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How popular is “Elayne” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elayne” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elayne” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elayne” 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
1912 5 0.00000506 5 100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 100%
1915 14 0.00000764 14 100%
1916 22 0.000011373 22 100%
1917 26 0.000012956 26 100%
1918 20 0.000009212 20 100%
1919 30 0.000014216 30 100%
1920 50 0.000022098 50 100%
1921 79 0.00003384 79 100%
1922 70 0.000030579 70 100%
1923 77 0.000033442 77 100%
1924 102 0.000042828 102 100%
1925 100 0.000042858 100 100%
1926 82 0.000035716 82 100%
1927 84 0.000036217 84 100%
1928 56 0.000024768 56 100%
1929 61 0.000027826 61 100%
1930 66 0.000029686 66 100%
1931 74 0.000035165 74 100%
1932 63 0.00002984 63 100%
1933 52 0.000026007 52 100%
1934 54 0.000026001 54 100%
1935 49 0.000023446 49 100%
1936 50 0.000024066 50 100%
1937 49 0.000022997 49 100%
1938 42 0.000018982 42 100%
1939 32 0.000014523 32 100%
1940 40 0.000017371 40 100%
1941 58 0.000023805 58 100%
1942 64 0.000023428 64 100%
1943 67 0.000023737 67 100%
1944 67 0.000024906 67 100%
1945 82 0.000030909 82 100%
1946 104 0.000032548 104 100%
1947 98 0.000027205 98 100%
1948 80 0.000023171 80 100%
1949 80 0.000022957 80 100%
1950 66 0.000018839 66 100%
1951 56 0.000015202 56 100%
1952 58 0.000015271 58 100%
1953 50 0.000012975 50 100%
1954 69 0.000017334 69 100%
1955 52 0.000012951 52 100%
1956 44 0.000010672 44 100%
1957 49 0.000011661 49 100%
1958 49 0.000011853 49 100%
1959 45 0.000010823 45 100%
1960 40 0.00000963 40 100%
1961 37 0.000008932 37 100%
1962 40 0.000009912 40 100%
1963 34 0.00000859 34 100%
1964 31 0.000007974 31 100%
1965 37 0.000010206 37 100%
1966 23 0.000006617 23 100%
1967 23 0.000006775 23 100%
1968 24 0.000007104 24 100%
1969 17 0.000004892 17 100%
1970 17 0.000004714 17 100%
1971 17 0.000004953 17 100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 100%
1974 13 0.000004276 13 100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 100%
1976 18 0.000005932 18 100%
1977 24 0.000007555 24 100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 100%
1987 23 0.000006379 23 100%
1988 17 0.000004601 17 100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 100%
1990 17 0.000004301 17 100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 100%
1992 29 0.00000755 29 100%
1993 31 0.000008222 31 100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 100%
1995 17 0.000004642 17 100%
1996 23 0.000006306 23 100%
1997 21 0.000005792 21 100%
1998 20 0.000005437 20 100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 100%
2000 25 0.000006614 25 100%
2001 17 0.000004541 17 100%
2002 15 0.000004013 15 100%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 100%
2004 15 0.000003926 15 100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 100%
2006 18 0.00000455 18 100%
2007 24 0.000006003 24 100%
2008 19 0.000004834 19 100%
2009 19 0.000004974 19 100%
2010 12 0.000003247 12 100%
2011 22 0.000006015 22 100%
2012 31 0.000008476 31 100%
2013 29 0.000007955 29 100%
2014 21 0.000005666 21 100%
2015 24 0.000006485 24 100%
2016 34 0.000009268 34 100%
2017 29 0.000008109 29 100%
2018 26 0.000007395 26 100%
2019 27 0.000007779 27 100%
2020 34 0.000010178 34 100%
2021 29 0.00000856 29 100%
2022 31 0.000009163 31 100%
2023 21 0.000006342 21 100%
2024 42 0.000012618 42 100%

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