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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Samira” in the USA?

Number of people named “Samira” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Samira” by birth year

This chart shows how “Samira” 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
1961 5 0.000001207 5 100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 100%
1966 12 0.000003453 12 100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 100%
1970 13 0.000003605 13 100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 100%
1973 28 0.000009281 28 100%
1974 18 0.000005921 18 100%
1975 25 0.00000828 25 100%
1976 29 0.000009557 29 100%
1977 28 0.000008815 28 100%
1978 40 0.000012603 40 100%
1979 36 0.000010821 36 100%
1980 52 0.000015097 52 100%
1981 56 0.000016188 56 100%
1982 57 0.000016249 57 100%
1983 52 0.000015014 52 100%
1984 46 0.000013185 46 100%
1985 56 0.00001569 56 100%
1986 56 0.000015743 56 100%
1987 60 0.000016641 60 100%
1988 72 0.000019486 72 100%
1989 82 0.000021329 82 100%
1990 103 0.00002606 103 100%
1991 104 0.000026699 104 100%
1992 108 0.000028116 108 100%
1993 109 0.00002891 109 100%
1994 102 0.000027437 102 100%
1995 126 0.000034406 126 100%
1996 129 0.00003537 129 100%
1997 116 0.000031993 116 100%
1998 160 0.000043499 160 100%
1999 134 0.000036276 134 100%
2000 175 0.000046297 175 100%
2001 165 0.000044078 165 100%
2002 247 0.000066073 247 100%
2003 313 0.000082318 313 100%
2004 238 0.000062289 238 100%
2005 252 0.000065542 252 100%
2006 236 0.000059653 236 100%
2007 243 0.000060785 243 100%
2008 245 0.00006233 245 100%
2009 238 0.000062301 238 100%
2010 237 0.000064128 237 100%
2011 214 0.000058505 214 100%
2012 225 0.00006152 225 100%
2013 236 0.000064734 236 100%
2014 208 0.00005612 208 100%
2015 227 0.000061336 227 100%
2016 239 0.000065146 239 100%
2017 262 0.000073262 262 100%
2018 295 0.000083905 295 100%
2019 261 0.000075196 261 100%
2020 279 0.000083519 279 100%
2021 287 0.000084712 287 100%
2022 365 0.000107888 365 100%
2023 349 0.0001054 349 100%
2024 364 0.000109359 364 100%

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