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How popular is “Klein” in the USA?

Number of people named “Klein” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Klein” by birth year

This chart shows how “Klein” 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
1984 6 0.00000172 6 -100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 -100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 -100%
2013 25 0.000006857 25 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 17 0.000004593 17 -100%
2016 12 0.000003271 12 -100%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 -100%
2018 18 0.00000512 18 -100%
2019 19 0.000005474 19 -100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 -100%
2021 15 0.000004427 15 -100%
2022 14 0.000004138 14 -100%
2023 16 0.000004832 16 -100%
2024 14 0.000004206 14 -100%

Explore other names

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  1. Kleb
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  3. Klee
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  5. Kleigh
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  8. Klementine
  9. Kleo
  10. Kleopatra
  11. Klever