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How popular is “Eliot” in the USA?

Number of people named “Eliot” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Eliot” by birth year

This chart shows how “Eliot” 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
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 8 0.000008097 8 -100%
1913 16 0.000014071 16 -100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 23 0.00001189 23 -100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 -100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 -100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 -100%
1920 21 0.000009281 21 -100%
1921 23 0.000009852 23 -100%
1922 23 0.000010047 23 -100%
1923 19 0.000008252 19 -100%
1924 18 0.000007558 18 -100%
1925 21 0.000009 21 -100%
1926 15 0.000006533 15 -100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 17 0.000007755 17 -100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 -100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 -100%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 -100%
1933 21 0.000010503 21 -100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 -100%
1935 13 0.00000622 13 -100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 -100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 -100%
1938 20 0.000009039 20 -100%
1939 18 0.000008169 18 -100%
1940 22 0.000009554 22 -100%
1941 14 0.000005746 14 -100%
1942 43 0.00001574 43 -100%
1943 21 0.00000744 21 -100%
1944 20 0.000007435 20 -100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 -100%
1946 32 0.000010015 32 -100%
1947 42 0.000011659 42 -100%
1948 28 0.00000811 28 -100%
1949 46 0.0000132 46 -100%
1950 50 0.000014272 50 -100%
1951 44 0.000011944 44 -100%
1952 60 0.000015798 60 -100%
1953 52 0.000013494 52 -100%
1954 58 0.00001457 58 -100%
1955 53 0.0000132 53 -100%
1956 69 0.000016735 69 -100%
1957 43 0.000010233 43 -100%
1958 49 0.000011853 49 -100%
1959 50 0.000012025 50 -100%
1960 91 0.000021908 91 -100%
1961 88 0.000021244 88 -100%
1962 77 0.000019081 77 -100%
1963 66 0.000016674 66 -100%
1964 45 0.000011575 45 -100%
1965 42 0.000011585 42 -100%
1966 45 0.000012947 45 -100%
1967 40 0.000011782 40 -100%
1968 45 0.00001332 45 -100%
1969 42 0.000012085 42 -100%
1970 63 0.000017468 63 -100%
1971 43 0.000012528 43 -100%
1972 30 0.000009545 30 -100%
1973 43 0.000014253 43 -100%
1974 42 0.000013816 42 -100%
1975 61 0.000020203 61 -100%
1976 63 0.000020763 63 -100%
1977 46 0.000014481 46 -100%
1978 61 0.000019219 61 -100%
1979 52 0.00001563 52 -100%
1980 46 0.000013355 46 -100%
1981 34 0.000009828 34 -100%
1982 87 0.000024801 87 -100%
1983 120 0.000034649 120 -100%
1984 82 0.000023504 82 -100%
1985 95 0.000026617 95 -100%
1986 56 0.000015743 56 -100%
1987 75 0.000020801 5 70 -87%
1988 68 0.000018403 68 -100%
1989 96 0.000024971 96 -100%
1990 87 0.000022012 5 82 -89%
1991 94 0.000024132 94 -100%
1992 90 0.00002343 90 -100%
1993 79 0.000020953 79 -100%
1994 56 0.000015063 56 -100%
1995 76 0.000020753 11 65 -71%
1996 89 0.000024402 6 83 -87%
1997 94 0.000025926 6 88 -87%
1998 86 0.000023381 8 78 -81%
1999 92 0.000024906 92 -100%
2000 76 0.000020106 76 -100%
2001 105 0.000028049 5 100 -90%
2002 121 0.000032368 15 106 -75%
2003 137 0.000036031 18 119 -74%
2004 160 0.000041875 24 136 -70%
2005 151 0.000039273 22 129 -71%
2006 145 0.000036651 17 128 -77%
2007 156 0.000039023 20 136 -74%
2008 164 0.000041723 22 142 -73%
2009 194 0.000050783 23 171 -76%
2010 235 0.000063587 28 207 -76%
2011 202 0.000055225 24 178 -76%
2012 239 0.000065348 23 216 -81%
2013 228 0.00006254 29 199 -75%
2014 223 0.000060167 31 192 -72%
2015 202 0.000054581 26 176 -74%
2016 191 0.000052062 28 163 -71%
2017 205 0.000057323 32 173 -69%
2018 219 0.000062289 36 183 -67%
2019 187 0.000053876 27 160 -71%
2020 177 0.000052985 25 152 -72%
2021 170 0.000050178 18 152 -79%
2022 147 0.000043451 6 141 -92%
2023 145 0.000043791 7 138 -90%
2024 144 0.000043263 7 137 -90%

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