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How popular is “Elgin” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elgin” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elgin” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elgin” 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
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 -100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 12 0.000028307 12 -100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 15 0.000025393 15 -100%
1911 14 0.00002173 14 -100%
1912 25 0.000025302 25 -100%
1913 27 0.000023744 27 -100%
1914 28 0.000019769 28 -100%
1915 48 0.000026195 6 42 -75%
1916 49 0.000025331 49 -100%
1917 52 0.000025913 5 47 -81%
1918 62 0.000028557 62 -100%
1919 66 0.000031276 66 -100%
1920 69 0.000030495 69 -100%
1921 60 0.000025701 60 -100%
1922 68 0.000029705 6 62 -82%
1923 52 0.000022584 5 47 -81%
1924 48 0.000020154 48 -100%
1925 58 0.000024857 58 -100%
1926 41 0.000017858 5 36 -76%
1927 78 0.00003363 9 69 -77%
1928 42 0.000018576 42 -100%
1929 41 0.000018703 41 -100%
1930 45 0.00002024 45 -100%
1931 28 0.000013306 28 -100%
1932 37 0.000017525 7 30 -62%
1933 29 0.000014504 29 -100%
1934 31 0.000014927 31 -100%
1935 39 0.000018661 39 -100%
1936 35 0.000016847 35 -100%
1937 31 0.000014549 31 -100%
1938 33 0.000014915 33 -100%
1939 23 0.000010438 23 -100%
1940 30 0.000013028 30 -100%
1941 38 0.000015597 38 -100%
1942 36 0.000013178 36 -100%
1943 35 0.0000124 35 -100%
1944 24 0.000008922 24 -100%
1945 27 0.000010178 27 -100%
1946 25 0.000007824 25 -100%
1947 29 0.00000805 29 -100%
1948 28 0.00000811 28 -100%
1949 37 0.000010618 37 -100%
1950 40 0.000011418 40 -100%
1951 25 0.000006787 25 -100%
1952 35 0.000009215 35 -100%
1953 32 0.000008304 32 -100%
1954 31 0.000007788 31 -100%
1955 25 0.000006227 25 -100%
1956 31 0.000007519 31 -100%
1957 35 0.000008329 35 -100%
1958 20 0.000004838 20 -100%
1959 38 0.000009139 38 -100%
1960 34 0.000008185 34 -100%
1961 48 0.000011588 48 -100%
1962 49 0.000012143 49 -100%
1963 40 0.000010106 40 -100%
1964 46 0.000011832 46 -100%
1965 45 0.000012412 45 -100%
1966 49 0.000014098 49 -100%
1967 56 0.000016495 56 -100%
1968 46 0.000013616 46 -100%
1969 68 0.000019567 68 -100%
1970 67 0.000018577 67 -100%
1971 58 0.000016898 58 -100%
1972 49 0.00001559 49 -100%
1973 34 0.00001127 34 -100%
1974 38 0.0000125 38 -100%
1975 34 0.000011261 34 -100%
1976 20 0.000006591 20 -100%
1977 32 0.000010074 32 -100%
1978 48 0.000015123 48 -100%
1979 45 0.000013526 45 -100%
1980 34 0.000009871 34 -100%
1981 39 0.000011274 39 -100%
1982 23 0.000006557 23 -100%
1983 26 0.000007507 26 -100%
1984 40 0.000011465 40 -100%
1985 31 0.000008686 31 -100%
1986 28 0.000007872 28 -100%
1987 36 0.000009984 36 -100%
1988 35 0.000009472 35 -100%
1989 29 0.000007543 29 -100%
1990 43 0.000010879 43 -100%
1991 36 0.000009242 36 -100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 -100%
1993 23 0.0000061 23 -100%
1994 29 0.000007801 29 -100%
1995 21 0.000005734 21 -100%
1996 15 0.000004113 15 -100%
1997 25 0.000006895 25 -100%
1998 24 0.000006525 24 -100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 -100%
2000 23 0.000006085 23 -100%
2001 19 0.000005076 19 -100%
2002 22 0.000005885 22 -100%
2003 28 0.000007364 28 -100%
2004 26 0.000006805 26 -100%
2005 39 0.000010143 39 -100%
2006 26 0.000006572 26 -100%
2007 21 0.000005253 21 -100%
2008 34 0.00000865 34 -100%
2009 27 0.000007068 27 -100%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 -100%
2011 23 0.000006288 23 -100%
2012 32 0.000008749 32 -100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 -100%
2014 21 0.000005666 21 -100%
2015 26 0.000007025 26 -100%
2016 21 0.000005724 21 -100%
2017 14 0.000003915 14 -100%
2018 23 0.000006542 23 -100%
2019 14 0.000004033 14 -100%
2020 16 0.00000479 16 -100%
2021 18 0.000005313 18 -100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 -100%
2023 11 0.000003322 11 -100%
2024 10 0.000003004 10 -100%

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