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How popular is “Knute” in the USA?

Number of people named “Knute” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Knute” by birth year

This chart shows how “Knute” 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 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1918 12 0.000005527 12 -100%
1919 6 0.000002843 6 -100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 -100%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 -100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 -100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1924 10 0.000004199 10 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 -100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 -100%
1931 19 0.000009029 19 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 -100%
1934 15 0.000007223 15 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 -100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 -100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 -100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 -100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 -100%
1952 13 0.000003423 13 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 -100%
1955 16 0.000003985 16 -100%
1956 17 0.000004123 17 -100%
1957 14 0.000003332 14 -100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 -100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 8 0.000002368 8 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%

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