Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Bela” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bela” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Bela” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bela” 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 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 -100%
1916 13 0.00000672 13 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 10 0.00000442 5 5 0%
1921 12 0.00000514 6 6 0%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 12 0.000005212 5 7 -17%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 100%
1925 12 0.000005143 12 -100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 -100%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 -100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1943 6 0.000002126 6 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 -100%
1958 12 0.000002903 12 -100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 13 0.000003222 13 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 14 0.000004641 6 8 -14%
1974 10 0.000003289 5 5 0%
1979 11 0.000003306 6 5 9%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1989 11 0.000002861 6 5 9%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 -100%
1995 11 0.000003004 5 6 -9%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 100%
1998 16 0.00000435 11 5 38%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 100%
2000 25 0.000006614 16 9 28%
2001 21 0.00000561 16 5 52%
2002 25 0.000006688 15 10 20%
2003 28 0.000007364 21 7 50%
2004 36 0.000009422 23 13 28%
2005 38 0.000009883 26 12 37%
2006 39 0.000009858 34 5 74%
2007 45 0.000011257 34 11 51%
2008 49 0.000012466 43 6 76%
2009 30 0.000007853 30 100%
2010 44 0.000011906 44 100%
2011 34 0.000009295 34 100%
2012 41 0.00001121 41 100%
2013 28 0.00000768 28 100%
2014 44 0.000011871 38 6 73%
2015 23 0.000006215 16 7 39%
2016 31 0.00000845 25 6 61%
2017 27 0.00000755 21 6 56%
2018 21 0.000005973 16 5 52%
2019 27 0.000007779 27 100%
2020 19 0.000005688 19 100%
2021 31 0.00000915 31 100%
2022 38 0.000011232 30 8 58%
2023 37 0.000011174 37 100%
2024 30 0.000009013 30 100%

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