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How popular is “Adela” in the USA?

Number of people named “Adela” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Adela” by birth year

This chart shows how “Adela” 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 9 0.000044669 9 100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 100%
1882 17 0.000076738 17 100%
1883 15 0.000069142 15 100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 100%
1885 13 0.000053975 13 100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 100%
1887 17 0.000068717 17 100%
1888 21 0.000070123 21 100%
1889 29 0.000100365 29 100%
1890 23 0.00007631 23 100%
1891 28 0.000097672 28 100%
1892 23 0.000068785 23 100%
1893 32 0.000098394 32 100%
1894 35 0.000103339 35 100%
1895 34 0.000096861 34 100%
1896 28 0.000078325 28 100%
1897 29 0.000083584 29 100%
1898 39 0.00010224 39 100%
1899 36 0.000106121 36 100%
1900 38 0.000084396 38 100%
1901 35 0.000101211 35 100%
1902 33 0.00008533 33 100%
1903 28 0.000073452 28 100%
1904 41 0.000101615 41 100%
1905 36 0.000084921 36 100%
1906 44 0.000102696 44 100%
1907 38 0.000081652 38 100%
1908 35 0.000071626 35 100%
1909 49 0.000095848 49 100%
1910 55 0.000093108 55 100%
1911 63 0.000097784 63 100%
1912 65 0.000065785 65 100%
1913 61 0.000053645 61 100%
1914 74 0.000052247 74 100%
1915 116 0.000063304 116 100%
1916 154 0.000079611 154 100%
1917 138 0.000068768 138 100%
1918 163 0.000075077 163 100%
1919 151 0.000071556 151 100%
1920 161 0.000071156 161 100%
1921 157 0.000067252 157 100%
1922 120 0.000052421 120 100%
1923 121 0.000052552 121 100%
1924 130 0.000054585 130 100%
1925 113 0.000048429 113 100%
1926 111 0.000048347 111 100%
1927 118 0.000050876 118 100%
1928 110 0.000048652 110 100%
1929 105 0.000047898 105 100%
1930 110 0.000049476 110 100%
1931 81 0.000038491 81 100%
1932 101 0.000047838 101 100%
1933 78 0.000039011 78 100%
1934 68 0.000032742 68 100%
1935 86 0.00004115 86 100%
1936 71 0.000034174 71 100%
1937 57 0.000026752 57 100%
1938 74 0.000033445 74 100%
1939 79 0.000035853 79 100%
1940 83 0.000036045 83 100%
1941 90 0.000036939 90 100%
1942 95 0.000034775 95 100%
1943 71 0.000025154 71 100%
1944 100 0.000037174 100 100%
1945 110 0.000041464 110 100%
1946 122 0.000038181 122 100%
1947 119 0.000033034 119 100%
1948 142 0.000041129 142 100%
1949 111 0.000031853 111 100%
1950 122 0.000034824 122 100%
1951 125 0.000033933 125 100%
1952 106 0.000027909 106 100%
1953 129 0.000033475 129 100%
1954 121 0.000030397 121 100%
1955 120 0.000029887 120 100%
1956 127 0.000030803 127 100%
1957 121 0.000028795 121 100%
1958 104 0.000025158 104 100%
1959 105 0.000025253 105 100%
1960 111 0.000026722 111 100%
1961 100 0.000024141 100 100%
1962 108 0.000026763 108 100%
1963 108 0.000027285 108 100%
1964 100 0.000025723 100 100%
1965 91 0.0000251 91 100%
1966 79 0.00002273 79 100%
1967 64 0.000018852 64 100%
1968 70 0.00002072 70 100%
1969 72 0.000020717 72 100%
1970 94 0.000026064 94 100%
1971 76 0.000022142 76 100%
1972 72 0.000022908 72 100%
1973 78 0.000025854 78 100%
1974 85 0.000027961 85 100%
1975 70 0.000023183 70 100%
1976 80 0.000026365 80 100%
1977 74 0.000023296 74 100%
1978 76 0.000023946 76 100%
1979 86 0.000025849 86 100%
1980 77 0.000022354 77 100%
1981 81 0.000023415 81 100%
1982 63 0.000017959 63 100%
1983 69 0.000019923 69 100%
1984 63 0.000018058 63 100%
1985 62 0.000017371 62 100%
1986 75 0.000021085 75 100%
1987 72 0.000019969 72 100%
1988 57 0.000015426 57 100%
1989 85 0.00002211 85 100%
1990 93 0.00002353 93 100%
1991 105 0.000026956 105 100%
1992 85 0.000022128 85 100%
1993 97 0.000025728 97 100%
1994 107 0.000028782 107 100%
1995 97 0.000026487 97 100%
1996 95 0.000026047 95 100%
1997 107 0.000029511 107 100%
1998 152 0.000041324 152 100%
1999 112 0.000030321 112 100%
2000 126 0.000033334 126 100%
2001 119 0.000031789 119 100%
2002 135 0.000036113 135 100%
2003 119 0.000031297 119 100%
2004 120 0.000031406 120 100%
2005 149 0.000038753 149 100%
2006 141 0.00003564 141 100%
2007 143 0.000035771 143 100%
2008 150 0.000038161 150 100%
2009 165 0.000043192 165 100%
2010 128 0.000034634 128 100%
2011 152 0.000041555 152 100%
2012 210 0.000057418 210 100%
2013 209 0.000057328 209 100%
2014 184 0.000049644 184 100%
2015 227 0.000061336 227 100%
2016 202 0.00005506 202 100%
2017 184 0.000051451 184 100%
2018 188 0.000053471 188 100%
2019 193 0.000055605 193 100%
2020 200 0.00005987 200 100%
2021 205 0.000060509 205 100%
2022 221 0.000065324 221 100%
2023 215 0.000064931 215 100%
2024 224 0.000067298 224 100%

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