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How popular is “Denay” in the USA?

Number of people named “Denay” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Denay” by birth year

This chart shows how “Denay” 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
1963 5 0.000001263 5 100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 100%
1978 20 0.000006301 20 100%
1979 16 0.000004809 16 100%
1980 14 0.000004064 14 100%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 100%
1984 14 0.000004013 14 100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 100%
1986 17 0.000004779 17 100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 100%
1989 14 0.000003642 14 100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 100%
1991 23 0.000005905 23 100%
1992 23 0.000005988 23 100%
1993 13 0.000003448 13 100%
1994 14 0.000003766 14 100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 100%
2000 20 0.000005291 20 100%
2001 11 0.000002939 11 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2003 13 0.000003419 13 100%
2004 22 0.000005758 22 100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 100%
2009 11 0.000002879 11 100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 100%

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