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How popular is “Alys” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alys” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Alys” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alys” 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 5 0.000024816 5 100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 100%
1902 7 0.0000181 7 100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 100%
1906 11 0.000025674 11 100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 100%
1908 16 0.000032743 16 100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 100%
1910 19 0.000032165 19 100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 100%
1914 18 0.000012709 18 100%
1915 19 0.000010369 19 100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 100%
1917 24 0.00001196 24 100%
1918 26 0.000011975 26 100%
1919 12 0.000005687 12 100%
1920 29 0.000012817 29 100%
1921 24 0.000010281 24 100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 100%
1923 26 0.000011292 26 100%
1924 25 0.000010497 25 100%
1925 13 0.000005572 13 100%
1926 19 0.000008276 19 100%
1927 21 0.000009054 21 100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 100%
1929 14 0.000006386 14 100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 100%
1938 12 0.000005424 12 100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 100%
1956 14 0.000003396 14 100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 100%
1988 17 0.000004601 17 100%
1989 17 0.000004422 17 100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 100%
2005 14 0.000003641 14 100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 100%
2007 9 0.000002251 9 100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 100%
2010 11 0.000002976 11 100%
2011 17 0.000004648 17 100%
2012 18 0.000004922 18 100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 100%
2015 16 0.000004323 16 100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 100%
2017 17 0.000004754 17 100%
2018 14 0.000003982 14 100%
2019 9 0.000002593 9 100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 100%
2021 20 0.000005903 20 100%
2022 14 0.000004138 14 100%
2023 29 0.000008758 29 100%
2024 25 0.000007511 25 100%

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