Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Elam” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elam” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elam” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elam” 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
1880 6 0.000029779 6 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 -100%
1915 17 0.000009277 17 -100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 -100%
1917 18 0.00000897 18 -100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 -100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 -100%
1920 22 0.000009723 22 -100%
1921 13 0.000005569 13 -100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 -100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1926 21 0.000009147 21 -100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 -100%
1928 20 0.000008846 20 -100%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 -100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 -100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 -100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 -100%
1937 14 0.000006571 14 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 -100%
1941 14 0.000005746 14 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 -100%
1946 17 0.00000532 17 -100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 14 0.000003996 14 -100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 -100%
1952 14 0.000003686 14 -100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 -100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 -100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 12 0.000002886 12 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 -100%
1964 10 0.000002572 10 -100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 -100%
1969 13 0.000003741 13 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1973 15 0.000004972 15 -100%
1974 13 0.000004276 13 -100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 -100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 19 0.000005986 19 -100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 -100%
1980 19 0.000005516 19 -100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 -100%
1982 16 0.000004561 16 -100%
1983 17 0.000004909 17 -100%
1984 24 0.000006879 24 -100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 -100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 -100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 -100%
1989 19 0.000004942 19 -100%
1990 22 0.000005566 22 -100%
1991 20 0.000005134 20 -100%
1992 28 0.000007289 28 -100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 -100%
1994 18 0.000004842 18 -100%
1995 16 0.000004369 16 -100%
1996 21 0.000005758 21 -100%
1997 19 0.00000524 19 -100%
1998 18 0.000004894 18 -100%
1999 25 0.000006768 25 -100%
2000 34 0.000008995 34 -100%
2001 27 0.000007213 27 -100%
2002 26 0.000006955 26 -100%
2003 37 0.000009731 37 -100%
2004 28 0.000007328 28 -100%
2005 35 0.000009103 35 -100%
2006 34 0.000008594 34 -100%
2007 41 0.000010256 41 -100%
2008 39 0.000009922 39 -100%
2009 51 0.00001335 51 -100%
2010 68 0.0000184 68 -100%
2011 58 0.000015857 58 -100%
2012 64 0.000017499 64 -100%
2013 73 0.000020024 73 -100%
2014 102 0.00002752 102 -100%
2015 144 0.000038909 144 -100%
2016 108 0.000029438 108 -100%
2017 109 0.000030479 109 -100%
2018 103 0.000029296 103 -100%
2019 101 0.000029099 101 -100%
2020 92 0.00002754 92 -100%
2021 97 0.000028631 97 -100%
2022 74 0.000021873 74 -100%
2023 60 0.00001812 60 -100%
2024 64 0.000019228 64 -100%

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