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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Alger” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alger” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Alger” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alger” 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
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1898 11 0.000028837 11 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 -100%
1914 16 0.000011297 16 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 29 0.000014992 29 -100%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 -100%
1918 21 0.000009672 21 -100%
1919 30 0.000014216 30 -100%
1920 18 0.000007955 18 -100%
1921 29 0.000012422 29 -100%
1922 22 0.000009611 22 -100%
1923 20 0.000008686 20 -100%
1924 23 0.000009657 23 -100%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 -100%
1926 29 0.000012631 29 -100%
1927 25 0.000010779 25 -100%
1928 19 0.000008404 19 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 16 0.000007197 16 -100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 -100%
1932 20 0.000009473 20 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 -100%
1935 19 0.000009091 19 -100%
1936 11 0.000005295 11 -100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 -100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 -100%
1939 14 0.000006354 14 -100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 -100%
1941 14 0.000005746 14 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 -100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 -100%
1945 14 0.000005277 14 -100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 -100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 -100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 -100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 10 0.000002715 10 -100%
1952 14 0.000003686 14 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1955 16 0.000003985 16 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 -100%

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