Name Trends

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How popular is “Amelia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Amelia” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Amelia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Amelia” 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 221 0.001096861 221 100%
1881 235 0.001219576 235 100%
1882 252 0.001137528 252 100%
1883 262 0.001207679 262 100%
1884 315 0.001293842 315 100%
1885 298 0.001237264 298 100%
1886 326 0.001276844 326 100%
1887 344 0.0013905 344 100%
1888 358 0.001195433 358 100%
1889 346 0.001197456 346 100%
1890 368 0.001220965 368 100%
1891 353 0.001231377 353 100%
1892 385 0.001151405 385 100%
1893 385 0.001183803 385 100%
1894 390 0.001151495 390 100%
1895 379 0.001079708 379 100%
1896 365 0.001021025 365 100%
1897 408 0.001175938 408 100%
1898 360 0.000943752 360 100%
1899 332 0.000978678 332 100%
1900 398 0.000883932 398 100%
1901 350 0.001012111 350 100%
1902 355 0.000917948 355 100%
1903 347 0.000910279 347 100%
1904 353 0.000874878 353 100%
1905 365 0.000861001 365 100%
1906 358 0.000835568 358 100%
1907 380 0.000816516 380 100%
1908 370 0.000757185 370 100%
1909 388 0.000758963 388 100%
1910 449 0.0007601 449 100%
1911 430 0.000667413 430 100%
1912 672 0.000680121 672 100%
1913 721 0.000634063 721 100%
1914 926 0.000653795 926 100%
1915 1115 0.000608482 1115 100%
1916 1159 0.000599147 1159 100%
1917 1160 0.000578048 1160 100%
1918 1115 0.000513562 1115 100%
1919 1085 0.000514157 1085 100%
1920 1054 0.000465825 1054 100%
1921 1002 0.000429213 995 7 99%
1922 1032 0.000450822 1032 100%
1923 965 0.000419111 965 100%
1924 910 0.000382093 910 100%
1925 894 0.000383145 889 5 99%
1926 753 0.000327977 746 7 98%
1927 760 0.000327677 754 6 98%
1928 755 0.000333938 755 100%
1929 692 0.000315669 687 5 99%
1930 691 0.000310802 679 12 97%
1931 598 0.000284174 591 7 98%
1932 646 0.000305978 637 9 97%
1933 608 0.00030409 608 100%
1934 553 0.000266279 553 100%
1935 611 0.00029237 604 7 98%
1936 585 0.000281585 580 5 98%
1937 647 0.000303667 647 100%
1938 570 0.00025762 570 100%
1939 489 0.000221929 489 100%
1940 504 0.000218883 504 100%
1941 535 0.000219592 529 6 98%
1942 543 0.000198775 543 100%
1943 560 0.000198405 560 100%
1944 476 0.000176951 476 100%
1945 474 0.000178676 474 100%
1946 547 0.000171192 547 100%
1947 538 0.000149352 538 100%
1948 570 0.000165099 564 6 98%
1949 589 0.000169024 589 100%
1950 483 0.000137866 483 100%
1951 532 0.000144417 532 100%
1952 550 0.000144812 550 100%
1953 551 0.000142983 551 100%
1954 511 0.000128369 511 100%
1955 530 0.000132003 530 100%
1956 526 0.000127574 526 100%
1957 520 0.000123736 520 100%
1958 484 0.000117113 484 100%
1959 502 0.000120768 502 100%
1960 543 0.000130708 543 100%
1961 576 0.000139099 571 5 98%
1962 493 0.000122179 493 100%
1963 503 0.000127065 503 100%
1964 503 0.000129383 503 100%
1965 476 0.000131288 476 100%
1966 431 0.000124006 431 100%
1967 450 0.000132547 450 100%
1968 390 0.000115434 390 100%
1969 465 0.000133788 465 100%
1970 493 0.000136685 493 100%
1971 481 0.000140132 481 100%
1972 406 0.000129163 406 100%
1973 442 0.000146497 442 100%
1974 507 0.000166765 507 100%
1975 524 0.000173525 524 100%
1976 523 0.000172344 523 100%
1977 601 0.00018919 601 100%
1978 643 0.000202571 643 100%
1979 707 0.000212484 702 5 99%
1980 768 0.000222942 768 100%
1981 849 0.000245405 849 100%
1982 832 0.00023716 832 100%
1983 768 0.000221745 762 6 98%
1984 1100 0.0003153 1094 6 99%
1985 1014 0.000284112 1014 100%
1986 1023 0.000287606 1018 5 99%
1987 1011 0.00028041 1006 5 99%
1988 1129 0.000305568 1129 100%
1989 1273 0.000331139 1265 8 99%
1990 1513 0.000382834 1513 100%
1991 1541 0.000395637 1536 5 99%
1992 1345 0.000350173 1345 100%
1993 1253 0.000332362 1248 5 99%
1994 1254 0.000337337 1254 100%
1995 1207 0.000329611 1207 100%
1996 1291 0.000353998 1291 100%
1997 1317 0.000363257 1317 100%
1998 1424 0.000387169 1424 100%
1999 1421 0.000384718 1421 100%
2000 1531 0.000405067 1531 100%
2001 1635 0.000436804 1635 100%
2002 2444 0.000653862 2444 100%
2003 3096 0.00081436 3096 100%
2004 3366 0.000881069 3352 14 99%
2005 3915 0.001018426 3909 6 100%
2006 4070 0.001028995 4065 5 100%
2007 4201 0.001051131 4194 7 100%
2008 4351 0.001107286 4351 100%
2009 4707 0.001232579 4702 5 100%
2010 5464 0.001478984 5464 100%
2011 6379 0.001744656 6372 7 100%
2012 7246 0.001982103 7246 100%
2013 8052 0.002209871 8044 8 100%
2014 8812 0.00237893 8803 9 100%
2015 9870 0.00266873 9870 100%
2016 10806 0.002947739 10799 7 100%
2017 11870 0.003322363 11858 12 100%
2018 12394 0.003529295 12385 9 100%
2019 12946 0.003735334 12932 14 100%
2020 12786 0.003835055 12780 6 100%
2021 13015 0.003850919 13007 8 100%
2022 12346 0.003672333 12333 13 100%