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How popular is “Aletha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Aletha” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Aletha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Aletha” 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
1881 5 0.000025949 5 100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 100%
1889 15 0.000051913 15 100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 100%
1892 13 0.000038879 13 100%
1893 11 0.000033823 11 100%
1894 18 0.000053146 18 100%
1895 14 0.000039884 14 100%
1896 19 0.000053149 19 100%
1897 25 0.000072055 25 100%
1898 19 0.000049809 19 100%
1899 22 0.000064852 22 100%
1900 25 0.000055524 25 100%
1901 25 0.000072294 25 100%
1902 20 0.000051715 20 100%
1903 21 0.000055089 21 100%
1904 32 0.000079309 32 100%
1905 29 0.000068409 29 100%
1906 34 0.000079356 34 100%
1907 25 0.000053718 25 100%
1908 28 0.000057301 28 100%
1909 37 0.000072375 37 100%
1910 38 0.000064329 38 100%
1911 40 0.000062085 40 100%
1912 52 0.000052628 52 100%
1913 66 0.000058042 66 100%
1914 78 0.000055071 78 100%
1915 91 0.000049661 91 100%
1916 111 0.000057382 111 100%
1917 100 0.000049832 100 100%
1918 113 0.000052047 113 100%
1919 130 0.000061604 130 100%
1920 139 0.000061433 139 100%
1921 136 0.000058256 136 100%
1922 142 0.000062032 142 100%
1923 145 0.000062976 145 100%
1924 137 0.000057524 137 100%
1925 103 0.000044143 103 100%
1926 95 0.000041378 95 100%
1927 87 0.00003751 87 100%
1928 71 0.000031403 71 100%
1929 76 0.000034669 76 100%
1930 67 0.000030136 67 100%
1931 72 0.000034214 72 100%
1932 76 0.000035997 76 100%
1933 86 0.000043012 86 100%
1934 70 0.000033705 70 100%
1935 65 0.000031102 65 100%
1936 53 0.00002551 53 100%
1937 74 0.000034731 74 100%
1938 63 0.000028474 63 100%
1939 60 0.00002723 60 100%
1940 48 0.000020845 48 100%
1941 61 0.000025037 61 100%
1942 56 0.000020499 56 100%
1943 55 0.000019486 55 100%
1944 43 0.000015985 43 100%
1945 54 0.000020355 54 100%
1946 59 0.000018465 59 100%
1947 66 0.000018322 66 100%
1948 71 0.000020565 71 100%
1949 79 0.00002267 79 100%
1950 63 0.000017983 63 100%
1951 78 0.000021174 78 100%
1952 82 0.00002159 82 100%
1953 96 0.000024911 96 100%
1954 90 0.000022609 90 100%
1955 112 0.000027895 112 100%
1956 92 0.000022314 92 100%
1957 87 0.000020704 87 100%
1958 99 0.000023948 99 100%
1959 80 0.00001924 80 100%
1960 77 0.000018537 77 100%
1961 85 0.00002052 85 100%
1962 85 0.000021064 85 100%
1963 99 0.000025011 99 100%
1964 84 0.000021607 84 100%
1965 89 0.000024549 89 100%
1966 93 0.000026758 93 100%
1967 73 0.000021503 73 100%
1968 95 0.00002812 95 100%
1969 86 0.000024746 86 100%
1970 89 0.000024678 89 100%
1971 76 0.000022142 76 100%
1972 66 0.000020999 66 100%
1973 80 0.000026517 80 100%
1974 86 0.000028289 86 100%
1975 52 0.000017222 52 100%
1976 50 0.000016478 50 100%
1977 73 0.000022981 73 100%
1978 55 0.000017329 55 100%
1979 54 0.000016231 54 100%
1980 53 0.000015387 53 100%
1981 54 0.00001561 54 100%
1982 54 0.000015394 54 100%
1983 35 0.000010106 35 100%
1984 47 0.000013472 47 100%
1985 40 0.000011207 40 100%
1986 34 0.000009558 34 100%
1987 23 0.000006379 23 100%
1988 21 0.000005683 21 100%
1989 19 0.000004942 19 100%
1990 22 0.000005566 22 100%
1991 32 0.000008215 32 100%
1992 23 0.000005988 23 100%
1993 14 0.000003713 14 100%
1994 16 0.000004304 16 100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 100%
1996 18 0.000004935 18 100%
1997 15 0.000004137 15 100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 100%
1999 18 0.000004873 18 100%
2000 19 0.000005027 19 100%
2001 15 0.000004007 15 100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 100%
2003 14 0.000003682 14 100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 100%
2008 12 0.000003053 12 100%
2009 16 0.000004188 16 100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 100%

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