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How popular is “Elihu” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elihu” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elihu” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elihu” 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 6 0.000029779 6 -100%
1881 11 0.000057087 11 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 14 0.000014169 14 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 -100%
1915 22 0.000012006 22 -100%
1916 20 0.000010339 20 -100%
1917 19 0.000009468 19 -100%
1918 21 0.000009672 21 -100%
1919 20 0.000009478 20 -100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 -100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 -100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 -100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1924 19 0.000007978 19 -100%
1925 15 0.000006429 15 -100%
1926 21 0.000009147 21 -100%
1927 21 0.000009054 21 -100%
1928 26 0.0000115 26 -100%
1929 16 0.000007299 16 -100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 -100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 -100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 -100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 -100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 -100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 -100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 -100%
2001 18 0.000004808 18 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2003 16 0.000004208 16 -100%
2004 15 0.000003926 15 -100%
2005 17 0.000004422 17 -100%
2006 18 0.00000455 18 -100%
2007 14 0.000003502 14 -100%
2008 19 0.000004834 19 -100%
2009 22 0.000005759 22 -100%
2010 16 0.000004329 16 -100%
2011 13 0.000003554 13 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 -100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 -100%
2015 16 0.000004323 16 -100%
2016 22 0.000005997 22 -100%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 -100%
2018 18 0.00000512 18 -100%
2019 20 0.000005762 20 -100%
2020 18 0.000005388 18 -100%
2021 16 0.000004723 16 -100%
2022 14 0.000004138 14 -100%
2023 17 0.000005134 17 -100%
2024 17 0.000005107 17 -100%

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