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How popular is “Alden” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alden” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Alden” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alden” 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 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 -100%
1883 12 0.000055313 12 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 -100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 -100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 -100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 -100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 -100%
1896 10 0.000027973 10 -100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 -100%
1898 17 0.000044566 17 -100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 -100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 -100%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 -100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 -100%
1903 11 0.000028856 11 -100%
1904 18 0.000044611 18 -100%
1905 19 0.00004482 19 -100%
1906 14 0.000032676 14 -100%
1907 24 0.00005157 24 -100%
1908 28 0.000057301 28 -100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 -100%
1911 46 0.000071398 46 -100%
1912 79 0.000079954 79 -100%
1913 93 0.000081786 93 -100%
1914 113 0.000079783 113 -100%
1915 155 0.000084587 155 -100%
1916 174 0.00008995 174 -100%
1917 166 0.000082721 166 -100%
1918 181 0.000083367 181 -100%
1919 167 0.000079138 167 -100%
1920 180 0.000079553 180 -100%
1921 193 0.000082673 193 -100%
1922 184 0.000080379 184 -100%
1923 176 0.000076439 176 -100%
1924 188 0.000078938 5 183 -95%
1925 173 0.000074144 173 -100%
1926 183 0.000079707 183 -100%
1927 141 0.000060793 141 -100%
1928 171 0.000075632 171 -100%
1929 164 0.000074812 164 -100%
1930 146 0.000065669 146 -100%
1931 134 0.000063676 134 -100%
1932 158 0.000074836 158 -100%
1933 114 0.000057016 114 -100%
1934 144 0.000069337 144 -100%
1935 106 0.00005072 106 -100%
1936 126 0.000060648 6 120 -90%
1937 132 0.000061952 132 -100%
1938 119 0.000053784 119 -100%
1939 117 0.000053099 117 -100%
1940 116 0.000050376 116 -100%
1941 103 0.000042275 103 -100%
1942 112 0.000040998 112 -100%
1943 126 0.00004464 126 -100%
1944 105 0.000039032 105 -100%
1945 105 0.000039579 105 -100%
1946 79 0.000024724 79 -100%
1947 124 0.000034422 124 -100%
1948 96 0.000027806 96 -100%
1949 83 0.000023818 83 -100%
1950 89 0.000025404 89 -100%
1951 99 0.000026875 99 -100%
1952 95 0.000025013 95 -100%
1953 103 0.000026728 5 98 -90%
1954 86 0.000021604 86 -100%
1955 103 0.000025653 6 97 -88%
1956 119 0.000028862 9 110 -85%
1957 87 0.000020704 87 -100%
1958 86 0.000020804 86 -100%
1959 92 0.000022126 92 -100%
1960 86 0.000020704 86 -100%
1961 85 0.00002052 85 -100%
1962 60 0.000014869 60 -100%
1963 84 0.000021222 84 -100%
1964 76 0.000019549 76 -100%
1965 76 0.000020963 76 -100%
1966 66 0.000018989 66 -100%
1967 62 0.000018263 62 -100%
1968 53 0.000015688 53 -100%
1969 72 0.000020717 72 -100%
1970 59 0.000016359 59 -100%
1971 48 0.000013985 48 -100%
1972 44 0.000013999 44 -100%
1973 47 0.000015579 47 -100%
1974 44 0.000014474 44 -100%
1975 62 0.000020534 8 54 -74%
1976 43 0.000014171 43 -100%
1977 56 0.000017629 8 48 -71%
1978 58 0.000018274 5 53 -83%
1979 63 0.000018936 6 57 -81%
1980 57 0.000016548 57 -100%
1981 72 0.000020813 8 64 -78%
1982 91 0.000025941 7 84 -85%
1983 77 0.000022233 9 68 -77%
1984 93 0.000026657 14 79 -70%
1985 99 0.000027738 13 86 -74%
1986 98 0.000027551 6 92 -88%
1987 90 0.000024961 6 84 -87%
1988 113 0.000030582 19 94 -66%
1989 103 0.000026792 11 92 -79%
1990 128 0.000032385 9 119 -86%
1991 104 0.000026699 13 91 -75%
1992 134 0.000034884 18 116 -73%
1993 122 0.000032358 22 100 -64%
1994 134 0.000036044 18 116 -73%
1995 159 0.000043417 17 142 -79%
1996 161 0.000044144 18 143 -78%
1997 159 0.000043853 16 143 -80%
1998 221 0.000060084 25 196 -77%
1999 171 0.000046293 27 144 -68%
2000 212 0.000056086 26 186 -75%
2001 184 0.000049153 25 159 -73%
2002 203 0.000054303 25 178 -75%
2003 288 0.000075743 37 251 -74%
2004 298 0.000077992 41 257 -72%
2005 281 0.000073085 23 258 -84%
2006 280 0.000070775 31 249 -78%
2007 303 0.000075794 28 275 -82%
2008 250 0.000063602 28 222 -78%
2009 261 0.000068321 19 242 -85%
2010 276 0.000074681 25 251 -82%
2011 260 0.000071081 16 244 -88%
2012 320 0.000087495 26 294 -84%
2013 350 0.000096004 19 331 -89%
2014 357 0.000096321 20 337 -89%
2015 356 0.000096193 16 340 -91%
2016 407 0.000110939 16 391 -92%
2017 431 0.000120519 22 409 -90%
2018 431 0.000122586 20 411 -91%
2019 450 0.000129648 15 435 -93%
2020 408 0.000122135 21 387 -90%
2021 425 0.000125445 31 394 -85%
2022 464 0.000137151 19 445 -92%
2023 456 0.000137715 25 431 -89%
2024 517 0.000155325 25 492 -90%

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