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How popular is “Arlena” in the USA?

Number of people named “Arlena” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Arlena” by birth year

This chart shows how “Arlena” 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
1883 6 0.000027657 6 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 100%
1892 13 0.000038879 13 100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 100%
1900 17 0.000037756 17 100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 100%
1902 16 0.000041372 16 100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 100%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 100%
1905 15 0.000035384 15 100%
1906 13 0.000030342 13 100%
1907 14 0.000030082 14 100%
1908 22 0.000045022 22 100%
1909 10 0.000019561 10 100%
1910 20 0.000033858 20 100%
1911 20 0.000031043 20 100%
1912 20 0.000020242 20 100%
1913 24 0.000021106 24 100%
1914 28 0.000019769 28 100%
1915 26 0.000014189 26 100%
1916 41 0.000021195 41 100%
1917 32 0.000015946 32 100%
1918 34 0.00001566 34 100%
1919 60 0.000028433 60 100%
1920 45 0.000019888 45 100%
1921 39 0.000016706 39 100%
1922 32 0.000013979 32 100%
1923 34 0.000014767 34 100%
1924 46 0.000019315 46 100%
1925 54 0.000023143 54 100%
1926 33 0.000014373 33 100%
1927 41 0.000017677 41 100%
1928 27 0.000011942 27 100%
1929 33 0.000015054 33 100%
1930 48 0.00002159 48 100%
1931 33 0.000015682 33 100%
1932 33 0.00001563 33 100%
1933 35 0.000017505 35 100%
1934 27 0.000013001 27 100%
1935 19 0.000009091 19 100%
1936 23 0.000011071 23 100%
1937 25 0.000011733 25 100%
1938 25 0.000011299 25 100%
1939 24 0.000010892 24 100%
1940 25 0.000010857 25 100%
1941 24 0.00000985 24 100%
1942 30 0.000010982 30 100%
1943 22 0.000007794 22 100%
1944 20 0.000007435 20 100%
1945 22 0.000008293 22 100%
1946 22 0.000006885 22 100%
1947 18 0.000004997 18 100%
1948 29 0.0000084 29 100%
1949 17 0.000004878 17 100%
1950 30 0.000008563 30 100%
1951 26 0.000007058 26 100%
1952 21 0.000005529 21 100%
1953 20 0.00000519 20 100%
1954 18 0.000004522 18 100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 100%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 100%
1957 16 0.000003808 16 100%
1958 31 0.000007499 31 100%
1959 23 0.000005532 23 100%
1960 20 0.000004815 20 100%
1961 22 0.000005311 22 100%
1962 27 0.000006691 27 100%
1963 26 0.000006569 26 100%
1964 27 0.000006945 27 100%
1965 24 0.00000662 24 100%
1966 25 0.000007193 25 100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 100%
1968 24 0.000007104 24 100%
1969 29 0.000008345 29 100%
1970 26 0.000007209 26 100%
1971 22 0.00000641 22 100%
1972 24 0.000007636 24 100%
1973 18 0.000005966 18 100%
1974 27 0.000008882 27 100%
1975 17 0.00000563 17 100%
1976 19 0.000006262 19 100%
1977 25 0.00000787 25 100%
1978 28 0.000008822 28 100%
1979 19 0.000005711 19 100%
1980 23 0.000006677 23 100%
1981 25 0.000007227 25 100%
1982 26 0.000007412 26 100%
1983 22 0.000006352 22 100%
1984 20 0.000005733 20 100%
1985 17 0.000004763 17 100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 100%
1987 18 0.000004992 18 100%
1988 18 0.000004871 18 100%
1989 18 0.000004682 18 100%
1990 26 0.000006578 26 100%
1991 31 0.000007958 31 100%
1992 34 0.000008851 34 100%
1993 24 0.000006366 24 100%
1994 34 0.000009146 34 100%
1995 29 0.000007919 29 100%
1996 22 0.000006032 22 100%
1997 21 0.000005792 21 100%
1998 15 0.000004078 15 100%
1999 13 0.000003519 13 100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 100%
2001 13 0.000003473 13 100%
2002 16 0.00000428 16 100%
2003 16 0.000004208 16 100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 100%
2017 18 0.000005033 18 100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 100%
2019 11 0.000003169 11 100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 100%
2021 9 0.000002656 9 100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 100%

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