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How popular is “Zane” in the USA?

Number of people named “Zane” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Zane” by birth year

This chart shows how “Zane” 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
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 12 0.000006549 12 -100%
1916 9 0.000004653 9 -100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 -100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 -100%
1919 34 0.000016112 6 28 -65%
1920 48 0.000021214 9 39 -63%
1921 57 0.000024416 57 -100%
1922 80 0.000034947 6 74 -85%
1923 86 0.000037351 8 78 -81%
1924 96 0.000040309 9 87 -81%
1925 80 0.000034286 5 75 -88%
1926 119 0.000051831 8 111 -87%
1927 75 0.000032337 75 -100%
1928 79 0.000034941 79 -100%
1929 69 0.000031476 10 59 -71%
1930 81 0.000036433 6 75 -85%
1931 72 0.000034214 72 -100%
1932 86 0.000040733 5 81 -88%
1933 89 0.000044512 7 82 -84%
1934 84 0.000040447 8 76 -81%
1935 89 0.000042586 9 80 -80%
1936 69 0.000033212 5 64 -86%
1937 49 0.000022997 49 -100%
1938 62 0.000028022 62 -100%
1939 61 0.000027684 61 -100%
1940 76 0.000033005 8 68 -79%
1941 52 0.000021343 52 -100%
1942 67 0.000024526 6 61 -82%
1943 63 0.00002232 63 -100%
1944 52 0.00001933 5 47 -81%
1945 55 0.000020732 5 50 -82%
1946 63 0.000019716 6 57 -81%
1947 67 0.000018599 67 -100%
1948 92 0.000026647 92 -100%
1949 70 0.000020087 70 -100%
1950 76 0.000021693 7 69 -82%
1951 74 0.000020088 74 -100%
1952 81 0.000021327 6 75 -85%
1953 106 0.000027506 5 101 -91%
1954 110 0.000027633 5 105 -91%
1955 109 0.000027148 109 -100%
1956 132 0.000032015 7 125 -89%
1957 173 0.000041169 6 167 -93%
1958 151 0.000036527 5 146 -93%
1959 153 0.000036797 153 -100%
1960 119 0.000028648 119 -100%
1961 161 0.000038867 161 -100%
1962 155 0.00003841 7 148 -91%
1963 143 0.000036128 143 -100%
1964 116 0.000029838 116 -100%
1965 110 0.000030341 8 102 -85%
1966 95 0.000027333 95 -100%
1967 109 0.000032107 109 -100%
1968 122 0.000036112 122 -100%
1969 115 0.00003309 115 -100%
1970 145 0.000040205 145 -100%
1971 130 0.000037875 130 -100%
1972 141 0.000044862 141 -100%
1973 135 0.000044748 6 129 -91%
1974 135 0.000044408 135 -100%
1975 126 0.00004173 126 -100%
1976 138 0.00004548 138 -100%
1977 134 0.000042185 134 -100%
1978 169 0.000053247 169 -100%
1979 184 0.000055305 184 -100%
1980 193 0.000056031 193 -100%
1981 208 0.000060126 208 -100%
1982 233 0.00006642 233 -100%
1983 208 0.000060058 208 -100%
1984 240 0.000068792 240 -100%
1985 337 0.000094421 5 332 -97%
1986 379 0.000106548 5 374 -97%
1987 331 0.000091801 6 325 -96%
1988 377 0.000102029 377 -100%
1989 421 0.000109509 421 -100%
1990 517 0.000130804 7 510 -97%
1991 499 0.000128104 499 -100%
1992 631 0.000164268 9 622 -97%
1993 696 0.000184602 5 691 -99%
1994 799 0.000214921 21 778 -95%
1995 787 0.000214901 13 774 -97%
1996 935 0.000256361 16 919 -97%
1997 1057 0.000291526 17 1040 -97%
1998 1086 0.000295253 12 1074 -98%
1999 1258 0.000340564 17 1241 -97%
2000 1377 0.000364295 9 1368 -99%
2001 1345 0.0003593 14 1331 -98%
2002 1569 0.000419711 11 1558 -99%
2003 1598 0.00042027 8 1590 -99%
2004 1469 0.000384462 14 1455 -98%
2005 1446 0.000376088 11 1435 -98%
2006 1419 0.000358679 8 1411 -99%
2007 1610 0.000402733 11 1599 -99%
2008 1583 0.000402731 9 1574 -99%
2009 1533 0.000401291 10 1523 -99%
2010 1473 0.000398567 10 1463 -99%
2011 1617 0.00044207 8 1609 -99%
2012 1601 0.000437747 6 1595 -99%
2013 1754 0.000481119 8 1746 -99%
2014 1705 0.000460018 7 1698 -99%
2015 1682 0.000454483 12 1670 -99%
2016 1883 0.000513261 9 1874 -99%
2017 1975 0.000552263 15 1960 -98%
2018 2039 0.000579937 8 2031 -99%
2019 1607 0.000462988 8 1599 -99%
2020 1367 0.000409211 7 1360 -99%
2021 1497 0.00044186 9 1488 -99%
2022 1357 0.000401107 13 1344 -98%
2023 1236 0.000373279 13 1223 -98%
2024 1105 0.000331981 1105 -100%

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