How popular is “Bell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bell” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Bell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bell” 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
1880	31	0.000153858	31		100%
1881	29	0.000150502	29		100%
1882	38	0.000171532	38		100%
1883	33	0.000152112	33		100%
1884	50	0.000205372	50		100%
1885	45	0.000186835	45		100%
1886	46	0.000180169	46		100%
1887	44	0.000177855	44		100%
1888	45	0.000150263	45		100%
1889	55	0.000190347	55		100%
1890	61	0.000202388	61		100%
1891	55	0.000191856	55		100%
1892	59	0.000176449	59		100%
1893	42	0.000129142	42		100%
1894	43	0.00012696	43		100%
1895	46	0.000131047	46		100%
1896	51	0.000142664	51		100%
1897	44	0.000126817	44		100%
1898	58	0.000152049	58		100%
1899	52	0.000153287	52		100%
1900	63	0.00013992	63		100%
1901	52	0.000150371	52		100%
1902	43	0.000111188	43		100%
1903	48	0.000125918	48		100%
1904	34	0.000084266	34		100%
1905	53	0.000125023	45	8	70%
1906	40	0.00009336	40		100%
1907	38	0.000081652	33	5	74%
1908	31	0.00006344	31		100%
1909	29	0.000056727	29		100%
1910	50	0.000084644	50		100%
1911	43	0.000066741	43		100%
1912	58	0.000058701	58		100%
1913	47	0.000041333	40	7	70%
1914	41	0.000028948	35	6	71%
1915	60	0.000032743	47	13	57%
1916	47	0.000024297	47		100%
1917	36	0.000017939	31	5	72%
1918	56	0.000025793	50	6	79%
1919	54	0.000025589	49	5	81%
1920	48	0.000021214	42	6	75%
1921	41	0.000017563	36	5	76%
1922	38	0.0000166	28	10	47%
1923	31	0.000013464	31		100%
1924	33	0.000013856	33		100%
1925	34	0.000014572	34		100%
1926	34	0.000014809	28	6	65%
1927	27	0.000011641	21	6	56%
1928	29	0.000012827	20	9	38%
1929	25	0.000011404	17	8	36%
1930	22	0.000009895	22		100%
1931	10	0.000004752	10		100%
1932	17	0.000008052	12	5	41%
1933	7	0.000003501	7		100%
1934	15	0.000007223	15		100%
1935	12	0.000005742	7	5	17%
1936	16	0.000007701	16		100%
1937	9	0.000004224	9		100%
1938	15	0.000006779	15		100%
1939	12	0.000005446	12		100%
1940	13	0.000005646	13		100%
1941	12	0.000004925	12		100%
1942	14	0.000005125	14		100%
1943	5	0.000001771	5		100%
1944	5	0.000001859	5		100%
1945	8	0.000003016	8		100%
1946	6	0.000001878	6		100%
1947	8	0.000002221	8		100%
1948	5	0.000001448	5		100%
1949	8	0.000002296	8		100%
1951	6	0.000001629	6		100%
1952	8	0.000002106	8		100%
1954	5	0.000001256	5		100%
1955	5	0.000001245	5		100%
1956	8	0.00000194	8		100%
1958	7	0.000001693	7		100%
1959	7	0.000001684	7		100%
1960	6	0.000001444	6		100%
1961	7	0.00000169	7		100%
1962	5	0.000001239		5	-100%
1967	5	0.000001473	5		100%
1970	6	0.000001664	6		100%
1973	5	0.000001657	5		100%
1991	5	0.000001284		5	-100%
1993	5	0.000001326		5	-100%
2006	7	0.000001769	7		100%
2008	5	0.000001272	5		100%
2009	8	0.000002094	8		100%
2010	8	0.000002165	8		100%
2011	6	0.00000164	6		100%
2012	5	0.000001367	5		100%
2013	5	0.000001371	5		100%
2014	9	0.000002428	9		100%
2015	7	0.000001891	7		100%
2017	10	0.000002796	10		100%
2018	14	0.000003982	14		100%
2020	7	0.000002095	7		100%
2021	7	0.000002066	7		100%
2022	8	0.000002365	8		100%
2023	7	0.000002114	7		100%
2024	6	0.000001803	6		100%

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