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How popular is “Alethea” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alethea” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Alethea” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alethea” 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
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 100%
1913 16 0.000014071 16 100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 100%
1915 22 0.000012006 22 100%
1916 23 0.00001189 23 100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 100%
1919 18 0.00000853 18 100%
1920 33 0.000014585 33 100%
1921 23 0.000009852 23 100%
1922 33 0.000014416 33 100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 100%
1924 26 0.000010917 26 100%
1925 17 0.000007286 17 100%
1926 25 0.000010889 25 100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 100%
1928 21 0.000009288 21 100%
1929 8 0.000003649 8 100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 100%
1933 19 0.000009503 19 100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 100%
1936 11 0.000005295 11 100%
1937 14 0.000006571 14 100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 100%
1942 20 0.000007321 20 100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 100%
1944 21 0.000007806 21 100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 100%
1948 26 0.000007531 26 100%
1949 26 0.000007461 26 100%
1950 34 0.000009705 34 100%
1951 39 0.000010587 39 100%
1952 43 0.000011322 43 100%
1953 37 0.000009601 37 100%
1954 47 0.000011807 47 100%
1955 58 0.000014446 58 100%
1956 56 0.000013582 56 100%
1957 46 0.000010947 46 100%
1958 45 0.000010886 45 100%
1959 59 0.00001419 59 100%
1960 84 0.000020222 84 100%
1961 71 0.00001714 71 100%
1962 74 0.000018338 74 100%
1963 67 0.000016927 67 100%
1964 51 0.000013119 51 100%
1965 65 0.000017929 65 100%
1966 42 0.000012084 42 100%
1967 52 0.000015317 52 100%
1968 99 0.000029304 99 100%
1969 75 0.000021581 75 100%
1970 87 0.000024123 87 100%
1971 104 0.0000303 104 100%
1972 66 0.000020999 66 100%
1973 322 0.000106733 322 100%
1974 201 0.000066118 201 100%
1975 101 0.00003345 101 100%
1976 99 0.000032627 99 100%
1977 79 0.00002487 79 100%
1978 88 0.000027726 88 100%
1979 68 0.000020439 68 100%
1980 76 0.000022064 76 100%
1981 72 0.000020813 72 100%
1982 77 0.00002195 77 100%
1983 54 0.000015592 54 100%
1984 42 0.000012039 42 100%
1985 43 0.000012048 43 100%
1986 31 0.000008715 31 100%
1987 54 0.000014977 54 100%
1988 36 0.000009743 36 100%
1989 48 0.000012486 48 100%
1990 41 0.000010373 41 100%
1991 34 0.000008729 34 100%
1992 34 0.000008851 34 100%
1993 26 0.000006896 26 100%
1994 36 0.000009684 36 100%
1995 25 0.000006827 25 100%
1996 21 0.000005758 21 100%
1997 24 0.000006619 24 100%
1998 22 0.000005981 22 100%
1999 23 0.000006227 23 100%
2000 31 0.000008201 31 100%
2001 34 0.000009083 34 100%
2002 26 0.000006955 26 100%
2003 38 0.000009994 38 100%
2004 34 0.000008898 34 100%
2005 27 0.000007022 27 100%
2006 25 0.000006319 25 100%
2007 34 0.000008505 34 100%
2008 28 0.000007123 28 100%
2009 26 0.000006806 26 100%
2010 25 0.000006765 25 100%
2011 33 0.000009022 33 100%
2012 28 0.000007656 28 100%
2013 40 0.000010972 40 100%
2014 36 0.000009713 36 100%
2015 40 0.000010808 40 100%
2016 28 0.000007632 28 100%
2017 50 0.000013981 50 100%
2018 29 0.000008248 29 100%
2019 51 0.000014693 51 100%
2020 62 0.00001856 62 100%
2021 81 0.000023908 81 100%
2022 80 0.000023647 80 100%
2023 74 0.000022348 74 100%
2024 65 0.000019528 65 100%

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