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How popular is “Ada” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ada” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ada” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ada” 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
1880 652 0.003235989 652 100%
1881 628 0.003259155 628 100%
1882 689 0.003110146 689 100%
1883 778 0.003586146 778 100%
1884 854 0.003507749 854 100%
1885 881 0.003657818 876 5 99%
1886 921 0.003607295 915 6 99%
1887 915 0.003698584 910 5 99%
1888 1121 0.00374323 1116 5 99%
1889 1012 0.003502385 1005 7 99%
1890 1074 0.003563359 1074 100%
1891 982 0.003425506 975 7 99%
1892 1140 0.003409356 1134 6 99%
1893 1051 0.003231629 1051 100%
1894 1024 0.003023414 1018 6 99%
1895 1133 0.003227736 1124 9 98%
1896 1041 0.002912018 1041 100%
1897 966 0.002784207 956 10 98%
1898 1027 0.002692323 1022 5 99%
1899 984 0.002900653 984 100%
1900 1101 0.002445265 1101 100%
1901 913 0.002640163 913 100%
1902 929 0.002402174 921 8 98%
1903 843 0.002211438 843 100%
1904 878 0.002176041 878 100%
1905 873 0.002059341 873 100%
1906 819 0.001911537 819 100%
1907 906 0.001946754 906 100%
1908 922 0.001886835 922 100%
1909 945 0.001848505 945 100%
1910 960 0.00162516 960 100%
1911 939 0.001457445 939 100%
1912 1274 0.001289393 1268 6 99%
1913 1288 0.001132696 1282 6 99%
1914 1499 0.001058359 1494 5 99%
1915 1826 0.000996493 1817 9 99%
1916 1867 0.000965149 1860 7 99%
1917 1853 0.000923384 1853 100%
1918 1950 0.000898158 1943 7 99%
1919 1830 0.000867198 1818 12 99%
1920 1829 0.000808347 1823 6 99%
1921 1763 0.000755192 1756 7 99%
1922 1690 0.000738263 1684 6 99%
1923 1646 0.000714881 1638 8 99%
1924 1590 0.000667616 1583 7 99%
1925 1507 0.000645866 1500 7 99%
1926 1468 0.000639399 1462 6 99%
1927 1359 0.000585938 1347 12 98%
1928 1223 0.000540926 1213 10 98%
1929 1137 0.000518666 1129 8 99%
1930 1040 0.000467776 1040 100%
1931 979 0.000465218 973 6 99%
1932 984 0.000466066 984 100%
1933 876 0.000438121 870 6 99%
1934 833 0.000401095 833 100%
1935 805 0.000385186 798 7 98%
1936 750 0.000360997 750 100%
1937 796 0.000373591 796 100%
1938 755 0.000341232 745 10 97%
1939 703 0.000319046 703 100%
1940 665 0.000288793 665 100%
1941 683 0.000280329 677 6 98%
1942 709 0.000259534 709 100%
1943 658 0.000233122 658 100%
1944 547 0.00020334 547 100%
1945 527 0.00019865 527 100%
1946 547 0.000171189 547 100%
1947 524 0.000145462 524 100%
1948 533 0.00015438 533 100%
1949 497 0.00014262 497 100%
1950 471 0.000134442 471 100%
1951 514 0.000139532 514 100%
1952 482 0.000126909 482 100%
1953 437 0.000113399 437 100%
1954 444 0.000111538 444 100%
1955 433 0.000107843 433 100%
1956 397 0.000096288 397 100%
1957 393 0.000093524 393 100%
1958 371 0.000089746 371 100%
1959 363 0.000087302 363 100%
1960 351 0.000084501 351 100%
1961 344 0.000083046 344 100%
1962 322 0.000079794 322 100%
1963 305 0.000077055 305 100%
1964 318 0.000081798 318 100%
1965 268 0.000073922 268 100%
1966 244 0.000070203 244 100%
1967 245 0.000072167 245 100%
1968 254 0.000075183 254 100%
1969 223 0.000064167 223 100%
1970 238 0.000065992 238 100%
1971 198 0.000057686 198 100%
1972 206 0.000065543 206 100%
1973 201 0.000066625 201 100%
1974 164 0.000053947 164 100%
1975 191 0.000063258 186 5 95%
1976 168 0.000055367 168 100%
1977 187 0.00005887 187 100%
1978 197 0.000062069 197 100%
1979 179 0.000053802 179 100%
1980 166 0.000048193 166 100%
1981 181 0.000052322 181 100%
1982 170 0.000048461 170 100%
1983 146 0.000042156 146 100%
1984 162 0.000046435 156 6 93%
1985 170 0.000047631 165 5 94%
1986 146 0.000041045 146 100%
1987 157 0.000043543 157 100%
1988 154 0.000041677 154 100%
1989 165 0.000042919 165 100%
1990 177 0.000044782 177 100%
1991 170 0.000043643 170 100%
1992 197 0.000051285 197 100%
1993 138 0.000036602 138 100%
1994 155 0.000041693 155 100%
1995 150 0.000040959 150 100%
1996 140 0.000038386 140 100%
1997 143 0.00003944 143 100%
1998 146 0.000039693 146 100%
1999 184 0.000049812 184 100%
2000 196 0.000051853 196 100%
2001 192 0.00005129 192 100%
2002 214 0.000057245 214 100%
2003 219 0.000057596 219 100%
2004 311 0.000081394 305 6 96%
2005 328 0.000085309 328 100%
2006 410 0.000103635 404 6 97%
2007 465 0.000116317 465 100%
2008 529 0.000134583 529 100%
2009 535 0.000140046 535 100%
2010 550 0.00014882 543 7 97%
2011 605 0.0001654 605 100%
2012 634 0.000173349 634 100%
2013 703 0.000192832 703 100%
2014 871 0.000235 871 100%
2015 921 0.000248858 921 100%
2016 968 0.000263854 968 100%
2017 1019 0.00028494 1019 100%
2018 1302 0.000370318 1302 100%
2019 1467 0.000422653 1467 100%
2020 1560 0.000466985 1560 100%
2021 1648 0.00048643 1648 100%
2022 1656 0.000489487 1656 100%
2023 1651 0.000498611 1651 100%
2024 1563 0.000469581 1563 100%

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