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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Able” in the USA?

Number of people named “Able” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Able” by birth year

This chart shows how “Able” 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
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1917 8 0.000003987 8 -100%
1918 12 0.000005527 12 -100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 -100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 -100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 -100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 -100%
1943 6 0.000002126 6 -100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 -100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 -100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 13 0.000003774 13 -100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 -100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 -100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 -100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 -100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1997 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 -100%
1999 15 0.000004061 15 -100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 -100%
2001 11 0.000002939 11 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2003 12 0.000003156 12 -100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 -100%
2005 15 0.000003901 15 -100%
2006 14 0.000003539 14 -100%
2007 26 0.000006504 26 -100%
2008 19 0.000004834 19 -100%
2009 24 0.000006282 24 -100%
2010 22 0.000005953 22 -100%
2011 33 0.000009022 33 -100%
2012 33 0.000009023 33 -100%
2013 41 0.000011246 41 -100%
2014 45 0.000012141 45 -100%
2015 41 0.000011078 41 -100%
2016 40 0.000010903 40 -100%
2017 34 0.000009507 34 -100%
2018 35 0.000009955 35 -100%
2019 22 0.000006338 22 -100%
2020 30 0.00000898 30 -100%
2021 31 0.00000915 31 -100%
2022 33 0.000009754 33 -100%
2023 14 0.000004228 14 -100%
2024 18 0.000005408 18 -100%

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