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How popular is “Eileen” in the USA?

Number of people named “Eileen” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Eileen” by birth year

This chart shows how “Eileen” 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
1882 6 0.000027084 6 100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 100%
1886 15 0.000058751 15 100%
1887 15 0.000060633 15 100%
1888 14 0.000046749 14 100%
1889 20 0.000069217 20 100%
1890 15 0.000049768 15 100%
1891 13 0.000045348 13 100%
1892 35 0.000104673 35 100%
1893 32 0.000098394 32 100%
1894 36 0.000106292 36 100%
1895 44 0.000125349 44 100%
1896 46 0.000128677 46 100%
1897 59 0.00017005 59 100%
1898 81 0.000212345 81 100%
1899 77 0.000226982 77 100%
1900 85 0.000188781 85 100%
1901 86 0.00024869 86 100%
1902 91 0.000235304 91 100%
1903 101 0.000264953 101 100%
1904 120 0.000297409 120 100%
1905 124 0.000292507 124 100%
1906 161 0.000375772 161 100%
1907 168 0.000360988 168 100%
1908 199 0.000407245 199 100%
1909 216 0.000422515 216 100%
1910 258 0.000436762 258 100%
1911 336 0.000521514 336 100%
1912 470 0.000475679 470 100%
1913 614 0.000539965 614 100%
1914 920 0.00064956 920 100%
1915 1493 0.000814767 1493 100%
1916 1858 0.000960496 1858 100%
1917 2153 0.001072879 2147 6 99%
1918 2264 0.001042784 2264 100%
1919 2352 0.001114563 2346 6 99%
1920 2718 0.00120125 2718 100%
1921 2868 0.001228526 2862 6 100%
1922 2944 0.001286063 2939 5 100%
1923 2976 0.001292519 2976 100%
1924 3070 0.001289044 3070 100%
1925 2969 0.001272446 2964 5 100%
1926 2928 0.001275314 2928 100%
1927 2935 0.001265436 2929 6 100%
1928 2652 0.001172964 2644 8 99%
1929 2563 0.001169166 2558 5 100%
1930 2387 0.001073635 2378 9 99%
1931 2237 0.001063017 2224 13 99%
1932 2129 0.001008388 2121 8 99%
1933 2011 0.001005778 2004 7 99%
1934 2234 0.001075685 2227 7 99%
1935 2207 0.001056031 2199 8 99%
1936 2334 0.001123424 2320 14 99%
1937 2353 0.001104347 2344 9 99%
1938 2288 0.00103409 2283 5 100%
1939 2169 0.000984369 2158 11 99%
1940 2044 0.000887659 2034 10 99%
1941 2208 0.000906246 2196 12 99%
1942 3119 0.001141731 3107 12 99%
1943 4109 0.001455771 4092 17 99%
1944 3658 0.001359811 3649 9 100%
1945 3643 0.001373209 3637 6 100%
1946 4179 0.001307856 4168 11 99%
1947 4267 0.001184514 4251 16 99%
1948 3843 0.001113101 3838 5 100%
1949 3732 0.001070944 3722 10 99%
1950 3891 0.001110649 3883 8 100%
1951 3824 0.001038076 3816 8 100%
1952 3747 0.000986571 3742 5 100%
1953 3637 0.000943782 3629 8 100%
1954 3685 0.000925715 3680 5 100%
1955 3514 0.0008752 3503 11 99%
1956 3457 0.00083846 3451 6 100%
1957 3722 0.000885739 3710 12 99%
1958 3534 0.000854882 3526 8 100%
1959 3636 0.000874461 3629 7 100%
1960 3506 0.000844043 3496 10 99%
1961 3489 0.000842285 3489 100%
1962 3063 0.000759038 3058 5 100%
1963 2948 0.000744783 2936 12 99%
1964 2594 0.000667249 2585 9 99%
1965 2425 0.000668883 2418 7 99%
1966 2039 0.000586652 2039 100%
1967 1800 0.000530208 1793 7 99%
1968 1586 0.000469451 1578 8 99%
1969 1475 0.000424421 1475 100%
1970 1282 0.000355468 1282 100%
1971 1043 0.000303873 1036 7 99%
1972 918 0.000292078 918 100%
1973 865 0.000286719 865 100%
1974 759 0.000249671 759 100%
1975 662 0.000219249 662 100%
1976 564 0.000185875 564 100%
1977 636 0.000200221 631 5 98%
1978 629 0.000198181 629 100%
1979 575 0.000172828 570 5 98%
1980 613 0.000177965 613 100%
1981 585 0.000169106 585 100%
1982 584 0.000166478 584 100%
1983 689 0.000198941 689 100%
1984 614 0.000175994 614 100%
1985 560 0.000156902 560 100%
1986 534 0.000150123 534 100%
1987 471 0.00013063 471 100%
1988 515 0.000139376 515 100%
1989 531 0.000138121 524 7 97%
1990 529 0.00013384 529 100%
1991 422 0.000108337 422 100%
1992 403 0.000104913 403 100%
1993 401 0.000106358 401 100%
1994 368 0.000098987 368 100%
1995 372 0.00010158 372 100%
1996 373 0.00010227 373 100%
1997 377 0.000103979 377 100%
1998 450 0.000122342 450 100%
1999 414 0.000112078 414 100%
2000 402 0.000106352 402 100%
2001 407 0.000108725 407 100%
2002 380 0.000101651 380 100%
2003 389 0.000102306 389 100%
2004 358 0.000093695 358 100%
2005 381 0.000099094 381 100%
2006 355 0.000089733 355 100%
2007 396 0.000099057 396 100%
2008 386 0.000098202 386 100%
2009 347 0.000090834 347 100%
2010 321 0.000086857 321 100%
2011 369 0.000100881 369 100%
2012 324 0.000088588 324 100%
2013 359 0.000098473 359 100%
2014 391 0.000105494 391 100%
2015 408 0.000110243 408 100%
2016 390 0.000106305 390 100%
2017 421 0.000117723 421 100%
2018 439 0.000124861 439 100%
2019 413 0.000118988 413 100%
2020 401 0.000120039 401 100%
2021 440 0.000129872 440 100%
2022 475 0.000140402 475 100%
2023 444 0.000134091 444 100%
2024 508 0.000152621 508 100%

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