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How popular is “Aileen” in the USA?

Number of people named “Aileen” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Aileen” by birth year

This chart shows how “Aileen” 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 6 0.000029779 6 100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 100%
1888 10 0.000033392 10 100%
1889 14 0.000048452 14 100%
1890 13 0.000043132 13 100%
1891 14 0.000048836 14 100%
1892 18 0.000053832 18 100%
1893 29 0.00008917 29 100%
1894 40 0.000118102 40 100%
1895 40 0.000113954 40 100%
1896 37 0.000103501 37 100%
1897 44 0.000126817 44 100%
1898 48 0.000125834 48 100%
1899 49 0.000144443 49 100%
1900 67 0.000148804 67 100%
1901 73 0.000211097 73 100%
1902 86 0.000222376 86 100%
1903 63 0.000165268 63 100%
1904 89 0.000220578 89 100%
1905 67 0.000158048 67 100%
1906 99 0.000231065 99 100%
1907 72 0.000154709 72 100%
1908 99 0.000202599 99 100%
1909 103 0.000201477 103 100%
1910 123 0.000208224 123 100%
1911 150 0.000232819 150 100%
1912 192 0.00019432 192 100%
1913 231 0.000203147 231 100%
1914 298 0.000210401 298 100%
1915 390 0.000212833 390 100%
1916 354 0.000183001 354 100%
1917 365 0.000181886 365 100%
1918 357 0.000164432 357 100%
1919 371 0.000175809 371 100%
1920 457 0.000201976 457 100%
1921 454 0.000194474 454 100%
1922 453 0.00019789 453 100%
1923 420 0.000182412 420 100%
1924 521 0.00021876 521 100%
1925 503 0.000215574 503 100%
1926 534 0.000232588 534 100%
1927 463 0.000199624 463 100%
1928 487 0.000215397 487 100%
1929 356 0.000162397 356 100%
1930 343 0.000154276 343 100%
1931 286 0.000135906 286 100%
1932 292 0.000138304 292 100%
1933 228 0.000114032 228 100%
1934 212 0.000102079 212 100%
1935 174 0.000083258 174 100%
1936 190 0.000091453 190 100%
1937 157 0.000073686 157 100%
1938 144 0.000065083 144 100%
1939 131 0.000059452 131 100%
1940 136 0.000059061 136 100%
1941 118 0.000048432 118 100%
1942 136 0.000049784 136 100%
1943 209 0.000074046 209 100%
1944 166 0.000061708 166 100%
1945 150 0.000056542 150 100%
1946 185 0.000057897 185 100%
1947 199 0.000055242 199 100%
1948 180 0.000052136 180 100%
1949 150 0.000043044 150 100%
1950 160 0.00004567 160 100%
1951 212 0.00005755 212 100%
1952 184 0.000048446 184 100%
1953 218 0.00005657 218 100%
1954 188 0.000047228 188 100%
1955 208 0.000051805 208 100%
1956 178 0.000043172 178 100%
1957 190 0.000045215 190 100%
1958 203 0.000049106 203 100%
1959 215 0.000051708 215 100%
1960 229 0.00005513 229 100%
1961 242 0.000058422 242 100%
1962 245 0.000060713 245 100%
1963 217 0.000054823 217 100%
1964 248 0.000063792 248 100%
1965 254 0.00007006 254 100%
1966 211 0.000060708 211 100%
1967 210 0.000061858 210 100%
1968 210 0.000062159 210 100%
1969 242 0.000069634 242 100%
1970 238 0.000065992 238 100%
1971 192 0.000055938 192 100%
1972 195 0.000062043 195 100%
1973 189 0.000062647 189 100%
1974 190 0.0000625 190 100%
1975 169 0.000055971 169 100%
1976 148 0.000048776 148 100%
1977 152 0.000047851 152 100%
1978 159 0.000050097 159 100%
1979 149 0.000044785 149 100%
1980 212 0.000061547 212 100%
1981 211 0.000060994 211 100%
1982 214 0.000061004 214 100%
1983 254 0.00007334 254 100%
1984 265 0.000075958 265 100%
1985 237 0.000066403 237 100%
1986 252 0.000070845 252 100%
1987 217 0.000060184 217 100%
1988 256 0.000069282 256 100%
1989 238 0.000061907 238 100%
1990 230 0.000058191 230 100%
1991 254 0.000065207 254 100%
1992 254 0.000066124 254 100%
1993 277 0.000073469 277 100%
1994 247 0.00006644 247 100%
1995 235 0.00006417 235 100%
1996 303 0.000083078 303 100%
1997 441 0.00012163 441 100%
1998 525 0.000142733 525 100%
1999 492 0.000133194 492 100%
2000 501 0.000132543 501 100%
2001 550 0.000146926 550 100%
2002 505 0.000135088 505 100%
2003 526 0.000138337 526 100%
2004 567 0.000148393 567 100%
2005 633 0.000164636 633 100%
2006 558 0.000141045 558 100%
2007 645 0.000161343 645 100%
2008 650 0.000165366 650 100%
2009 685 0.000179311 685 100%
2010 645 0.000174525 645 100%
2011 638 0.000174422 633 5 98%
2012 603 0.000164873 603 100%
2013 479 0.000131389 479 100%
2014 541 0.000145965 541 100%
2015 609 0.000164554 609 100%
2016 500 0.000136288 500 100%
2017 456 0.00012751 456 100%
2018 436 0.000124008 436 100%
2019 452 0.000130224 452 100%
2020 404 0.000120937 404 100%
2021 429 0.000126625 429 100%
2022 407 0.000120303 407 100%
2023 352 0.000106306 352 100%
2024 390 0.00011717 390 100%

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