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How popular is “Elena” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elena” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elena” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elena” 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 5 0.000025949 5 100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 100%
1886 11 0.000043084 11 100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 100%
1888 15 0.000050088 15 100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 100%
1890 11 0.000036496 11 100%
1891 17 0.000059301 17 100%
1892 15 0.00004486 15 100%
1893 17 0.000052272 17 100%
1894 27 0.000079719 27 100%
1895 25 0.000071221 25 100%
1896 25 0.000069933 25 100%
1897 18 0.00005188 18 100%
1898 22 0.000057674 22 100%
1899 23 0.0000678 23 100%
1900 23 0.000051082 23 100%
1901 29 0.000083861 29 100%
1902 37 0.000095673 37 100%
1903 23 0.000060336 23 100%
1904 40 0.000099136 40 100%
1905 34 0.000080203 34 100%
1906 40 0.00009336 40 100%
1907 43 0.000092396 43 100%
1908 57 0.000116648 57 100%
1909 50 0.000097804 50 100%
1910 65 0.000110037 65 100%
1911 84 0.000130378 84 100%
1912 83 0.000084003 83 100%
1913 116 0.000102013 116 100%
1914 132 0.000093198 132 100%
1915 164 0.000089499 164 100%
1916 166 0.000085814 166 100%
1917 162 0.000080728 162 100%
1918 188 0.000086592 188 100%
1919 175 0.000082929 175 100%
1920 178 0.000078669 178 100%
1921 211 0.000090383 211 100%
1922 205 0.000089553 205 100%
1923 211 0.00009164 211 100%
1924 213 0.000089435 213 100%
1925 213 0.000091287 213 100%
1926 232 0.000101049 232 100%
1927 242 0.000104339 242 100%
1928 250 0.000110574 250 100%
1929 214 0.000097621 214 100%
1930 219 0.000098503 219 100%
1931 176 0.000083635 176 100%
1932 200 0.000094729 193 7 93%
1933 178 0.000089025 178 100%
1934 164 0.000078967 164 100%
1935 130 0.000062204 130 100%
1936 150 0.000072199 150 100%
1937 148 0.000069462 148 100%
1938 153 0.00006915 153 100%
1939 127 0.000057637 127 100%
1940 135 0.000058627 135 100%
1941 198 0.000081267 198 100%
1942 205 0.000075042 205 100%
1943 225 0.000079715 225 100%
1944 223 0.000082897 223 100%
1945 216 0.00008142 216 100%
1946 242 0.000075736 242 100%
1947 256 0.000071065 256 100%
1948 281 0.00008139 281 100%
1949 266 0.000076332 266 100%
1950 259 0.000073929 259 100%
1951 267 0.000072481 267 100%
1952 277 0.000072933 277 100%
1953 314 0.000081481 314 100%
1954 338 0.00008491 338 100%
1955 407 0.000101368 407 100%
1956 348 0.000084404 348 100%
1957 404 0.000096141 404 100%
1958 440 0.000106437 440 100%
1959 398 0.000095719 398 100%
1960 431 0.00010376 431 100%
1961 400 0.000096565 400 100%
1962 421 0.000104327 421 100%
1963 484 0.000122278 484 100%
1964 507 0.000130414 507 100%
1965 455 0.000125502 455 100%
1966 529 0.000152202 529 100%
1967 519 0.000152877 519 100%
1968 475 0.000140599 475 100%
1969 522 0.000150202 522 100%
1970 509 0.000141134 509 100%
1971 522 0.000152082 515 7 97%
1972 492 0.000156539 486 6 98%
1973 432 0.000143194 432 100%
1974 546 0.000179605 546 100%
1975 521 0.000172551 521 100%
1976 530 0.00017467 530 100%
1977 539 0.000169684 539 100%
1978 574 0.000180852 574 100%
1979 629 0.000189059 629 100%
1980 633 0.000183771 633 100%
1981 661 0.000191075 656 5 98%
1982 622 0.000177311 616 6 98%
1983 563 0.00016256 563 100%
1984 542 0.000155356 542 100%
1985 730 0.000204533 723 7 98%
1986 645 0.000181329 639 6 98%
1987 594 0.000164743 594 100%
1988 618 0.000167251 611 7 98%
1989 734 0.000190925 722 12 97%
1990 762 0.00019279 757 5 99%
1991 742 0.000190488 742 100%
1992 791 0.000205921 791 100%
1993 824 0.000218551 819 5 99%
1994 928 0.00024962 921 7 98%
1995 947 0.000258591 947 100%
1996 947 0.000259652 947 100%
1997 971 0.000267807 971 100%
1998 1138 0.00030939 1138 100%
1999 1468 0.000397416 1468 100%
2000 1366 0.000361385 1366 100%
2001 1392 0.000371855 1392 100%
2002 1358 0.000363268 1358 100%
2003 1464 0.000385028 1464 100%
2004 1591 0.000416392 1584 7 99%
2005 1610 0.000418743 1604 6 99%
2006 1875 0.000473941 1875 100%
2007 1744 0.000436253 1744 100%
2008 1627 0.000413925 1627 100%
2009 1685 0.000441079 1685 100%
2010 1886 0.000510317 1886 100%
2011 1939 0.000530101 1939 100%
2012 2274 0.000621759 2274 100%
2013 2393 0.000656396 2393 100%
2014 2616 0.000705811 2616 100%
2015 2898 0.00078305 2898 100%
2016 3187 0.000868701 3187 100%
2017 3886 0.00108663 3881 5 100%
2018 3776 0.001073979 3776 100%
2019 3948 0.001137446 3948 100%
2020 3926 0.001175246 3926 100%
2021 4279 0.001263006 4279 100%
2022 4289 0.001267759 4289 100%
2023 4276 0.001291376 4276 100%
2024 4567 0.001372089 4567 100%

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