Name Trends

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How popular is “Elaijah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elaijah” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elaijah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elaijah” 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
1999 9 0.000002436 9 100%
2001 13 0.000003473 8 5 23%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 100%
2010 15 0.000004059 15 100%
2011 14 0.000003827 14 100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 100%

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