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How popular is “Beulah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Beulah” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Beulah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Beulah” 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 131 0.000650176 131 100%
1881 162 0.000840737 162 100%
1882 190 0.00085766 190 100%
1883 217 0.001000249 217 100%
1884 233 0.000957032 233 100%
1885 309 0.001282935 309 100%
1886 345 0.001351267 345 100%
1887 355 0.00143497 355 100%
1888 426 0.001422494 426 100%
1889 498 0.001723505 498 100%
1890 573 0.001901122 573 100%
1891 526 0.001834843 526 100%
1892 644 0.001925987 638 6 98%
1893 622 0.001912534 622 100%
1894 675 0.001992973 675 100%
1895 760 0.002165119 760 100%
1896 750 0.002097996 750 100%
1897 688 0.001982955 688 100%
1898 789 0.002068396 783 6 98%
1899 770 0.00226982 770 100%
1900 981 0.002178751 974 7 99%
1901 859 0.002484009 859 100%
1902 878 0.0022703 873 5 99%
1903 920 0.002413431 920 100%
1904 983 0.002436274 983 100%
1905 968 0.002283439 968 100%
1906 980 0.002287309 980 100%
1907 1092 0.002346419 1092 100%
1908 1020 0.002087388 1015 5 99%
1909 1052 0.002057806 1052 100%
1910 1137 0.001924799 1131 6 99%
1911 1252 0.001943261 1244 8 99%
1912 1615 0.001634513 1607 8 99%
1913 1647 0.001448409 1641 6 99%
1914 1775 0.001253227 1775 100%
1915 2282 0.001245344 2268 14 99%
1916 2408 0.001244819 2401 7 99%
1917 2244 0.001118226 2232 12 99%
1918 2372 0.001092528 2363 9 99%
1919 2217 0.001050589 2212 5 100%
1920 2382 0.001052751 2376 6 99%
1921 2322 0.000994643 2313 9 99%
1922 2105 0.000919553 2097 8 99%
1923 2059 0.000894253 2050 9 99%
1924 2011 0.000844387 2006 5 100%
1925 1785 0.00076501 1777 8 99%
1926 1650 0.000718671 1650 100%
1927 1664 0.00071744 1657 7 99%
1928 1428 0.000631596 1421 7 99%
1929 1279 0.000583443 1279 100%
1930 1216 0.000546938 1210 6 99%
1931 1074 0.000510362 1063 11 98%
1932 1006 0.000476486 999 7 99%
1933 901 0.000450625 896 5 99%
1934 931 0.000448282 931 100%
1935 851 0.000407197 845 6 99%
1936 748 0.000360035 743 5 99%
1937 724 0.000339799 719 5 99%
1938 694 0.000313662 689 5 99%
1939 574 0.000260502 574 100%
1940 621 0.000269685 621 100%
1941 554 0.000227382 554 100%
1942 508 0.000185957 508 100%
1943 503 0.000178207 503 100%
1944 462 0.000171742 462 100%
1945 392 0.000147762 392 100%
1946 353 0.000110475 353 100%
1947 371 0.000102989 371 100%
1948 327 0.000094713 327 100%
1949 317 0.000090967 317 100%
1950 288 0.000082207 288 100%
1951 233 0.000063251 233 100%
1952 201 0.000052923 201 100%
1953 182 0.000047228 182 100%
1954 195 0.000048986 195 100%
1955 153 0.000038106 153 100%
1956 138 0.00003347 138 100%
1957 142 0.000033792 142 100%
1958 131 0.000031689 131 100%
1959 117 0.000028139 117 100%
1960 80 0.000019259 80 100%
1961 95 0.000022934 95 100%
1962 88 0.000021807 88 100%
1963 92 0.000023243 92 100%
1964 78 0.000020064 78 100%
1965 62 0.000017101 62 100%
1966 46 0.000013235 46 100%
1967 65 0.000019146 65 100%
1968 28 0.000008288 28 100%
1969 37 0.000010646 37 100%
1970 50 0.000013864 50 100%
1971 35 0.000010197 35 100%
1972 26 0.000008272 26 100%
1973 27 0.00000895 27 100%
1974 33 0.000010855 33 100%
1975 23 0.000007617 23 100%
1976 26 0.000008569 26 100%
1977 20 0.000006296 20 100%
1978 27 0.000008507 27 100%
1979 19 0.000005711 19 100%
1980 21 0.000006097 21 100%
1981 20 0.000005781 20 100%
1982 20 0.000005701 20 100%
1983 17 0.000004909 17 100%
1984 19 0.000005446 19 100%
1985 17 0.000004763 17 100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 100%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 100%
1988 16 0.00000433 16 100%
1989 16 0.000004162 16 100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 100%
2014 11 0.000002968 11 100%
2015 14 0.000003783 14 100%
2016 16 0.000004361 16 100%
2017 17 0.000004754 17 100%
2018 17 0.000004835 17 100%
2019 29 0.000008355 29 100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 100%
2021 17 0.000005018 17 100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 100%
2023 21 0.000006342 21 100%
2024 26 0.000007811 26 100%

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