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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ariel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ariel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ariel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ariel” 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
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 100%
1908 12 0.000024558 12 100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1911 14 0.00002173 14 100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 100%
1913 24 0.000021106 19 5 58%
1914 16 0.000011297 7 9 -13%
1915 30 0.000016372 23 7 53%
1916 34 0.000017576 27 7 59%
1917 24 0.00001196 15 9 25%
1918 33 0.0000152 25 8 52%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 100%
1920 32 0.000014143 22 10 38%
1921 26 0.000011137 16 10 23%
1922 29 0.000012668 17 12 17%
1923 23 0.000009989 10 13 -13%
1924 19 0.000007978 11 8 16%
1925 12 0.000005143 12 100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 100%
1927 19 0.000008192 12 7 26%
1928 16 0.000007077 7 9 -13%
1929 25 0.000011404 14 11 12%
1930 16 0.000007197 8 8 0%
1931 17 0.000008078 9 8 6%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 100%
1934 13 0.00000626 6 7 -8%
1935 16 0.000007656 8 8 0%
1936 11 0.000005295 11 100%
1937 17 0.000007979 8 9 -6%
1938 24 0.000010847 11 13 -8%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 100%
1942 13 0.000004759 8 5 23%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 100%
1944 13 0.000004833 6 7 -8%
1945 18 0.000006785 8 10 -11%
1946 18 0.000005633 11 7 22%
1947 13 0.000003609 13 100%
1948 15 0.000004345 5 10 -33%
1949 14 0.000004017 8 6 14%
1950 16 0.000004567 9 7 13%
1951 19 0.000005158 7 12 -26%
1952 20 0.000005266 8 12 -20%
1953 19 0.00000493 10 9 5%
1954 14 0.000003517 8 6 14%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 23 0.000005578 5 18 -57%
1957 35 0.000008329 11 24 -37%
1958 16 0.00000387 16 -100%
1959 20 0.00000481 5 15 -50%
1960 37 0.000008907 12 25 -35%
1961 46 0.000011105 11 35 -52%
1962 27 0.000006691 27 -100%
1963 38 0.0000096 9 29 -53%
1964 50 0.000012861 16 34 -36%
1965 54 0.000014895 11 43 -59%
1966 38 0.000010933 10 28 -47%
1967 73 0.000021503 13 60 -64%
1968 109 0.000032264 27 82 -50%
1969 112 0.000032227 30 82 -46%
1970 121 0.00003355 38 83 -37%
1971 113 0.000032922 26 87 -54%
1972 131 0.00004168 31 100 -53%
1973 148 0.000049057 42 106 -43%
1974 191 0.000062829 36 155 -62%
1975 235 0.00007783 60 175 -49%
1976 240 0.000079096 63 177 -47%
1977 262 0.000082481 105 157 -20%
1978 386 0.000121618 162 224 -16%
1979 370 0.000111211 154 216 -17%
1980 420 0.000121933 181 239 -14%
1981 464 0.000134128 228 236 -2%
1982 878 0.000250288 584 294 33%
1983 965 0.000278633 650 315 35%
1984 917 0.000262844 636 281 39%
1985 890 0.000249362 600 290 35%
1986 952 0.000267635 653 299 37%
1987 920 0.000255158 626 294 36%
1988 1256 0.000339915 911 345 45%
1989 1667 0.000433612 1284 383 54%
1990 4015 0.001015818 3607 408 80%
1991 6077 0.001560099 5411 666 78%
1992 4417 0.001149879 3961 456 79%
1993 3148 0.000834951 2707 441 72%
1994 2631 0.000707705 2187 444 66%
1995 2596 0.000708872 2149 447 66%
1996 2393 0.000656121 1924 469 61%
1997 2654 0.000731987 2212 442 67%
1998 2617 0.000711488 2150 467 64%
1999 2256 0.000610742 1834 422 63%
2000 2137 0.000565358 1753 384 64%
2001 2059 0.000550036 1654 405 61%
2002 1989 0.000532061 1548 441 56%
2003 1935 0.0005089 1548 387 60%
2004 1962 0.000513488 1546 416 58%
2005 2006 0.000521738 1568 438 56%
2006 2307 0.000583137 1734 573 50%
2007 2305 0.000576584 1784 521 55%
2008 2008 0.000510855 1553 455 55%
2009 2052 0.000537148 1577 475 54%
2010 1875 0.000507341 1462 413 56%
2011 1817 0.000496748 1438 379 58%
2012 2037 0.000556958 1741 296 71%
2013 2438 0.000668739 2140 298 76%
2014 2763 0.000745472 2444 319 77%
2015 2813 0.000760083 2358 455 68%
2016 2799 0.000762941 2198 601 57%
2017 2675 0.000748002 2075 600 55%
2018 2298 0.000653603 1828 470 59%
2019 2193 0.000631819 1683 510 53%
2020 1965 0.000588222 1468 497 49%
2021 1858 0.000548414 1351 507 45%
2022 1811 0.000535302 1292 519 43%
2023 1659 0.000501027 1094 565 32%
2024 1646 0.000494517 1051 595 28%

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