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How popular is “Burney” in the USA?

Number of people named “Burney” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Burney” by birth year

This chart shows how “Burney” 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
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 14 0.000012312 14 -100%
1914 14 0.000009885 14 -100%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 -100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 -100%
1917 12 0.00000598 12 -100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 -100%
1919 19 0.000009004 5 14 -47%
1920 17 0.000007513 17 -100%
1921 18 0.00000771 18 -100%
1922 16 0.000006989 16 -100%
1923 18 0.000007818 18 -100%
1924 18 0.000007558 18 -100%
1925 16 0.000006857 16 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1927 13 0.000005605 13 -100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 -100%
1929 14 0.000006386 14 -100%
1930 21 0.000009445 21 -100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 -100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 -100%
1933 21 0.000010503 21 -100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 -100%
1935 17 0.000008134 17 -100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 -100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 -100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1941 16 0.000006567 16 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 -100%
1943 19 0.000006731 19 -100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 -100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 -100%
1946 18 0.000005633 18 -100%
1947 16 0.000004442 16 -100%
1948 17 0.000004924 17 -100%
1949 18 0.000005165 18 -100%
1950 18 0.000005138 18 -100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 -100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 -100%
1957 14 0.000003332 14 -100%
1958 12 0.000002903 12 -100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 -100%
1962 10 0.000002478 10 -100%
1963 13 0.000003284 13 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 -100%
1971 11 0.000003205 11 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%

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