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How popular is “Dessa” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dessa” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dessa” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dessa” 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 12 0.000059558 12 100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 100%
1888 13 0.000043409 13 100%
1889 17 0.000058835 17 100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 100%
1895 11 0.000031337 11 100%
1896 10 0.000027973 10 100%
1897 14 0.000040351 14 100%
1898 12 0.000031458 12 100%
1899 17 0.000050113 17 100%
1900 16 0.000035535 16 100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 100%
1904 12 0.000029741 12 100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 100%
1910 17 0.000028779 17 100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 100%
1913 22 0.000019347 22 100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 100%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 100%
1916 20 0.000010339 20 100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 100%
1918 17 0.00000783 17 100%
1919 13 0.00000616 13 100%
1920 16 0.000007071 16 100%
1921 21 0.000008995 21 100%
1922 22 0.000009611 22 100%
1923 18 0.000007818 18 100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 100%
1927 17 0.00000733 17 100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 100%
1929 15 0.000006843 15 100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 100%
1932 23 0.000010894 23 100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 100%
1946 11 0.000003443 11 100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 100%
1948 17 0.000004924 17 100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 100%
1952 18 0.000004739 18 100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 100%
1956 18 0.000004366 18 100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 100%
1959 12 0.000002886 12 100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 100%
1963 13 0.000003284 13 100%
1964 13 0.000003344 13 100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 100%
1968 12 0.000003552 12 100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 100%
1976 11 0.000003625 11 100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 100%
1978 19 0.000005986 19 100%
1979 15 0.000004509 15 100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 100%
1982 19 0.000005416 19 100%
1983 19 0.000005486 19 100%
1984 13 0.000003726 13 100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 100%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 100%
1988 16 0.00000433 16 100%
1989 12 0.000003121 12 100%
1990 17 0.000004301 17 100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 100%
1993 18 0.000004774 18 100%
1994 13 0.000003497 13 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 100%
2000 18 0.000004762 18 100%
2001 31 0.000008281 31 100%
2002 13 0.000003478 13 100%
2003 17 0.000004471 17 100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 100%
2005 21 0.000005462 21 100%
2006 16 0.000004044 16 100%
2007 24 0.000006003 24 100%
2008 17 0.000004325 17 100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 100%
2010 12 0.000003247 12 100%
2011 17 0.000004648 17 100%
2012 19 0.000005195 19 100%
2013 19 0.000005212 19 100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 100%
2015 20 0.000005404 20 100%
2016 19 0.000005179 19 100%
2017 18 0.000005033 18 100%
2018 14 0.000003982 14 100%
2019 22 0.000006338 22 100%
2020 20 0.000005987 20 100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 100%
2022 11 0.000003251 11 100%
2023 8 0.000002416 8 100%
2024 15 0.000004507 15 100%

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