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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Yosef” in the USA?

Number of people named “Yosef” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Yosef” by birth year

This chart shows how “Yosef” 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
1951 6 0.000001629 6 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 -100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 -100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 -100%
1969 21 0.000006043 21 -100%
1970 16 0.000004436 16 -100%
1971 24 0.000006992 24 -100%
1972 30 0.000009545 30 -100%
1973 36 0.000011933 36 -100%
1974 26 0.000008553 26 -100%
1975 39 0.000012916 39 -100%
1976 39 0.000012853 39 -100%
1977 45 0.000014167 45 -100%
1978 50 0.000015754 50 -100%
1979 46 0.000013826 46 -100%
1980 43 0.000012484 43 -100%
1981 58 0.000016766 58 -100%
1982 39 0.000011118 39 -100%
1983 66 0.000019057 66 -100%
1984 68 0.000019491 68 -100%
1985 78 0.000021854 78 -100%
1986 75 0.000021085 75 -100%
1987 81 0.000022465 81 -100%
1988 91 0.000024628 91 -100%
1989 108 0.000028092 108 -100%
1990 94 0.000023783 94 -100%
1991 100 0.000025672 100 -100%
1992 93 0.000024211 93 -100%
1993 120 0.000031828 120 -100%
1994 120 0.000032278 120 -100%
1995 99 0.000027033 99 -100%
1996 110 0.00003016 110 -100%
1997 104 0.000028684 104 -100%
1998 131 0.000035615 131 -100%
1999 177 0.000047917 177 -100%
2000 143 0.000037832 143 -100%
2001 166 0.000044345 166 -100%
2002 201 0.000053768 201 -100%
2003 179 0.000047077 179 -100%
2004 213 0.000055746 213 -100%
2005 253 0.000065802 253 -100%
2006 234 0.000059148 234 -100%
2007 261 0.000065288 261 -100%
2008 238 0.00006055 238 -100%
2009 306 0.000080101 306 -100%
2010 287 0.000077657 287 -100%
2011 301 0.00008229 301 -100%
2012 346 0.000094604 346 -100%
2013 356 0.00009765 356 -100%
2014 362 0.00009767 362 -100%
2015 353 0.000095382 353 -100%
2016 370 0.000100853 370 -100%
2017 377 0.000105419 377 -100%
2018 356 0.000101254 356 -100%
2019 393 0.000113226 393 -100%
2020 379 0.000113453 379 -100%
2021 410 0.000121017 410 -100%
2022 420 0.000124145 420 -100%
2023 453 0.000136809 453 -100%
2024 466 0.000140003 466 -100%

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