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How popular is “Mena” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mena” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Mena” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mena” 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%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 100%
1921 12 0.00000514 12 100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 100%
1959 11 0.000002646 11 100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 100%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 100%
1984 15 0.0000043 7 8 -7%
1985 16 0.000004483 9 7 13%
1986 14 0.000003936 8 6 14%
1987 15 0.00000416 10 5 33%
1988 30 0.000008119 14 16 -7%
1989 20 0.000005202 10 10 0%
1990 16 0.000004048 7 9 -13%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 100%
1992 17 0.000004426 9 8 6%
1993 18 0.000004774 18 100%
1994 15 0.000004035 15 100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 100%
1996 23 0.000006306 16 7 39%
1997 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1998 22 0.000005981 22 100%
1999 19 0.000005144 12 7 26%
2000 26 0.000006878 26 100%
2001 28 0.00000748 23 5 64%
2002 35 0.000009363 35 100%
2003 34 0.000008942 34 100%
2004 27 0.000007066 27 100%
2005 49 0.000012744 44 5 80%
2006 44 0.000011122 38 6 73%
2007 52 0.000013008 46 6 77%
2008 72 0.000018318 65 7 81%
2009 57 0.000014921 51 6 79%
2010 45 0.000012176 45 100%
2011 44 0.000012029 38 6 73%
2012 41 0.00001121 31 10 51%
2013 51 0.000013989 45 6 76%
2014 45 0.000012141 40 5 78%
2015 37 0.000009998 28 9 51%
2016 35 0.00000954 28 7 60%
2017 17 0.000004754 17 100%
2018 32 0.000009102 32 100%
2019 29 0.000008355 29 100%
2020 20 0.000005987 20 100%
2021 26 0.000007674 26 100%
2022 25 0.00000739 25 100%
2023 13 0.000003926 13 100%
2024 21 0.000006309 21 100%

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