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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Varun” in the USA?

Number of people named “Varun” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Varun” by birth year

This chart shows how “Varun” 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
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 -100%
1983 12 0.000003465 12 -100%
1984 14 0.000004013 14 -100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 -100%
1986 20 0.000005623 20 -100%
1987 23 0.000006379 23 -100%
1988 28 0.000007578 28 -100%
1989 28 0.000007283 28 -100%
1990 27 0.000006831 27 -100%
1991 35 0.000008985 35 -100%
1992 39 0.000010153 39 -100%
1993 44 0.00001167 44 -100%
1994 43 0.000011566 43 -100%
1995 57 0.000015565 57 -100%
1996 67 0.00001837 67 -100%
1997 79 0.000021789 79 -100%
1998 95 0.000025828 95 -100%
1999 107 0.000028967 107 -100%
2000 113 0.000029895 113 -100%
2001 99 0.000026447 99 -100%
2002 123 0.000032903 123 -100%
2003 121 0.000031823 121 -100%
2004 145 0.000037949 145 -100%
2005 140 0.000036412 140 -100%
2006 116 0.000029321 116 -100%
2007 95 0.000023764 95 -100%
2008 101 0.000025695 101 -100%
2009 93 0.000024344 93 -100%
2010 88 0.000023811 88 -100%
2011 72 0.000019684 72 -100%
2012 64 0.000017499 64 -100%
2013 62 0.000017006 62 -100%
2014 50 0.00001349 50 -100%
2015 54 0.000014591 54 -100%
2016 44 0.000011993 44 -100%
2017 47 0.000013142 47 -100%
2018 45 0.000012799 45 -100%
2019 40 0.000011524 40 -100%
2020 27 0.000008082 27 -100%
2021 31 0.00000915 31 -100%
2022 23 0.000006798 23 -100%
2023 20 0.00000604 20 -100%
2024 18 0.000005408 18 -100%

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