girls:
17 births since 1978
#5699 (0th percentile)
boys:
20 births since 1969
#4566 (0th percentile)
overall:
37 births since 1969
#7702 (0th percentile)
The name Java is the #7,702 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 37 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 0.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,566 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 20 births since 1969. For girls, it ranks #5,699 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 17 births since 1978.
Java first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for boys and 1978 for girls). Birth data for Java is available in 6 out of the 32 years between 1969 and 2000. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Java is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2000, 100.0% of babies named Java were girls. Interestingly, until around 1998, the name was more popular for boys (74.1% boys from 1969 to 1997), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1998 to 2000).
For boys, Java reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #658) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1980.
For girls, Java reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #754) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2000.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Java".
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