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How popular is “Dinah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dinah” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dinah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dinah” 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 6 0.000029779 6 100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 100%
1883 9 0.000041485 9 100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 100%
1885 12 0.000049823 12 100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1888 12 0.00004007 12 100%
1889 15 0.000051913 15 100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 100%
1894 11 0.000032478 11 100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 100%
1896 13 0.000036365 13 100%
1897 13 0.000037469 13 100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 100%
1900 24 0.000053303 24 100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 100%
1902 12 0.000031029 12 100%
1904 14 0.000034698 14 100%
1905 15 0.000035384 15 100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 100%
1907 14 0.000030082 14 100%
1908 12 0.000024558 12 100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 100%
1910 12 0.000020315 12 100%
1911 15 0.000023282 15 100%
1912 23 0.000023278 23 100%
1913 21 0.000018468 21 100%
1914 27 0.000019063 27 100%
1915 21 0.00001146 21 100%
1916 31 0.000016026 31 100%
1917 24 0.00001196 24 100%
1918 21 0.000009672 21 100%
1919 32 0.000015164 32 100%
1920 23 0.000010165 23 100%
1921 31 0.000013279 31 100%
1922 30 0.000013105 30 100%
1923 27 0.000011726 27 100%
1924 30 0.000012597 30 100%
1925 22 0.000009429 22 100%
1926 24 0.000010453 24 100%
1927 21 0.000009054 21 100%
1928 24 0.000010615 24 100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 100%
1930 22 0.000009895 22 100%
1931 17 0.000008078 17 100%
1932 23 0.000010894 23 100%
1933 35 0.000017505 35 100%
1934 26 0.000012519 26 100%
1935 37 0.000017704 37 100%
1936 26 0.000012515 26 100%
1937 35 0.000016427 35 100%
1938 33 0.000014915 33 100%
1939 35 0.000015884 35 100%
1940 42 0.00001824 42 100%
1941 69 0.00002832 69 100%
1942 142 0.00005198 142 100%
1943 178 0.000063063 178 100%
1944 188 0.000069886 188 100%
1945 162 0.000061065 162 100%
1946 188 0.000058836 188 100%
1947 217 0.000060239 217 100%
1948 190 0.000055032 190 100%
1949 216 0.000061984 216 100%
1950 248 0.000070789 248 100%
1951 237 0.000064337 237 100%
1952 257 0.000067667 257 100%
1953 257 0.00006669 257 100%
1954 270 0.000067827 270 100%
1955 346 0.000086175 346 100%
1956 333 0.000080766 333 100%
1957 325 0.000077341 325 100%
1958 332 0.000080311 332 100%
1959 298 0.000071669 298 100%
1960 295 0.000071019 295 100%
1961 237 0.000057215 237 100%
1962 208 0.000051544 208 100%
1963 178 0.00004497 178 100%
1964 173 0.0000445 173 100%
1965 142 0.000039168 142 100%
1966 123 0.000035389 123 100%
1967 88 0.000025921 88 100%
1968 91 0.000026936 91 100%
1969 91 0.000026185 91 100%
1970 103 0.000028559 103 100%
1971 91 0.000026512 91 100%
1972 97 0.000030862 97 100%
1973 78 0.000025854 78 100%
1974 60 0.000019737 60 100%
1975 98 0.000032457 98 100%
1976 81 0.000026695 81 100%
1977 74 0.000023296 74 100%
1978 69 0.00002174 69 100%
1979 85 0.000025549 85 100%
1980 57 0.000016548 57 100%
1981 79 0.000022836 79 100%
1982 64 0.000018244 64 100%
1983 66 0.000019057 66 100%
1984 72 0.000020638 72 100%
1985 63 0.000017651 63 100%
1986 44 0.00001237 44 100%
1987 52 0.000014422 52 100%
1988 68 0.000018403 68 100%
1989 63 0.000016387 63 100%
1990 51 0.000012903 51 100%
1991 41 0.000010526 41 100%
1992 45 0.000011715 45 100%
1993 45 0.000011935 45 100%
1994 51 0.000013718 51 100%
1995 47 0.000012834 47 100%
1996 64 0.000017548 64 100%
1997 43 0.00001186 43 100%
1998 51 0.000013865 51 100%
1999 71 0.000019221 71 100%
2000 65 0.000017196 65 100%
2001 75 0.000020035 75 100%
2002 73 0.000019528 73 100%
2003 69 0.000018147 69 100%
2004 55 0.000014394 55 100%
2005 39 0.000010143 39 100%
2006 60 0.000015166 60 100%
2007 57 0.000014258 57 100%
2008 58 0.000014756 58 100%
2009 68 0.0000178 68 100%
2010 47 0.000012717 47 100%
2011 44 0.000012029 44 100%
2012 48 0.000013124 48 100%
2013 51 0.000013989 51 100%
2014 54 0.000014569 54 100%
2015 60 0.000016212 60 100%
2016 54 0.000014719 54 100%
2017 51 0.000014261 51 100%
2018 52 0.00001479 52 100%
2019 41 0.000011812 41 100%
2020 50 0.000014967 50 100%
2021 50 0.000014758 50 100%
2022 39 0.000011528 39 100%
2023 40 0.00001208 40 100%
2024 38 0.000011417 38 100%

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