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How popular is “Arletha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Arletha” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Arletha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Arletha” 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
1900 5 0.000011105 5 100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 100%
1914 14 0.000009885 14 100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 100%
1917 14 0.000006976 14 100%
1918 29 0.000013357 29 100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 100%
1920 28 0.000012375 28 100%
1921 23 0.000009852 23 100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 100%
1923 19 0.000008252 19 100%
1924 23 0.000009657 23 100%
1925 22 0.000009429 22 100%
1926 25 0.000010889 25 100%
1927 30 0.000012935 30 100%
1928 23 0.000010173 23 100%
1929 29 0.000013229 29 100%
1930 25 0.000011245 25 100%
1931 23 0.00001093 23 100%
1932 25 0.000011841 25 100%
1933 22 0.000011003 22 100%
1934 17 0.000008186 17 100%
1935 26 0.000012441 26 100%
1936 23 0.000011071 23 100%
1937 21 0.000009856 21 100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 100%
1939 20 0.000009077 20 100%
1940 16 0.000006948 16 100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 100%
1942 16 0.000005857 16 100%
1943 20 0.000007086 20 100%
1944 20 0.000007435 20 100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 100%
1946 22 0.000006885 22 100%
1947 24 0.000006662 24 100%
1948 26 0.000007531 26 100%
1949 25 0.000007174 25 100%
1950 27 0.000007707 27 100%
1951 25 0.000006787 25 100%
1952 27 0.000007109 27 100%
1953 26 0.000006747 26 100%
1954 22 0.000005527 22 100%
1955 29 0.000007223 29 100%
1956 30 0.000007276 30 100%
1957 28 0.000006663 28 100%
1958 36 0.000008708 36 100%
1959 38 0.000009139 38 100%
1960 29 0.000006982 29 100%
1961 36 0.000008691 36 100%
1962 34 0.000008425 34 100%
1963 40 0.000010106 40 100%
1964 37 0.000009517 37 100%
1965 27 0.000007447 27 100%
1966 36 0.000010358 36 100%
1967 27 0.000007953 27 100%
1968 29 0.000008584 29 100%
1969 23 0.000006618 23 100%
1970 20 0.000005546 20 100%
1971 28 0.000008158 28 100%
1972 23 0.000007318 23 100%
1973 15 0.000004972 15 100%
1974 17 0.000005592 17 100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 100%
1977 12 0.000003778 12 100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 100%

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