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How popular is “Donella” in the USA?

Number of people named “Donella” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Donella” by birth year

This chart shows how “Donella” 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
1910 5 0.000008464 5 100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 100%
1915 12 0.000006549 12 100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 100%
1917 8 0.000003987 8 100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 100%
1922 23 0.000010047 23 100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 100%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 100%
1925 21 0.000009 21 100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 100%
1927 18 0.000007761 18 100%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 100%
1929 14 0.000006386 14 100%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 100%
1931 19 0.000009029 19 100%
1932 14 0.000006631 14 100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 100%
1935 13 0.00000622 13 100%
1936 13 0.000006257 13 100%
1937 17 0.000007979 17 100%
1938 16 0.000007231 16 100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 100%
1940 17 0.000007383 17 100%
1941 18 0.000007388 18 100%
1942 17 0.000006223 17 100%
1943 19 0.000006731 19 100%
1944 23 0.00000855 23 100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 100%
1946 31 0.000009702 31 100%
1947 30 0.000008328 30 100%
1948 29 0.0000084 29 100%
1949 41 0.000011765 41 100%
1950 47 0.000013416 47 100%
1951 29 0.000007872 29 100%
1952 51 0.000013428 51 100%
1953 31 0.000008044 31 100%
1954 31 0.000007788 31 100%
1955 25 0.000006227 25 100%
1956 24 0.000005821 24 100%
1957 28 0.000006663 28 100%
1958 14 0.000003387 14 100%
1959 32 0.000007696 32 100%
1960 27 0.0000065 27 100%
1961 26 0.000006277 26 100%
1962 27 0.000006691 27 100%
1963 36 0.000009095 36 100%
1964 18 0.00000463 18 100%
1965 19 0.000005241 19 100%
1966 22 0.00000633 22 100%
1967 42 0.000012372 42 100%
1968 40 0.00001184 40 100%
1969 48 0.000013812 48 100%
1970 51 0.000014141 51 100%
1971 41 0.000011945 41 100%
1972 43 0.000013681 43 100%
1973 42 0.000013922 42 100%
1974 43 0.000014145 43 100%
1975 21 0.000006955 21 100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 100%
1977 27 0.0000085 27 100%
1978 23 0.000007247 23 100%
1979 25 0.000007514 25 100%
1980 20 0.000005806 20 100%
1981 21 0.00000607 21 100%
1982 21 0.000005986 21 100%
1983 19 0.000005486 19 100%
1984 23 0.000006593 23 100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 100%
1986 21 0.000005904 21 100%
1987 19 0.00000527 19 100%
1988 16 0.00000433 16 100%
1989 12 0.000003121 12 100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 100%
1991 17 0.000004364 17 100%
1992 13 0.000003384 13 100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 100%

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