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How popular is “Dahlia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dahlia” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dahlia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dahlia” 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
1890 5 0.000016589 5 100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 100%
1913 14 0.000012312 14 100%
1914 17 0.000012003 17 100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 100%
1917 19 0.000009468 19 100%
1918 16 0.000007369 16 100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 100%
1920 22 0.000009723 22 100%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 100%
1922 26 0.000011358 26 100%
1923 23 0.000009989 23 100%
1924 23 0.000009657 23 100%
1925 25 0.000010714 25 100%
1926 23 0.000010018 23 100%
1927 21 0.000009054 21 100%
1928 23 0.000010173 23 100%
1929 16 0.000007299 16 100%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 100%
1931 15 0.000007128 15 100%
1932 16 0.000007578 16 100%
1933 9 0.000004501 9 100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 100%
1936 11 0.000005295 11 100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 100%
1938 20 0.000009039 20 100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1941 17 0.000006977 17 100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 100%
1943 10 0.000003543 10 100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 100%
1946 19 0.000005946 19 100%
1947 19 0.000005274 19 100%
1948 28 0.00000811 28 100%
1949 21 0.000006026 21 100%
1950 32 0.000009134 32 100%
1951 21 0.000005701 21 100%
1952 26 0.000006846 26 100%
1953 31 0.000008044 31 100%
1954 42 0.000010551 42 100%
1955 18 0.000004483 18 100%
1956 23 0.000005578 23 100%
1957 20 0.000004759 20 100%
1958 27 0.000006531 27 100%
1959 26 0.000006253 26 100%
1960 37 0.000008907 37 100%
1961 24 0.000005794 24 100%
1962 35 0.000008673 35 100%
1963 28 0.000007074 28 100%
1964 28 0.000007202 28 100%
1965 24 0.00000662 24 100%
1966 36 0.000010358 36 100%
1967 28 0.000008248 28 100%
1968 29 0.000008584 29 100%
1969 38 0.000010934 38 100%
1970 46 0.000012755 46 100%
1971 42 0.000012236 42 100%
1972 34 0.000010818 34 100%
1973 42 0.000013922 42 100%
1974 35 0.000011513 35 100%
1975 41 0.000013579 41 100%
1976 49 0.000016149 49 100%
1977 59 0.000018574 59 100%
1978 39 0.000012288 39 100%
1979 55 0.000016531 55 100%
1980 49 0.000014226 49 100%
1981 39 0.000011274 39 100%
1982 33 0.000009407 33 100%
1983 36 0.000010395 36 100%
1984 36 0.000010319 36 100%
1985 44 0.000012328 44 100%
1986 36 0.000010121 36 100%
1987 29 0.000008043 29 100%
1988 40 0.000010825 40 100%
1989 48 0.000012486 48 100%
1990 41 0.000010373 41 100%
1991 46 0.000011809 46 100%
1992 54 0.000014058 54 100%
1993 44 0.00001167 44 100%
1994 83 0.000022326 83 100%
1995 70 0.000019114 70 100%
1996 105 0.000028789 105 100%
1997 124 0.0000342 124 100%
1998 144 0.00003915 144 100%
1999 128 0.000034652 128 100%
2000 137 0.000036244 137 100%
2001 131 0.000034995 131 100%
2002 160 0.0000428 160 100%
2003 177 0.000046551 177 100%
2004 170 0.000044492 170 100%
2005 192 0.000049937 192 100%
2006 263 0.000066478 263 100%
2007 356 0.000089052 356 100%
2008 397 0.000101001 397 100%
2009 445 0.000116487 445 100%
2010 451 0.000122032 451 100%
2011 538 0.000147083 538 100%
2012 579 0.000158311 579 100%
2013 695 0.000190637 695 100%
2014 721 0.00019453 721 100%
2015 777 0.000209948 777 100%
2016 853 0.000232508 853 100%
2017 797 0.000222863 797 100%
2018 752 0.000213886 752 100%
2019 848 0.000244315 848 100%
2020 872 0.000261033 872 100%
2021 1038 0.00030638 1038 100%
2022 1133 0.000334896 1133 100%
2023 1226 0.000370259 1226 100%
2024 1300 0.000390566 1300 100%

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