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How popular is “Elba” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elba” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elba” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elba” 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
1888 5 0.000016696 5 100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 100%
1891 13 0.000045348 13 100%
1892 14 0.000041869 9 5 29%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 100%
1897 10 0.000028822 10 100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 100%
1902 12 0.000031029 12 100%
1903 16 0.000041973 11 5 38%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 100%
1906 9 0.000021006 9 100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 100%
1909 17 0.000033254 17 100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 100%
1911 21 0.000032595 15 6 43%
1912 20 0.000020242 15 5 50%
1913 26 0.000022865 21 5 62%
1914 25 0.000017651 13 12 4%
1915 35 0.0000191 27 8 54%
1916 36 0.00001861 27 9 50%
1917 34 0.000016943 26 8 53%
1918 48 0.000022108 36 12 50%
1919 42 0.000019903 29 13 38%
1920 49 0.000021656 33 16 35%
1921 29 0.000012422 19 10 31%
1922 39 0.000017037 28 11 44%
1923 24 0.000010424 19 5 58%
1924 26 0.000010917 13 13 0%
1925 38 0.000016286 20 18 5%
1926 39 0.000016987 26 13 33%
1927 39 0.000016815 32 7 64%
1928 29 0.000012827 22 7 52%
1929 32 0.000014597 21 11 31%
1930 38 0.000017092 29 9 53%
1931 19 0.000009029 12 7 26%
1932 24 0.000011367 18 6 50%
1933 35 0.000017505 27 8 54%
1934 41 0.000019742 29 12 41%
1935 20 0.00000957 14 6 40%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 100%
1937 23 0.000010795 16 7 39%
1938 20 0.000009039 12 8 20%
1939 24 0.000010892 18 6 50%
1940 21 0.00000912 10 11 -5%
1941 21 0.000008619 21 100%
1942 26 0.000009517 16 10 23%
1943 19 0.000006731 19 100%
1944 23 0.00000855 23 100%
1945 23 0.00000867 23 100%
1946 20 0.000006259 20 100%
1947 19 0.000005274 19 100%
1948 24 0.000006951 24 100%
1949 32 0.000009183 32 100%
1950 36 0.000010276 36 100%
1951 52 0.000014116 44 8 69%
1952 37 0.000009742 37 100%
1953 58 0.000015051 58 100%
1954 55 0.000013817 55 100%
1955 43 0.00001071 43 100%
1956 82 0.000019888 82 100%
1957 51 0.000012137 51 100%
1958 50 0.000012095 50 100%
1959 60 0.00001443 60 100%
1960 61 0.000014685 61 100%
1961 59 0.000014243 59 100%
1962 66 0.000016355 66 100%
1963 41 0.000010358 41 100%
1964 58 0.000014919 53 5 83%
1965 53 0.000014619 48 5 81%
1966 64 0.000018414 64 100%
1967 55 0.000016201 55 100%
1968 44 0.000013024 44 100%
1969 42 0.000012085 42 100%
1970 56 0.000015527 56 100%
1971 50 0.000014567 50 100%
1972 45 0.000014318 39 6 73%
1973 36 0.000011933 36 100%
1974 34 0.000011184 34 100%
1975 40 0.000013248 40 100%
1976 40 0.000013183 40 100%
1977 39 0.000012278 39 100%
1978 39 0.000012288 39 100%
1979 48 0.000014427 48 100%
1980 38 0.000011032 38 100%
1981 31 0.000008961 31 100%
1982 45 0.000012828 45 100%
1983 34 0.000009817 34 100%
1984 20 0.000005733 20 100%
1985 39 0.000010927 39 100%
1986 33 0.000009277 33 100%
1987 26 0.000007211 26 100%
1988 32 0.00000866 32 100%
1989 35 0.000009104 35 100%
1990 44 0.000011132 44 100%
1991 37 0.000009499 37 100%
1992 32 0.000008331 32 100%
1993 24 0.000006366 24 100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 100%
1995 23 0.00000628 23 100%
1996 28 0.000007677 28 100%
1997 16 0.000004413 16 100%
1998 20 0.000005437 20 100%
1999 23 0.000006227 23 100%
2000 21 0.000005556 21 100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 100%
2002 18 0.000004815 18 100%
2003 16 0.000004208 16 100%
2004 18 0.000004711 18 100%
2005 19 0.000004942 19 100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 100%
2007 17 0.000004252 17 100%
2008 17 0.000004325 17 100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 100%
2010 11 0.000002976 11 100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2013 13 0.000003566 13 100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 100%
2022 14 0.000004138 14 100%
2023 11 0.000003322 11 100%
2024 10 0.000003004 10 100%

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