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How popular is “Taiwan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Taiwan” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Taiwan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Taiwan” 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
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 -100%
1972 19 0.000006045 7 12 -26%
1973 17 0.000005635 17 -100%
1974 35 0.000011513 10 25 -43%
1975 38 0.000012585 9 29 -53%
1976 61 0.000020103 10 51 -67%
1977 47 0.000014796 5 42 -79%
1978 46 0.000014493 5 41 -78%
1979 44 0.000013225 8 36 -64%
1980 20 0.000005806 20 -100%
1981 20 0.000005781 20 -100%
1982 19 0.000005416 19 -100%
1983 22 0.000006352 22 -100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 -100%
1985 18 0.000005043 6 12 -33%
1986 18 0.00000506 6 12 -33%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 -100%
1989 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 -100%
1992 15 0.000003905 15 -100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 -100%
1994 18 0.000004842 18 -100%
1995 21 0.000005734 21 -100%
1996 22 0.000006032 22 -100%
1997 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1998 20 0.000005437 20 -100%
1999 21 0.000005685 21 -100%
2000 18 0.000004762 18 -100%
2001 27 0.000007213 27 -100%
2002 13 0.000003478 13 -100%
2003 20 0.00000526 20 -100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2005 15 0.000003901 15 -100%
2006 21 0.000005308 21 -100%
2007 14 0.000003502 14 -100%
2008 17 0.000004325 17 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 -100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 -100%
2017 9 0.000002517 9 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%

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  1. Taitym
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  7. Taiwana
  8. Taiwanda
  9. Taiwanna
  10. Taiwo
  11. Taiwon