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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ventura” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ventura” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ventura” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ventura” 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
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1910 11 0.000018622 5 6 -9%
1914 10 0.00000706 5 5 0%
1915 13 0.000007094 8 5 23%
1916 12 0.000006203 5 7 -17%
1918 13 0.000005988 5 8 -23%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 -100%
1920 33 0.000014585 11 22 -33%
1921 12 0.00000514 12 -100%
1922 18 0.000007863 9 9 0%
1923 25 0.000010858 9 16 -28%
1924 22 0.000009237 22 -100%
1925 24 0.000010286 8 16 -33%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 -100%
1927 22 0.000009485 7 15 -36%
1928 30 0.000013269 8 22 -47%
1929 28 0.000012773 8 20 -43%
1930 14 0.000006297 5 9 -29%
1931 24 0.000011405 5 19 -58%
1932 13 0.000006157 5 8 -23%
1933 19 0.000009503 8 11 -16%
1934 20 0.00000963 12 8 20%
1935 12 0.000005742 12 -100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1937 15 0.00000704 5 10 -33%
1938 29 0.000013107 6 23 -59%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 -100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 -100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 -100%
1944 16 0.000005948 16 -100%
1945 21 0.000007916 21 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1947 13 0.000003609 13 -100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 20 0.000005709 10 10 0%
1951 14 0.0000038 14 -100%
1952 14 0.000003686 14 -100%
1953 18 0.000004671 18 -100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 -100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 -100%
1956 25 0.000006063 5 20 -60%
1957 14 0.000003332 5 9 -29%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 -100%
1959 11 0.000002646 11 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 21 0.000005204 21 -100%
1963 17 0.000004295 5 12 -41%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 -100%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 -100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 -100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 18 0.000005727 18 -100%
1973 19 0.000006298 6 13 -37%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 -100%
1975 20 0.000006624 6 14 -40%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 -100%
1979 24 0.000007214 5 19 -58%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 -100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 -100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 -100%
1983 14 0.000004042 5 9 -29%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 -100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 -100%
1986 12 0.000003374 5 7 -17%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 25 0.000006766 8 17 -36%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 -100%
1990 19 0.000004807 5 14 -47%
1991 17 0.000004364 17 -100%
1992 23 0.000005988 5 18 -57%
1993 19 0.000005039 19 -100%
1994 18 0.000004842 18 -100%
1995 21 0.000005734 6 15 -43%
1996 28 0.000007677 5 23 -64%
1997 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 -100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
2000 17 0.000004497 17 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 -100%
2003 12 0.000003156 12 -100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2008 17 0.000004325 17 -100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2011 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 -100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 -100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%
2020 10 0.000002993 10 -100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 -100%
2024 13 0.000003906 5 8 -23%

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