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How popular is “Salman” in the USA?

Number of people named “Salman” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Salman” by birth year

This chart shows how “Salman” 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
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 -100%
1981 18 0.000005203 18 -100%
1982 15 0.000004276 15 -100%
1983 14 0.000004042 14 -100%
1984 18 0.000005159 18 -100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 -100%
1986 23 0.000006466 23 -100%
1987 20 0.000005547 20 -100%
1988 17 0.000004601 17 -100%
1989 25 0.000006503 25 -100%
1990 26 0.000006578 26 -100%
1991 38 0.000009755 38 -100%
1992 49 0.000012756 49 -100%
1993 39 0.000010344 39 -100%
1994 52 0.000013987 52 -100%
1995 43 0.000011742 43 -100%
1996 41 0.000011242 41 -100%
1997 40 0.000011032 40 -100%
1998 42 0.000011419 42 -100%
1999 37 0.000010017 37 -100%
2000 53 0.000014022 53 -100%
2001 42 0.00001122 42 -100%
2002 39 0.000010433 39 -100%
2003 49 0.000012887 49 -100%
2004 41 0.00001073 41 -100%
2005 44 0.000011444 44 -100%
2006 43 0.000010869 43 -100%
2007 54 0.000013508 54 -100%
2008 60 0.000015265 60 -100%
2009 55 0.000014397 55 -100%
2010 66 0.000017858 66 -100%
2011 76 0.000020778 76 -100%
2012 87 0.000023788 87 -100%
2013 86 0.00002359 86 -100%
2014 108 0.000029139 108 -100%
2015 143 0.000038639 143 -100%
2016 142 0.000038706 142 -100%
2017 119 0.000033276 119 -100%
2018 124 0.000035268 124 -100%
2019 99 0.000028523 99 -100%
2020 72 0.000021553 72 -100%
2021 81 0.000023908 81 -100%
2022 75 0.000022169 75 -100%
2023 83 0.000025066 83 -100%
2024 73 0.000021932 73 -100%

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