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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Arlyn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Arlyn” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Arlyn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Arlyn” 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
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 13 0.000009179 5 8 -23%
1915 16 0.000008732 9 7 13%
1916 22 0.000011373 10 12 -9%
1917 13 0.000006478 6 7 -8%
1918 18 0.000008291 9 9 0%
1919 14 0.000006634 9 5 29%
1920 29 0.000012817 9 20 -38%
1921 24 0.000010281 12 12 0%
1922 23 0.000010047 10 13 -13%
1923 23 0.000009989 9 14 -22%
1924 46 0.000019315 22 24 -4%
1925 40 0.000017143 14 26 -30%
1926 42 0.000018293 15 27 -29%
1927 42 0.000018108 20 22 -5%
1928 37 0.000016365 16 21 -14%
1929 45 0.000020528 10 35 -56%
1930 54 0.000024288 20 34 -26%
1931 50 0.00002376 14 36 -44%
1932 55 0.00002605 15 40 -45%
1933 58 0.000029008 19 39 -34%
1934 75 0.000036113 22 53 -41%
1935 55 0.000026317 19 36 -31%
1936 66 0.000031768 18 48 -45%
1937 61 0.000028629 23 38 -25%
1938 56 0.00002531 14 42 -50%
1939 73 0.00003313 7 66 -81%
1940 59 0.000025622 12 47 -59%
1941 55 0.000022574 6 49 -78%
1942 63 0.000023062 15 48 -52%
1943 51 0.000018069 10 41 -61%
1944 46 0.0000171 9 37 -61%
1945 53 0.000019978 12 41 -55%
1946 69 0.000021594 19 50 -45%
1947 66 0.000018322 18 48 -45%
1948 49 0.000014193 13 36 -47%
1949 53 0.000015209 15 38 -43%
1950 51 0.000014557 14 37 -45%
1951 66 0.000017917 20 46 -39%
1952 47 0.000012375 13 34 -45%
1953 42 0.000010899 10 32 -52%
1954 50 0.000012561 15 35 -40%
1955 43 0.00001071 14 29 -35%
1956 54 0.000013097 10 44 -63%
1957 27 0.000006425 27 -100%
1958 44 0.000010644 11 33 -50%
1959 47 0.000011304 8 39 -66%
1960 38 0.000009148 9 29 -53%
1961 39 0.000009415 11 28 -44%
1962 34 0.000008425 10 24 -41%
1963 33 0.000008337 10 23 -39%
1964 27 0.000006945 7 20 -48%
1965 28 0.000007723 8 20 -43%
1966 25 0.000007193 9 16 -28%
1967 16 0.000004713 7 9 -13%
1968 13 0.000003848 6 7 -8%
1969 25 0.000007194 8 17 -36%
1970 29 0.000008041 12 17 -17%
1971 30 0.00000874 10 20 -33%
1972 25 0.000007954 9 16 -28%
1973 24 0.000007955 10 14 -17%
1974 27 0.000008882 9 18 -33%
1975 22 0.000007286 7 15 -36%
1976 27 0.000008898 10 17 -26%
1977 22 0.000006926 9 13 -18%
1978 32 0.000010082 9 23 -44%
1979 19 0.000005711 8 11 -16%
1980 23 0.000006677 11 12 -4%
1981 22 0.00000636 14 8 27%
1982 16 0.000004561 7 9 -13%
1983 21 0.000006064 12 9 14%
1984 17 0.000004873 17 100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 100%
1988 18 0.000004871 10 8 11%
1989 28 0.000007283 23 5 64%
1990 15 0.000003795 15 100%
1991 27 0.000006931 19 8 41%
1992 28 0.000007289 21 7 50%
1993 23 0.0000061 16 7 39%
1994 30 0.00000807 21 9 40%
1995 30 0.000008192 21 9 40%
1996 22 0.000006032 22 100%
1997 34 0.000009377 34 100%
1998 54 0.000014681 48 6 78%
1999 45 0.000012182 40 5 78%
2000 46 0.00001217 41 5 78%
2001 37 0.000009884 37 100%
2002 46 0.000012305 46 100%
2003 62 0.000016306 56 6 81%
2004 61 0.000015965 55 6 80%
2005 49 0.000012744 41 8 67%
2006 47 0.00001188 47 100%
2007 68 0.00001701 59 9 74%
2008 63 0.000016028 56 7 78%
2009 59 0.000015444 53 6 80%
2010 59 0.000015964 51 8 73%
2011 50 0.000013669 44 6 76%
2012 65 0.000017772 55 10 69%
2013 63 0.000017281 53 10 68%
2014 45 0.000012141 35 10 56%
2015 52 0.000014051 44 8 69%
2016 51 0.000013901 38 13 49%
2017 55 0.000015379 46 9 67%
2018 54 0.000015359 39 15 44%
2019 54 0.000015558 37 17 37%
2020 58 0.000017362 49 9 69%
2021 39 0.000011511 30 9 54%
2022 62 0.000018326 49 13 58%
2023 52 0.000015704 39 13 50%
2024 58 0.000017425 44 14 52%

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