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How popular is “Calla” in the USA?

Number of people named “Calla” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Calla” by birth year

This chart shows how “Calla” 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 6 0.000029779 6 100%
1881 8 0.000041518 8 100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 100%
1883 9 0.000041485 9 100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 100%
1894 11 0.000032478 11 100%
1895 11 0.000031337 11 100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 100%
1897 11 0.000031704 11 100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 100%
1905 10 0.000023589 10 100%
1906 12 0.000028008 12 100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 100%
1914 10 0.00000706 10 100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 100%
1917 8 0.000003987 8 100%
1918 16 0.000007369 16 100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 100%
1920 14 0.000006187 14 100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 100%
1952 17 0.000004476 17 100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 100%
1954 19 0.000004773 19 100%
1955 19 0.000004732 19 100%
1956 10 0.000002425 10 100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 100%
1979 9 0.000002705 9 100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 100%
1982 17 0.000004846 17 100%
1983 14 0.000004042 14 100%
1984 21 0.000006019 21 100%
1985 16 0.000004483 16 100%
1986 56 0.000015743 56 100%
1987 39 0.000010816 39 100%
1988 41 0.000011096 41 100%
1989 46 0.000011965 46 100%
1990 41 0.000010373 41 100%
1991 57 0.000014633 57 100%
1992 57 0.000014839 57 100%
1993 49 0.000012996 49 100%
1994 44 0.000011835 44 100%
1995 44 0.000012015 44 100%
1996 37 0.000010145 37 100%
1997 43 0.00001186 43 100%
1998 35 0.000009516 35 100%
1999 33 0.000008934 33 100%
2000 57 0.00001508 57 100%
2001 69 0.000018432 69 100%
2002 50 0.000013375 50 100%
2003 60 0.00001578 60 100%
2004 71 0.000018582 71 100%
2005 81 0.000021067 81 100%
2006 87 0.000021991 87 100%
2007 92 0.000023013 92 100%
2008 96 0.000024423 96 100%
2009 107 0.000028009 107 100%
2010 134 0.000036258 134 100%
2011 104 0.000028432 104 100%
2012 120 0.00003281 120 100%
2013 139 0.000038127 139 100%
2014 140 0.000037773 140 100%
2015 140 0.000037829 140 100%
2016 164 0.000044703 164 100%
2017 176 0.000049214 176 100%
2018 122 0.0000347 122 100%
2019 111 0.00003198 111 100%
2020 135 0.000040412 135 100%
2021 134 0.000039552 134 100%
2022 135 0.000039904 135 100%
2023 130 0.000039261 130 100%
2024 142 0.000042662 142 100%

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