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How popular is “Dorlene” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dorlene” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dorlene” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dorlene” 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
1915 5 0.000002729 5 100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 100%
1926 19 0.000008276 19 100%
1927 20 0.000008623 20 100%
1928 17 0.000007519 17 100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 100%
1932 14 0.000006631 14 100%
1933 25 0.000012503 25 100%
1934 20 0.00000963 20 100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 100%
1938 15 0.000006779 15 100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 100%
1956 14 0.000003396 14 100%
1957 13 0.000003094 13 100%
1958 15 0.000003629 15 100%
1959 22 0.000005291 22 100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 100%

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