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How popular is “Althea” in the USA?

Number of people named “Althea” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Althea” by birth year

This chart shows how “Althea” 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 8 0.000041518 8 100%
1882 11 0.000049654 11 100%
1883 13 0.000059923 13 100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 100%
1885 14 0.000058127 14 100%
1886 19 0.000074418 19 100%
1887 18 0.000072759 18 100%
1888 21 0.000070123 21 100%
1889 30 0.000103826 30 100%
1890 19 0.000063039 19 100%
1891 39 0.000136044 39 100%
1892 29 0.000086729 29 100%
1893 23 0.000070721 23 100%
1894 42 0.000124007 42 100%
1895 32 0.000091163 32 100%
1896 36 0.000100704 36 100%
1897 29 0.000083584 29 100%
1898 33 0.000086511 33 100%
1899 41 0.000120861 41 100%
1900 35 0.000077733 35 100%
1901 37 0.000106995 37 100%
1902 41 0.000106016 41 100%
1903 49 0.000128541 49 100%
1904 46 0.000114007 46 100%
1905 46 0.000108511 46 100%
1906 53 0.000123701 53 100%
1907 48 0.000103139 48 100%
1908 66 0.000135066 66 100%
1909 75 0.000146707 75 100%
1910 91 0.000154052 91 100%
1911 77 0.000119514 77 100%
1912 131 0.000132583 131 100%
1913 141 0.000123999 141 100%
1914 199 0.000140503 199 100%
1915 266 0.000145163 266 100%
1916 265 0.000136992 265 100%
1917 265 0.000132054 265 100%
1918 318 0.000146469 318 100%
1919 261 0.000123682 261 100%
1920 336 0.000148499 336 100%
1921 311 0.000133219 311 100%
1922 274 0.000119695 274 100%
1923 254 0.000110316 254 100%
1924 280 0.000117568 275 5 96%
1925 258 0.000110573 258 100%
1926 226 0.000098436 226 100%
1927 263 0.000113393 263 100%
1928 196 0.00008669 196 100%
1929 198 0.000090322 198 100%
1930 175 0.000078712 175 100%
1931 160 0.000076032 160 100%
1932 164 0.000077678 164 100%
1933 163 0.000081523 163 100%
1934 165 0.000079449 165 100%
1935 141 0.000067467 141 100%
1936 124 0.000059685 124 100%
1937 148 0.000069462 148 100%
1938 119 0.000053784 119 100%
1939 113 0.000051283 113 100%
1940 101 0.000043862 101 100%
1941 118 0.000048432 118 100%
1942 116 0.000042463 116 100%
1943 115 0.000040743 115 100%
1944 111 0.000041263 111 100%
1945 110 0.000041464 110 100%
1946 125 0.00003912 125 100%
1947 118 0.000032757 118 100%
1948 126 0.000036495 126 100%
1949 235 0.000067436 235 100%
1950 309 0.000088201 309 100%
1951 333 0.000090397 333 100%
1952 328 0.000086361 328 100%
1953 254 0.000065912 254 100%
1954 308 0.000077373 308 100%
1955 247 0.000061518 247 100%
1956 389 0.000094348 389 100%
1957 352 0.000083767 352 100%
1958 278 0.000067249 278 100%
1959 217 0.000052189 217 100%
1960 216 0.000052 216 100%
1961 187 0.000045144 187 100%
1962 161 0.000039897 161 100%
1963 133 0.000033601 133 100%
1964 149 0.000038327 149 100%
1965 213 0.000058751 213 100%
1966 164 0.000047185 164 100%
1967 211 0.000062152 211 100%
1968 202 0.000059791 202 100%
1969 155 0.0000446 155 100%
1970 150 0.000041591 150 100%
1971 139 0.000040497 139 100%
1972 142 0.00004518 142 100%
1973 95 0.000031489 95 100%
1974 106 0.000034868 106 100%
1975 76 0.000025171 76 100%
1976 83 0.000027354 83 100%
1977 77 0.000024241 77 100%
1978 64 0.000020165 64 100%
1979 70 0.00002104 70 100%
1980 69 0.000020032 69 100%
1981 88 0.000025438 88 100%
1982 50 0.000014253 50 100%
1983 49 0.000014148 49 100%
1984 70 0.000020064 70 100%
1985 44 0.000012328 44 100%
1986 50 0.000014056 50 100%
1987 47 0.000013035 47 100%
1988 55 0.000014885 55 100%
1989 70 0.000018208 70 100%
1990 55 0.000013915 55 100%
1991 50 0.000012836 50 100%
1992 40 0.000010413 40 100%
1993 51 0.000013527 51 100%
1994 39 0.00001049 39 100%
1995 40 0.000010923 40 100%
1996 47 0.000012887 47 100%
1997 51 0.000014066 51 100%
1998 58 0.000015769 58 100%
1999 61 0.000016514 61 100%
2000 68 0.00001799 68 100%
2001 53 0.000014158 53 100%
2002 55 0.000014713 55 100%
2003 69 0.000018147 69 100%
2004 66 0.000017273 66 100%
2005 68 0.000017686 68 100%
2006 57 0.000014408 57 100%
2007 57 0.000014258 57 100%
2008 59 0.00001501 59 100%
2009 75 0.000019633 75 100%
2010 81 0.000021917 81 100%
2011 72 0.000019684 72 100%
2012 73 0.00001996 73 100%
2013 101 0.000027704 101 100%
2014 92 0.000024822 92 100%
2015 130 0.000035126 130 100%
2016 128 0.00003489 128 100%
2017 154 0.000043063 154 100%
2018 162 0.000046076 162 100%
2019 167 0.000048114 167 100%
2020 156 0.000046699 156 100%
2021 145 0.000042799 145 100%
2022 175 0.000051727 175 100%
2023 165 0.000049831 165 100%
2024 160 0.00004807 160 100%

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