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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Elin” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elin” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elin” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elin” 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
1893 9 0.000027673 9 100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 100%
1918 9 0.000004145 9 100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 100%
1921 12 0.00000514 12 100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 100%
1936 11 0.000005295 11 100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 100%
1941 14 0.000005746 14 100%
1942 16 0.000005857 16 100%
1943 21 0.00000744 21 100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 100%
1946 15 0.000004694 15 100%
1947 21 0.00000583 21 100%
1948 23 0.000006662 23 100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 100%
1950 18 0.000005138 18 100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 100%
1952 14 0.000003686 14 100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 100%
1954 15 0.000003768 15 100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 100%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 100%
1961 12 0.000002897 12 100%
1962 18 0.000004461 18 100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 100%
1964 17 0.000004373 17 100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 100%
1976 14 0.000004614 14 100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 100%
1979 15 0.000004509 15 100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 100%
1981 11 0.00000318 11 100%
1982 23 0.000006557 23 100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 100%
1984 17 0.000004873 17 100%
1985 16 0.000004483 16 100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 100%
1987 16 0.000004438 16 100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 100%
1989 10 0.000002601 10 100%
1990 22 0.000005566 22 100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 100%
1992 18 0.000004686 13 5 44%
1993 16 0.000004244 16 100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 100%
1995 15 0.000004096 15 100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 100%
2000 18 0.000004762 13 5 44%
2001 15 0.000004007 15 100%
2002 22 0.000005885 17 5 55%
2003 22 0.000005786 17 5 55%
2004 45 0.000011777 39 6 73%
2005 39 0.000010143 39 100%
2006 50 0.000012638 45 5 80%
2007 58 0.000014508 58 100%
2008 70 0.000017809 65 5 86%
2009 61 0.000015968 61 100%
2010 402 0.000108774 386 16 92%
2011 428 0.00011701 428 100%
2012 346 0.000094604 336 10 94%
2013 343 0.000094084 329 14 92%
2014 393 0.000106033 384 9 95%
2015 309 0.000083493 297 12 92%
2016 274 0.000074686 267 7 95%
2017 234 0.000065433 227 7 94%
2018 208 0.00005916 201 7 93%
2019 191 0.000055028 177 14 85%
2020 144 0.000043106 133 11 85%
2021 133 0.000039257 133 100%
2022 99 0.000029263 90 9 82%
2023 74 0.000022348 74 100%
2024 70 0.00002103 70 100%

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