
1910 45 0.000076179 45 -100%
1911 53 0.000082263 53 -100%
1912 85 0.000086027 85 -100%
1913 89 0.000078269 7 82 -84%
1914 145 0.000102376 11 134 -85%
1915 179 0.000097685 6 173 -93%
1916 195 0.000100806 10 185 -90%
1917 168 0.000083717 6 162 -93%
1918 198 0.000091198 7 191 -93%
1919 187 0.000088615 7 180 -93%
1920 225 0.000099441 8 217 -93%
1921 253 0.000108374 9 244 -93%
1922 227 0.000099163 20 207 -82%
1923 202 0.000087731 10 192 -90%
1924 239 0.000100352 5 234 -96%
1925 236 0.000101144 9 227 -92%
1926 234 0.000101921 14 220 -88%
1927 222 0.000095716 13 209 -88%
1928 232 0.000102612 9 223 -92%
1929 202 0.000092147 12 190 -88%
1930 226 0.000101651 7 219 -94%
1931 195 0.000092664 8 187 -92%
1932 193 0.000091413 193 -100%
1933 226 0.000113031 10 216 -91%
1934 198 0.000095338 14 184 -86%
1935 194 0.000092827 12 182 -88%
1936 178 0.000085677 6 172 -93%
1937 204 0.000095745 10 194 -90%
1938 228 0.000103047 10 218 -91%
1939 194 0.000088044 12 182 -88%
1940 189 0.000082078 13 176 -86%
1941 225 0.000092348 5 220 -96%
1942 214 0.000078336 214 -100%
1943 269 0.000095304 14 255 -90%
1944 308 0.000114495 15 293 -90%
1945 478 0.00018018 12 466 -95%
1946 585 0.000183081 18 567 -94%
1947 581 0.000161285 12 569 -96%
1948 507 0.000146849 13 494 -95%
1949 517 0.00014836 7 510 -97%
1950 491 0.000140151 9 482 -96%
1951 511 0.000138718 14 497 -95%
1952 552 0.000145339 17 535 -94%
1953 591 0.000153361 19 572 -94%
1954 590 0.000148215 18 572 -94%
1955 574 0.000142961 27 547 -91%
1956 487 0.000118117 16 471 -93%
1957 482 0.000114703 23 459 -90%
1958 468 0.00011321 19 449 -92%
1959 533 0.000128187 28 505 -89%
1960 495 0.000119168 16 479 -94%
1961 545 0.000131569 16 529 -94%
1962 495 0.000122665 15 480 -94%
1963 470 0.000118741 22 448 -91%
1964 413 0.000106235 20 393 -90%
1965 422 0.000116399 14 408 -93%
1966 361 0.000103865 12 349 -93%
1967 335 0.000098678 13 322 -92%
1968 289 0.000085543 11 278 -92%
1969 253 0.000072799 5 248 -96%
1970 251 0.000069596 10 241 -92%
1971 223 0.00006497 10 213 -91%
1972 191 0.00006077 6 185 -94%
1973 182 0.000060327 7 175 -92%
1974 163 0.000053618 163 -100%
1975 161 0.000053322 9 152 -89%
1976 165 0.000054378 19 146 -77%
1977 174 0.000054777 17 157 -80%
1978 163 0.000051357 15 148 -82%
1979 179 0.000053802 18 161 -80%
1980 193 0.000056031 41 152 -58%
1981 173 0.000050009 31 142 -64%
1982 179 0.000051027 48 131 -46%
1983 218 0.000062945 58 160 -47%
1984 166 0.000047581 42 124 -49%
1985 193 0.000054075 50 143 -48%
1986 182 0.000051166 32 150 -65%
1987 192 0.00005325 48 144 -50%
1988 158 0.00004276 28 130 -65%
1989 170 0.00004422 32 138 -62%
1990 163 0.00004124 25 138 -69%
1991 135 0.000034657 23 112 -66%
1992 152 0.00003957 29 123 -62%
1993 127 0.000033685 25 102 -61%
1994 118 0.00003174 14 104 -76%
1995 91 0.000024849 13 78 -71%
1996 113 0.000030983 17 96 -70%
1997 90 0.000024822 9 81 -80%
1998 116 0.000031537 14 102 -76%
1999 104 0.000028155 9 95 -83%
2000 99 0.000026191 15 84 -70%
2001 113 0.000030187 16 97 -72%
2002 126 0.000033705 16 110 -75%
2003 148 0.000038924 5 143 -93%
2004 164 0.000042922 11 153 -87%
2005 184 0.000047856 10 174 -89%
2006 226 0.000057126 12 214 -89%
2007 268 0.000067039 5 263 -96%
2008 274 0.000069708 274 -100%
2009 307 0.000080363 12 295 -92%
2010 312 0.000084422 12 300 -92%
2011 306 0.000083657 23 283 -85%
2012 276 0.000075464 27 249 -80%
2013 268 0.000073512 13 255 -90%
2014 318 0.000085798 18 300 -89%
2015 297 0.00008025 24 273 -84%
2016 256 0.00006978 20 236 -84%
2017 254 0.000071025 18 236 -86%
2018 279 0.000079354 12 267 -91%
2019 268 0.000077213 11 257 -92%
2020 270 0.000080824 10 260 -93%
2021 273 0.00008058 8 265 -94%
2022 247 0.000073009 6 241 -95%
2023 271 0.000081844 16 255 -88%
2024 267 0.000080216 10 257 -93%

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