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How popular is “Colette” in the USA?

Number of people named “Colette” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Colette” by birth year

This chart shows how “Colette” 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
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 100%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 100%
1901 9 0.000026026 9 100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 100%
1907 13 0.000027934 13 100%
1908 16 0.000032743 16 100%
1909 16 0.000031297 16 100%
1910 14 0.0000237 14 100%
1911 17 0.000026386 17 100%
1912 22 0.000022266 22 100%
1913 22 0.000019347 22 100%
1914 30 0.000021181 30 100%
1915 21 0.00001146 21 100%
1916 36 0.00001861 36 100%
1917 30 0.00001495 30 100%
1918 34 0.00001566 34 100%
1919 24 0.000011373 24 100%
1920 34 0.000015027 34 100%
1921 34 0.000014564 34 100%
1922 32 0.000013979 32 100%
1923 45 0.000019544 45 100%
1924 58 0.000024353 58 100%
1925 49 0.000021 49 100%
1926 47 0.000020471 47 100%
1927 38 0.000016384 38 100%
1928 59 0.000026095 59 100%
1929 65 0.000029651 65 100%
1930 66 0.000029686 66 100%
1931 65 0.000030888 65 100%
1932 68 0.000032208 68 100%
1933 82 0.000041011 82 100%
1934 67 0.000032261 67 100%
1935 85 0.000040672 85 100%
1936 66 0.000031768 66 100%
1937 79 0.000037078 79 100%
1938 99 0.000044744 99 100%
1939 70 0.000031768 70 100%
1940 75 0.000032571 75 100%
1941 90 0.000036939 90 100%
1942 88 0.000032213 88 100%
1943 108 0.000038263 108 100%
1944 105 0.000039032 105 100%
1945 77 0.000029025 77 100%
1946 135 0.000042249 135 100%
1947 166 0.000046081 166 100%
1948 171 0.000049529 171 100%
1949 189 0.000054236 189 100%
1950 201 0.000057374 201 100%
1951 265 0.000071938 265 100%
1952 290 0.000076356 290 100%
1953 348 0.000090304 348 100%
1954 378 0.000094958 378 100%
1955 375 0.000093398 375 100%
1956 410 0.000099441 410 100%
1957 434 0.000103281 434 100%
1958 496 0.000119983 496 100%
1959 473 0.000113757 473 100%
1960 524 0.000126149 524 100%
1961 487 0.000117568 487 100%
1962 475 0.000117709 475 100%
1963 496 0.000125309 496 100%
1964 486 0.000125013 486 100%
1965 447 0.000123295 447 100%
1966 595 0.000171191 595 100%
1967 467 0.000137559 467 100%
1968 391 0.000115735 391 100%
1969 396 0.000113946 396 100%
1970 395 0.000109524 395 100%
1971 357 0.00010401 357 100%
1972 267 0.000084951 267 100%
1973 262 0.000086844 262 100%
1974 251 0.000082566 251 100%
1975 230 0.000076174 230 100%
1976 191 0.000062947 191 100%
1977 191 0.000060129 191 100%
1978 179 0.000056398 179 100%
1979 171 0.000051398 171 100%
1980 190 0.00005516 190 100%
1981 161 0.00004654 161 100%
1982 192 0.000054733 192 100%
1983 177 0.000051107 177 100%
1984 196 0.00005618 196 100%
1985 244 0.000068364 244 100%
1986 182 0.000051166 182 100%
1987 146 0.000040492 146 100%
1988 155 0.000041948 155 100%
1989 147 0.000038237 147 100%
1990 128 0.000032385 128 100%
1991 138 0.000035428 138 100%
1992 125 0.000032541 125 100%
1993 134 0.000035541 134 100%
1994 134 0.000036044 134 100%
1995 166 0.000045329 166 100%
1996 159 0.000043595 159 100%
1997 142 0.000039164 142 100%
1998 121 0.000032896 121 100%
1999 179 0.000048459 179 100%
2000 182 0.000048149 182 100%
2001 182 0.000048619 182 100%
2002 151 0.000040393 151 100%
2003 135 0.000035505 135 100%
2004 154 0.000040304 154 100%
2005 150 0.000039013 150 100%
2006 161 0.000040696 161 100%
2007 152 0.000038022 152 100%
2008 191 0.000048592 191 100%
2009 208 0.000054448 208 100%
2010 208 0.000056281 208 100%
2011 240 0.000065613 240 100%
2012 426 0.000116477 426 100%
2013 458 0.000125629 458 100%
2014 590 0.000159185 590 100%
2015 597 0.000161312 597 100%
2016 676 0.000184262 676 100%
2017 585 0.000163582 585 100%
2018 587 0.000166956 587 100%
2019 630 0.000181507 630 100%
2020 568 0.000170031 568 100%
2021 686 0.000202482 686 100%
2022 698 0.000206318 698 100%
2023 697 0.000210498 697 100%
2024 789 0.000237044 789 100%

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