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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Arline” in the USA?

Number of people named “Arline” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Arline” by birth year

This chart shows how “Arline” 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 7 0.000032266 7 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 100%
1888 13 0.000043409 13 100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 100%
1890 18 0.000059721 18 100%
1891 26 0.000090696 26 100%
1892 18 0.000053832 18 100%
1893 17 0.000052272 17 100%
1894 33 0.000097434 33 100%
1895 25 0.000071221 25 100%
1896 33 0.000092312 33 100%
1897 33 0.000095113 33 100%
1898 33 0.000086511 33 100%
1899 29 0.000085487 29 100%
1900 35 0.000077733 35 100%
1901 32 0.000092536 32 100%
1902 38 0.000098259 38 100%
1903 55 0.000144281 55 100%
1904 60 0.000148704 60 100%
1905 73 0.000172201 73 100%
1906 60 0.000140039 60 100%
1907 79 0.00016975 79 100%
1908 92 0.000188274 92 100%
1909 96 0.000187785 96 100%
1910 104 0.000176059 104 100%
1911 133 0.000206433 133 100%
1912 156 0.000157885 156 100%
1913 187 0.000164452 187 100%
1914 260 0.000183571 260 100%
1915 343 0.000187184 343 100%
1916 414 0.000214018 414 100%
1917 538 0.000268095 533 5 98%
1918 487 0.000224309 482 5 98%
1919 513 0.0002431 513 100%
1920 583 0.000257663 583 100%
1921 627 0.000268579 627 100%
1922 589 0.0002573 589 100%
1923 653 0.000283607 653 100%
1924 677 0.000284261 677 100%
1925 608 0.000260575 608 100%
1926 597 0.000260028 597 100%
1927 536 0.000231098 531 5 98%
1928 508 0.000224686 508 100%
1929 465 0.000212119 456 9 96%
1930 371 0.00016687 371 100%
1931 292 0.000138758 292 100%
1932 350 0.000165775 350 100%
1933 362 0.00018105 356 6 97%
1934 414 0.000199344 408 6 97%
1935 485 0.000232069 485 100%
1936 631 0.000303719 631 100%
1937 559 0.000262359 559 100%
1938 345 0.000155927 345 100%
1939 227 0.000103021 227 100%
1940 267 0.000115952 267 100%
1941 263 0.000107945 263 100%
1942 264 0.000096639 264 100%
1943 227 0.000080423 227 100%
1944 175 0.000065054 175 100%
1945 143 0.000053903 143 100%
1946 155 0.000048509 155 100%
1947 147 0.000040807 147 100%
1948 127 0.000036785 127 100%
1949 98 0.000028122 98 100%
1950 80 0.000022835 80 100%
1951 76 0.000020631 76 100%
1952 82 0.00002159 82 100%
1953 108 0.000028025 108 100%
1954 71 0.000017836 71 100%
1955 66 0.000016438 66 100%
1956 57 0.000013825 57 100%
1957 55 0.000013089 55 100%
1958 63 0.00001524 63 100%
1959 51 0.000012266 51 100%
1960 59 0.000014204 59 100%
1961 58 0.000014002 58 100%
1962 54 0.000013382 54 100%
1963 42 0.000010611 42 100%
1964 46 0.000011832 46 100%
1965 37 0.000010206 37 100%
1966 34 0.000009782 34 100%
1967 24 0.000007069 24 100%
1968 27 0.000007992 27 100%
1969 33 0.000009496 33 100%
1970 16 0.000004436 16 100%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 100%
1972 16 0.000005091 16 100%
1973 22 0.000007292 22 100%
1974 18 0.000005921 18 100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 100%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 100%
1988 17 0.000004601 17 100%
1989 18 0.000004682 18 100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 100%
1992 19 0.000004946 19 100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 100%
1994 14 0.000003766 14 100%
1995 16 0.000004369 16 100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 100%
1997 21 0.000005792 21 100%
1998 27 0.000007341 27 100%
1999 33 0.000008934 33 100%
2000 22 0.00000582 22 100%
2001 22 0.000005877 22 100%
2002 18 0.000004815 18 100%
2003 19 0.000004997 19 100%
2004 19 0.000004973 19 100%
2005 18 0.000004682 18 100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 100%
2007 15 0.000003752 15 100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 100%
2009 13 0.000003403 13 100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 100%
2012 10 0.000002734 10 100%
2013 12 0.000003292 12 100%
2015 8 0.000002162 8 100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 100%

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