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How popular is “Cordelia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cordelia” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Cordelia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cordelia” 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 58 0.000287864 58 100%
1881 49 0.000254297 49 100%
1882 39 0.000176046 39 100%
1883 51 0.000235082 51 100%
1884 58 0.000238231 58 100%
1885 58 0.00024081 58 100%
1886 64 0.00025067 64 100%
1887 58 0.000234446 58 100%
1888 54 0.000180316 54 100%
1889 57 0.000197269 57 100%
1890 48 0.000159256 48 100%
1891 51 0.000177903 51 100%
1892 56 0.000167477 56 100%
1893 62 0.000190638 62 100%
1894 52 0.000153533 52 100%
1895 54 0.000153837 54 100%
1896 51 0.000142664 51 100%
1897 71 0.000204636 71 100%
1898 68 0.000178265 68 100%
1899 62 0.000182765 62 100%
1900 79 0.000175455 79 100%
1901 51 0.000147479 51 100%
1902 49 0.000126702 49 100%
1903 52 0.000136411 52 100%
1904 54 0.000133834 54 100%
1905 72 0.000169843 72 100%
1906 57 0.000133037 57 100%
1907 61 0.000131073 61 100%
1908 56 0.000114602 56 100%
1909 69 0.00013497 69 100%
1910 75 0.000126966 75 100%
1911 56 0.000086919 56 100%
1912 90 0.000091087 90 100%
1913 94 0.000082666 94 100%
1914 89 0.000062838 89 100%
1915 135 0.000073673 135 100%
1916 147 0.000075992 147 100%
1917 130 0.000064781 130 100%
1918 125 0.000057574 125 100%
1919 146 0.000069186 146 100%
1920 120 0.000053035 120 100%
1921 141 0.000060398 141 100%
1922 115 0.000050237 115 100%
1923 129 0.000056027 129 100%
1924 131 0.000055005 131 100%
1925 99 0.000042429 99 100%
1926 113 0.000049218 113 100%
1927 109 0.000046996 109 100%
1928 79 0.000034941 79 100%
1929 95 0.000043336 95 100%
1930 89 0.000040031 89 100%
1931 89 0.000042293 89 100%
1932 84 0.000039786 84 100%
1933 76 0.000038011 76 100%
1934 67 0.000032261 67 100%
1935 77 0.000036844 77 100%
1936 92 0.000044282 92 100%
1937 109 0.000051158 109 100%
1938 69 0.000031185 69 100%
1939 87 0.000039484 87 100%
1940 86 0.000037348 86 100%
1941 81 0.000033245 81 100%
1942 70 0.000025624 70 100%
1943 75 0.000026572 75 100%
1944 89 0.000033085 89 100%
1945 68 0.000025632 68 100%
1946 79 0.000024724 79 100%
1947 65 0.000018044 65 100%
1948 90 0.000026068 90 100%
1949 77 0.000022096 77 100%
1950 86 0.000024548 86 100%
1951 83 0.000022531 83 100%
1952 67 0.000017641 67 100%
1953 78 0.000020241 78 100%
1954 68 0.000017082 68 100%
1955 74 0.000018431 74 100%
1956 93 0.000022556 93 100%
1957 77 0.000018324 77 100%
1958 79 0.00001911 79 100%
1959 67 0.000016114 67 100%
1960 79 0.000019019 79 100%
1961 61 0.000014726 61 100%
1962 76 0.000018833 76 100%
1963 54 0.000013643 54 100%
1964 61 0.000015691 61 100%
1965 48 0.00001324 48 100%
1966 67 0.000019277 67 100%
1967 41 0.000012077 41 100%
1968 39 0.000011544 39 100%
1969 40 0.00001151 40 100%
1970 39 0.000010814 39 100%
1971 41 0.000011945 41 100%
1972 33 0.0000105 33 100%
1973 40 0.000013259 40 100%
1974 27 0.000008882 27 100%
1975 39 0.000012916 39 100%
1976 41 0.000013512 41 100%
1977 31 0.000009759 31 100%
1978 31 0.000009767 31 100%
1979 30 0.000009017 30 100%
1980 40 0.000011613 40 100%
1981 29 0.000008383 29 100%
1982 34 0.000009692 34 100%
1983 29 0.000008373 29 100%
1984 28 0.000008026 28 100%
1985 30 0.000008405 30 100%
1986 28 0.000007872 28 100%
1987 39 0.000010816 39 100%
1988 39 0.000010555 39 100%
1989 42 0.000010925 42 100%
1990 38 0.000009614 38 100%
1991 30 0.000007702 30 100%
1992 31 0.00000807 31 100%
1993 34 0.000009018 34 100%
1994 29 0.000007801 29 100%
1995 44 0.000012015 44 100%
1996 25 0.000006855 25 100%
1997 32 0.000008826 32 100%
1998 58 0.000015769 58 100%
1999 46 0.000012453 46 100%
2000 64 0.000016932 64 100%
2001 65 0.000017364 65 100%
2002 115 0.000030763 115 100%
2003 150 0.00003945 150 100%
2004 128 0.0000335 128 100%
2005 149 0.000038753 149 100%
2006 129 0.000032607 129 100%
2007 111 0.000027766 111 100%
2008 132 0.000033582 132 100%
2009 175 0.000045809 175 100%
2010 180 0.000048705 180 100%
2011 181 0.000049483 181 100%
2012 208 0.000056872 208 100%
2013 201 0.000055134 201 100%
2014 267 0.000072038 267 100%
2015 286 0.000077278 286 100%
2016 263 0.000071688 263 100%
2017 210 0.000058722 210 100%
2018 249 0.000070821 249 100%
2019 231 0.000066553 231 100%
2020 252 0.000075436 252 100%
2021 253 0.000074676 253 100%
2022 242 0.000071531 242 100%
2023 219 0.000066139 219 100%
2024 233 0.000070001 233 100%

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