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How popular is “Alda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alda” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Alda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alda” 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%
1881 11 0.000057087 11 100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 100%
1884 17 0.000069826 17 100%
1885 15 0.000062278 15 100%
1886 23 0.000090084 23 100%
1887 23 0.00009297 23 100%
1888 15 0.000050088 15 100%
1889 19 0.000065756 19 100%
1890 20 0.000066357 20 100%
1891 22 0.000076742 22 100%
1892 20 0.000059813 20 100%
1893 30 0.000092244 30 100%
1894 31 0.000091529 31 100%
1895 33 0.000094012 33 100%
1896 23 0.000064339 23 100%
1897 36 0.000103759 36 100%
1898 36 0.000094375 36 100%
1899 39 0.000114965 39 100%
1900 35 0.000077733 35 100%
1901 44 0.000127237 44 100%
1902 35 0.000090502 35 100%
1903 39 0.000102308 39 100%
1904 29 0.000071874 29 100%
1905 37 0.00008728 37 100%
1906 44 0.000102696 44 100%
1907 43 0.000092396 43 100%
1908 39 0.000079812 39 100%
1909 44 0.000086068 44 100%
1910 44 0.000074487 44 100%
1911 57 0.000088471 57 100%
1912 62 0.000062749 62 100%
1913 69 0.00006068 69 100%
1914 91 0.00006425 91 100%
1915 132 0.000072036 132 100%
1916 128 0.00006617 128 100%
1917 163 0.000081226 158 5 94%
1918 191 0.000087973 191 100%
1919 144 0.000068239 144 100%
1920 129 0.000057013 129 100%
1921 144 0.000061683 139 5 93%
1922 132 0.000057663 132 100%
1923 145 0.000062976 145 100%
1924 148 0.000062143 148 100%
1925 148 0.000063429 148 100%
1926 105 0.000045734 105 100%
1927 97 0.000041822 97 100%
1928 99 0.000043787 99 100%
1929 98 0.000044705 98 100%
1930 92 0.00004138 92 100%
1931 69 0.000032789 69 100%
1932 71 0.000033629 71 100%
1933 53 0.000026507 53 100%
1934 61 0.000029372 61 100%
1935 73 0.00003493 73 100%
1936 58 0.000027917 58 100%
1937 42 0.000019712 42 100%
1938 51 0.00002305 51 100%
1939 42 0.000019061 42 100%
1940 50 0.000021714 50 100%
1941 46 0.00001888 46 100%
1942 32 0.000011714 32 100%
1943 40 0.000014172 40 100%
1944 31 0.000011524 31 100%
1945 38 0.000014324 38 100%
1946 39 0.000012205 39 100%
1947 41 0.000011382 41 100%
1948 41 0.000011875 41 100%
1949 41 0.000011765 41 100%
1950 30 0.000008563 30 100%
1951 36 0.000009773 36 100%
1952 29 0.000007636 29 100%
1953 37 0.000009601 37 100%
1954 28 0.000007034 28 100%
1955 24 0.000005977 24 100%
1956 24 0.000005821 24 100%
1957 29 0.000006901 29 100%
1958 20 0.000004838 20 100%
1959 26 0.000006253 26 100%
1960 26 0.000006259 26 100%
1961 23 0.000005552 23 100%
1962 15 0.000003717 15 100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 100%
1964 17 0.000004373 17 100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 100%
1966 17 0.000004891 17 100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 100%
1968 19 0.000005624 19 100%
1969 14 0.000004028 14 100%
1970 13 0.000003605 13 100%
1971 22 0.00000641 22 100%
1972 22 0.000007 22 100%
1973 15 0.000004972 15 100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 100%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 100%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 100%
1983 12 0.000003465 12 100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 100%
1989 10 0.000002601 10 100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 100%

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