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How popular is “Cora” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cora” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Cora” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cora” 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 1051 0.005216295 1045 6 99%
1881 976 0.005065183 969 7 99%
1882 1076 0.004857064 1076 100%
1883 1081 0.004982807 1081 100%
1884 1253 0.005146615 1244 9 99%
1885 1258 0.005223081 1253 5 99%
1886 1237 0.004844977 1231 6 99%
1887 1257 0.005081005 1257 100%
1888 1442 0.004815109 1433 9 99%
1889 1372 0.004748292 1365 7 99%
1890 1395 0.004628385 1386 9 99%
1891 1349 0.00470571 1343 6 99%
1892 1424 0.004258704 1419 5 99%
1893 1308 0.004021856 1308 100%
1894 1326 0.003915085 1319 7 99%
1895 1304 0.003714888 1295 9 99%
1896 1204 0.003367983 1204 100%
1897 1246 0.003591223 1246 100%
1898 1304 0.00341849 1304 100%
1899 1056 0.003112895 1056 100%
1900 1397 0.003102666 1389 8 99%
1901 1027 0.002969822 1027 100%
1902 1081 0.00279521 1081 100%
1903 995 0.002610178 986 9 98%
1904 993 0.002461058 993 100%
1905 1044 0.002462717 1044 100%
1906 959 0.002238296 952 7 99%
1907 977 0.002099314 969 8 98%
1908 969 0.001983019 962 7 99%
1909 969 0.001895451 969 100%
1910 1084 0.001835077 1079 5 99%
1911 1022 0.001586272 1022 100%
1912 1258 0.001273199 1253 5 99%
1913 1288 0.001132696 1288 100%
1914 1505 0.001062595 1500 5 99%
1915 1691 0.00092282 1683 8 99%
1916 1910 0.000987378 1899 11 99%
1917 1754 0.00087405 1737 17 98%
1918 1926 0.000887103 1916 10 99%
1919 1947 0.000922642 1940 7 99%
1920 1819 0.000803927 1819 100%
1921 1833 0.000785177 1828 5 99%
1922 1768 0.000772337 1762 6 99%
1923 1698 0.000737465 1691 7 99%
1924 1638 0.00068777 1630 8 99%
1925 1685 0.000722153 1679 6 99%
1926 1477 0.000643319 1477 100%
1927 1500 0.000646731 1493 7 99%
1928 1407 0.000622308 1393 14 98%
1929 1397 0.000637271 1389 8 99%
1930 1280 0.000575724 1272 8 99%
1931 1195 0.000567861 1185 10 98%
1932 1142 0.000540901 1136 6 99%
1933 1170 0.000585162 1157 13 98%
1934 1117 0.000537843 1112 5 99%
1935 1082 0.000517728 1071 11 98%
1936 1019 0.000490475 1008 11 98%
1937 1141 0.000535512 1141 100%
1938 1142 0.000516141 1131 11 98%
1939 1040 0.000471989 1040 100%
1940 975 0.000423419 965 10 98%
1941 1012 0.000415363 1007 5 99%
1942 1010 0.000369717 1002 8 98%
1943 874 0.000309648 874 100%
1944 816 0.000303337 816 100%
1945 757 0.000285347 752 5 99%
1946 800 0.000250367 800 100%
1947 848 0.000235404 848 100%
1948 837 0.000242432 837 100%
1949 854 0.000245066 848 6 99%
1950 734 0.000209513 734 100%
1951 672 0.000182423 672 100%
1952 667 0.000175619 667 100%
1953 647 0.000167893 647 100%
1954 614 0.000154244 614 100%
1955 576 0.000143459 576 100%
1956 554 0.000134367 554 100%
1957 516 0.000122794 516 100%
1958 435 0.000105227 435 100%
1959 454 0.000109187 454 100%
1960 454 0.000109297 454 100%
1961 419 0.000101152 419 100%
1962 410 0.000101602 410 100%
1963 403 0.000101814 403 100%
1964 351 0.000090287 351 100%
1965 373 0.000102884 373 100%
1966 312 0.000089767 312 100%
1967 235 0.000069222 235 100%
1968 235 0.000069559 235 100%
1969 210 0.000060426 201 9 91%
1970 234 0.000064883 234 100%
1971 227 0.000066135 222 5 96%
1972 201 0.000063952 201 100%
1973 196 0.000064968 196 100%
1974 206 0.000067763 206 100%
1975 182 0.000060277 182 100%
1976 211 0.000069538 211 100%
1977 223 0.000070203 223 100%
1978 225 0.000070891 225 100%
1979 194 0.000058311 194 100%
1980 214 0.000062128 214 100%
1981 221 0.000063884 221 100%
1982 239 0.000068131 239 100%
1983 225 0.000064966 225 100%
1984 224 0.000064206 224 100%
1985 221 0.00006192 221 100%
1986 237 0.000066628 237 100%
1987 195 0.000054082 195 100%
1988 201 0.000054397 201 100%
1989 247 0.000064249 247 100%
1990 230 0.000058191 230 100%
1991 255 0.000065464 255 100%
1992 249 0.000064822 249 100%
1993 297 0.000078774 297 100%
1994 329 0.000088497 329 100%
1995 313 0.000085469 313 100%
1996 327 0.000089658 327 100%
1997 325 0.000089637 325 100%
1998 468 0.000127236 468 100%
1999 529 0.00014321 529 100%
2000 564 0.00014921 564 100%
2001 604 0.000161351 604 100%
2002 608 0.000162641 608 100%
2003 695 0.000182783 695 100%
2004 698 0.000182678 698 100%
2005 673 0.00017504 673 100%
2006 844 0.000213337 844 100%
2007 918 0.000229633 918 100%
2008 1041 0.000264841 1041 100%
2009 1100 0.000287945 1100 100%
2010 1206 0.000326322 1206 100%
2011 1555 0.00042512 1555 100%
2012 2081 0.000568989 2081 100%
2013 2586 0.000709335 2586 100%
2014 2972 0.000801861 2967 5 100%
2015 3409 0.000921124 3403 6 100%
2016 3373 0.0009194 3373 100%
2017 3445 0.000963314 3445 100%
2018 3596 0.001022783 3596 100%
2019 3601 0.001037473 3601 100%
2020 3034 0.000908226 3034 100%
2021 3005 0.000886967 3005 100%
2022 3073 0.000908329 3073 100%
2023 2749 0.000830214 2749 100%
2024 2570 0.000772119 2570 100%

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