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How popular is “Alice” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alice” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Alice” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alice” 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 1414 0.007017927 1414 100%
1881 1315 0.006824504 1308 7 99%
1882 1542 0.006960588 1542 100%
1883 1494 0.006886506 1488 6 99%
1884 1732 0.007114076 1732 100%
1885 1690 0.007016699 1681 9 99%
1886 1821 0.007132338 1811 10 99%
1887 1829 0.007393125 1819 10 99%
1888 2207 0.007369588 2202 5 100%
1889 2154 0.00745468 2145 9 99%
1890 2281 0.007567991 2271 10 99%
1891 2024 0.007060309 2015 9 99%
1892 2381 0.007120769 2373 8 99%
1893 2445 0.007517918 2434 11 99%
1894 2419 0.007142224 2414 5 100%
1895 2465 0.007022392 2457 8 99%
1896 2664 0.007452082 2651 13 99%
1897 2448 0.00705563 2431 17 99%
1898 2858 0.007492365 2846 12 99%
1899 2530 0.007457979 2523 7 99%
1900 3067 0.00681165 3059 8 99%
1901 2572 0.007437567 2562 10 99%
1902 3147 0.008137397 3135 12 99%
1903 3005 0.007883001 2996 9 99%
1904 3140 0.007782198 3131 9 99%
1905 3625 0.008551101 3610 15 99%
1906 4212 0.009830763 4192 20 99%
1907 4121 0.008854939 4107 14 99%
1908 4281 0.00876089 4270 11 99%
1909 4185 0.008186235 4170 15 99%
1910 4686 0.007932813 4671 15 99%
1911 4828 0.007493659 4813 15 99%
1912 6308 0.006384215 6285 23 99%
1913 6958 0.006119021 6934 24 99%
1914 8228 0.005809323 8198 30 99%
1915 10552 0.005758486 10525 27 99%
1916 10749 0.005556713 10719 30 99%
1917 11015 0.005488975 10990 25 100%
1918 11624 0.005353941 11590 34 99%
1919 11169 0.00529275 11141 28 99%
1920 11624 0.005137355 11596 28 100%
1921 11990 0.005135993 11955 35 99%
1922 11306 0.004938938 11277 29 99%
1923 11358 0.00493294 11331 27 100%
1924 11576 0.004860578 11537 39 99%
1925 11627 0.004983067 11576 51 99%
1926 11005 0.004793317 10956 49 99%
1927 10722 0.004622831 10679 43 99%
1928 10176 0.004500787 10139 37 99%
1929 9527 0.00434594 9480 47 99%
1930 9567 0.004303086 9516 51 99%
1931 8859 0.004209775 8816 43 99%
1932 8586 0.004066706 8536 50 99%
1933 7737 0.00386957 7697 40 99%
1934 7820 0.003765379 7784 36 99%
1935 7481 0.003579597 7443 38 99%
1936 7238 0.003483864 7201 37 99%
1937 7161 0.003360915 7120 41 99%
1938 7520 0.003398756 7489 31 99%
1939 7397 0.00335702 7366 31 99%
1940 7637 0.003316563 7603 34 99%
1941 7484 0.003071714 7445 39 99%
1942 7416 0.002714676 7382 34 99%
1943 7680 0.002720935 7648 32 99%
1944 7129 0.002650108 7102 27 99%
1945 6384 0.002406414 6359 25 99%
1946 7381 0.00230995 7363 18 100%
1947 7870 0.002184702 7849 21 99%
1948 6997 0.002026637 6981 16 100%
1949 6673 0.001914901 6660 13 100%
1950 6377 0.001820254 6363 14 100%
1951 6334 0.001719449 6315 19 99%
1952 5927 0.001560556 5908 19 99%
1953 5764 0.001495727 5740 24 99%
1954 5281 0.001326648 5271 10 100%
1955 5090 0.001267721 5079 11 100%
1956 4688 0.001137026 4681 7 100%
1957 4452 0.001059459 4431 21 99%
1958 4144 0.001002442 4125 19 99%
1959 4174 0.00100385 4162 12 99%
1960 4061 0.000977656 4049 12 99%
1961 3597 0.000868358 3586 11 99%
1962 3261 0.000808104 3250 11 99%
1963 3079 0.000777879 3067 12 99%
1964 2850 0.000733099 2842 8 99%
1965 2577 0.000710808 2563 14 99%
1966 2229 0.000641318 2221 8 99%
1967 1933 0.000569384 1928 5 99%
1968 1738 0.000514443 1731 7 99%
1969 1722 0.000495494 1715 7 99%
1970 1621 0.000449465 1621 100%
1971 1512 0.000440514 1507 5 99%
1972 1205 0.000383392 1198 7 99%
1973 1187 0.000393452 1187 100%
1974 1194 0.000392763 1182 12 98%
1975 1060 0.000351064 1055 5 99%
1976 960 0.000316383 955 5 99%
1977 858 0.000270109 858 100%
1978 799 0.000251743 791 8 98%
1979 790 0.000237451 780 10 97%
1980 738 0.000214254 738 100%
1981 746 0.000215646 746 100%
1982 756 0.00021551 749 7 98%
1983 704 0.000203272 698 6 98%
1984 687 0.000196918 687 100%
1985 677 0.000189683 669 8 98%
1986 712 0.000200164 712 100%
1987 770 0.000213556 770 100%
1988 825 0.000223272 820 5 99%
1989 756 0.000196647 742 14 96%
1990 773 0.000195574 773 100%
1991 725 0.000186123 725 100%
1992 688 0.000179107 688 100%
1993 690 0.00018301 684 6 98%
1994 596 0.000160316 596 100%
1995 581 0.00015865 581 100%
1996 593 0.000162591 593 100%
1997 578 0.000159415 578 100%
1998 596 0.000162035 596 100%
1999 652 0.000176509 652 100%
2000 669 0.000176989 669 100%
2001 633 0.000169098 633 100%
2002 657 0.000175749 657 100%
2003 700 0.000184098 700 100%
2004 756 0.000197858 756 100%
2005 756 0.000196627 756 100%
2006 847 0.000214095 847 100%
2007 951 0.000237888 951 100%
2008 1025 0.00026077 1025 100%
2009 1275 0.000333754 1275 100%
2010 1780 0.000481636 1780 100%
2011 2195 0.000600089 2195 100%
2012 2508 0.000685739 2503 5 100%
2013 2940 0.000806437 2940 100%
2014 3060 0.000825604 3055 5 100%
2015 3431 0.000927069 3426 5 100%
2016 3692 0.001006352 3692 100%
2017 3826 0.001069852 3826 100%
2018 3669 0.001043546 3664 5 100%
2019 3554 0.001023932 3549 5 100%
2020 3294 0.000986057 3294 100%
2021 3509 0.00103573 3509 100%
2022 3518 0.001039864 3511 7 100%
2023 3346 0.001010511 3346 100%
2024 3526 0.001059336 3520 6 100%

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