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How popular is “Vanesha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Vanesha” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Vanesha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Vanesha” 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
1973 6 0.000001989 6 100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 100%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 100%
1982 18 0.000005131 18 100%
1983 17 0.000004909 17 100%
1984 14 0.000004013 14 100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 100%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 100%
1989 18 0.000004682 18 100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 100%
1991 15 0.000003851 15 100%
1992 18 0.000004686 18 100%
1993 21 0.00000557 21 100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 100%
1995 13 0.00000355 13 100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 100%

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