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How popular is “Elder” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elder” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elder” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elder” 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 8 0.000039705 8 -100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 -100%
1899 13 0.000038322 13 -100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 19 0.00001923 19 -100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 -100%
1914 25 0.000017651 25 -100%
1915 20 0.000010914 6 14 -40%
1916 28 0.000014475 28 -100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 -100%
1918 33 0.0000152 33 -100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 -100%
1920 25 0.000011049 25 -100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 -100%
1922 22 0.000009611 22 -100%
1923 23 0.000009989 23 -100%
1924 38 0.000015956 10 28 -47%
1925 19 0.000008143 7 12 -26%
1926 34 0.000014809 5 29 -71%
1927 23 0.000009917 7 16 -39%
1928 21 0.000009288 21 -100%
1929 24 0.000010948 7 17 -42%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1931 21 0.000009979 21 -100%
1932 17 0.000008052 5 12 -41%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 -100%
1934 14 0.000006741 14 -100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 -100%
1936 14 0.000006739 14 -100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 -100%
1942 15 0.000005491 5 10 -33%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 -100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 -100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 -100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 -100%
1950 11 0.00000314 11 -100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 -100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
1990 24 0.000006072 24 -100%
1991 14 0.000003594 14 -100%
1992 24 0.000006248 24 -100%
1993 19 0.000005039 19 -100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 -100%
1995 22 0.000006007 22 -100%
1996 22 0.000006032 22 -100%
1997 23 0.000006344 23 -100%
1998 36 0.000009787 36 -100%
1999 32 0.000008663 32 -100%
2000 32 0.000008466 32 -100%
2001 28 0.00000748 28 -100%
2002 46 0.000012305 46 -100%
2003 39 0.000010257 39 -100%
2004 36 0.000009422 36 -100%
2005 40 0.000010404 40 -100%
2006 56 0.000014155 56 -100%
2007 56 0.000014008 56 -100%
2008 48 0.000012212 48 -100%
2009 41 0.000010732 41 -100%
2010 41 0.000011094 41 -100%
2011 35 0.000009569 35 -100%
2012 27 0.000007382 27 -100%
2013 29 0.000007955 29 -100%
2014 45 0.000012141 45 -100%
2015 32 0.000008647 32 -100%
2016 40 0.000010903 40 -100%
2017 44 0.000012304 44 -100%
2018 30 0.000008533 30 -100%
2019 50 0.000014405 50 -100%
2020 31 0.00000928 31 -100%
2021 44 0.000012987 44 -100%
2022 41 0.000012119 41 -100%
2023 48 0.000014496 48 -100%
2024 58 0.000017425 58 -100%

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