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How popular is “Verne” in the USA?

Number of people named “Verne” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Verne” by birth year

This chart shows how “Verne” 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 11 0.000054595 11 -100%
1881 15 0.000077846 15 -100%
1882 11 0.000049654 6 5 9%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1884 16 0.000065719 8 8 0%
1885 21 0.00008719 6 15 -43%
1886 18 0.000070501 18 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 11 0.000036731 11 -100%
1889 28 0.000096904 10 18 -29%
1890 32 0.000106171 7 25 -56%
1891 26 0.000090696 13 13 0%
1892 34 0.000101683 14 20 -18%
1893 39 0.000119918 6 33 -69%
1894 20 0.000059051 5 15 -50%
1895 28 0.000079768 8 20 -43%
1896 25 0.000069933 25 -100%
1897 40 0.000115288 11 29 -45%
1898 30 0.000078646 10 20 -33%
1899 20 0.000058956 7 13 -30%
1900 27 0.000059966 8 19 -41%
1901 35 0.000101211 10 25 -43%
1902 31 0.000080159 11 20 -29%
1903 29 0.000076076 9 20 -38%
1904 30 0.000074352 7 23 -53%
1905 24 0.000056614 6 18 -50%
1906 34 0.000079356 6 28 -65%
1907 42 0.000090247 14 28 -33%
1908 27 0.000055254 11 16 -19%
1909 38 0.000074331 15 23 -21%
1910 37 0.000062636 18 19 -3%
1911 29 0.000045012 16 13 10%
1912 59 0.000059713 17 42 -42%
1913 97 0.000085304 13 84 -73%
1914 118 0.000083313 17 101 -71%
1915 157 0.000085679 33 124 -58%
1916 164 0.00008478 20 144 -76%
1917 188 0.000093684 34 154 -64%
1918 190 0.000087513 42 148 -56%
1919 200 0.000094776 33 167 -67%
1920 151 0.000066736 19 132 -75%
1921 180 0.000077104 18 162 -80%
1922 173 0.000075574 15 158 -83%
1923 173 0.000075136 18 155 -79%
1924 161 0.000067601 17 144 -79%
1925 157 0.000067287 16 141 -80%
1926 155 0.000067512 10 145 -87%
1927 135 0.000058206 12 123 -82%
1928 159 0.000070325 25 134 -69%
1929 128 0.00005839 11 117 -83%
1930 130 0.000058472 10 120 -85%
1931 110 0.000052272 9 101 -84%
1932 127 0.000060153 10 117 -84%
1933 105 0.000052515 10 95 -81%
1934 98 0.000047188 10 88 -80%
1935 105 0.000050242 10 95 -81%
1936 96 0.000046208 13 83 -73%
1937 81 0.000038016 8 73 -80%
1938 94 0.000042484 9 85 -81%
1939 82 0.000037215 82 -100%
1940 70 0.000030399 7 63 -80%
1941 94 0.000038581 7 87 -85%
1942 104 0.00003807 17 87 -67%
1943 84 0.00002976 10 74 -76%
1944 85 0.000031598 6 79 -86%
1945 73 0.000027517 10 63 -73%
1946 93 0.000029105 12 81 -74%
1947 85 0.000023596 9 76 -79%
1948 89 0.000025778 11 78 -75%
1949 78 0.000022383 12 66 -69%
1950 80 0.000022835 11 69 -73%
1951 85 0.000023074 6 79 -86%
1952 82 0.00002159 8 74 -80%
1953 92 0.000023874 9 83 -80%
1954 99 0.00002487 12 87 -76%
1955 83 0.000020672 7 76 -83%
1956 57 0.000013825 6 51 -79%
1957 60 0.000014278 60 -100%
1958 49 0.000011853 49 -100%
1959 48 0.000011544 6 42 -75%
1960 47 0.000011315 6 41 -74%
1961 46 0.000011105 46 -100%
1962 34 0.000008425 5 29 -71%
1963 50 0.000012632 50 -100%
1964 25 0.000006431 25 -100%
1965 26 0.000007172 26 -100%
1966 33 0.000009495 33 -100%
1967 24 0.000007069 24 -100%
1968 26 0.000007696 26 -100%
1969 24 0.000006906 24 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 19 0.000005536 19 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1973 15 0.000004972 15 -100%
1974 12 0.000003947 12 -100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 -100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 -100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 -100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 -100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%

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