Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Yakima” in the USA?

Number of people named “Yakima” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Yakima” by birth year

This chart shows how “Yakima” 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
1971 5 0.000001457 5 100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 100%
1978 22 0.000006932 22 100%
1979 18 0.00000541 18 100%
1980 23 0.000006677 23 100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%
1989 12 0.000003121 12 100%
1991 15 0.000003851 15 100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 100%

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