Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Elah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elah” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elah” 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
1905 5 0.000011795 5 100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 100%
2007 18 0.000004503 18 100%
2008 19 0.000004834 19 100%
2009 14 0.000003665 14 100%
2010 18 0.00000487 18 100%
2011 19 0.000005194 19 100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 100%
2014 14 0.000003777 14 100%
2015 33 0.000008917 33 100%
2016 18 0.000004906 18 100%
2017 18 0.000005033 18 100%
2018 14 0.000003982 14 100%
2019 18 0.000005186 18 100%
2020 20 0.000005987 20 100%
2021 26 0.000007674 26 100%
2022 18 0.000005321 18 100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 100%
2024 15 0.000004507 15 100%

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