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How popular is “Elisha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elisha” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elisha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elisha” 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 32 0.000158822 32 -100%
1881 29 0.000150502 29 -100%
1882 35 0.00015799 35 -100%
1883 42 0.000193597 42 -100%
1884 39 0.00016019 39 -100%
1885 38 0.000157772 38 -100%
1886 35 0.000137085 35 -100%
1887 20 0.000080843 20 -100%
1888 37 0.00012355 37 -100%
1889 29 0.000100365 29 -100%
1890 24 0.000079628 24 -100%
1891 28 0.000097672 28 -100%
1892 28 0.000083739 28 -100%
1893 17 0.000052272 17 -100%
1894 27 0.000079719 27 -100%
1895 33 0.000094012 33 -100%
1896 23 0.000064339 23 -100%
1897 18 0.00005188 18 -100%
1898 32 0.000083889 32 -100%
1899 26 0.000076643 26 -100%
1900 37 0.000082175 37 -100%
1901 19 0.000054943 19 -100%
1902 23 0.000059473 23 -100%
1903 25 0.000065582 25 -100%
1904 25 0.00006196 25 -100%
1905 16 0.000037743 16 -100%
1906 15 0.00003501 15 -100%
1907 21 0.000045123 21 -100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 -100%
1909 24 0.000046946 24 -100%
1910 25 0.000042322 25 -100%
1911 27 0.000041907 27 -100%
1912 44 0.000044532 44 -100%
1913 45 0.000039574 45 -100%
1914 47 0.000033184 5 42 -79%
1915 58 0.000031652 58 -100%
1916 81 0.000041873 81 -100%
1917 79 0.000039367 79 -100%
1918 69 0.000031781 69 -100%
1919 79 0.000037436 79 -100%
1920 71 0.000031379 71 -100%
1921 99 0.000042407 99 -100%
1922 96 0.000041937 96 -100%
1923 89 0.000038654 89 -100%
1924 72 0.000030232 72 -100%
1925 74 0.000031715 74 -100%
1926 72 0.00003136 72 -100%
1927 79 0.000034061 79 -100%
1928 68 0.000030076 68 -100%
1929 60 0.00002737 60 -100%
1930 71 0.000031935 71 -100%
1931 63 0.000029937 63 -100%
1932 62 0.000029366 62 -100%
1933 45 0.000022506 45 -100%
1934 60 0.00002889 60 -100%
1935 53 0.00002536 53 -100%
1936 48 0.000023104 48 -100%
1937 48 0.000022528 48 -100%
1938 41 0.00001853 41 -100%
1939 47 0.00002133 47 -100%
1940 62 0.000026925 6 56 -81%
1941 47 0.000019291 47 -100%
1942 44 0.000016106 44 -100%
1943 48 0.000017006 48 -100%
1944 45 0.000016728 45 -100%
1945 46 0.000017339 46 -100%
1946 45 0.000014083 45 -100%
1947 53 0.000014713 7 46 -74%
1948 52 0.000015061 9 43 -65%
1949 61 0.000017505 9 52 -70%
1950 49 0.000013987 49 -100%
1951 52 0.000014116 7 45 -73%
1952 46 0.000012112 5 41 -78%
1953 48 0.000012456 8 40 -67%
1954 49 0.000012309 5 44 -80%
1955 44 0.000010959 44 -100%
1956 46 0.000011157 10 36 -57%
1957 50 0.000011899 14 36 -44%
1958 40 0.000009676 8 32 -60%
1959 59 0.00001419 25 34 -15%
1960 78 0.000018778 49 29 26%
1961 56 0.000013519 33 23 18%
1962 74 0.000018338 40 34 8%
1963 84 0.000021222 54 30 29%
1964 88 0.000022636 57 31 30%
1965 102 0.000028134 72 30 41%
1966 78 0.000022442 54 24 38%
1967 90 0.00002651 76 14 69%
1968 92 0.000027232 70 22 52%
1969 120 0.000034529 95 25 58%
1970 166 0.000046028 127 39 53%
1971 188 0.000054773 151 37 61%
1972 226 0.000071906 181 45 60%
1973 195 0.000064636 158 37 62%
1974 232 0.000076316 184 48 59%
1975 299 0.000099026 230 69 54%
1976 364 0.000119962 300 64 65%
1977 503 0.000158351 421 82 67%
1978 531 0.000167304 444 87 67%
1979 639 0.000192065 546 93 71%
1980 736 0.000213674 624 112 70%
1981 668 0.000193098 565 103 69%
1982 648 0.000184723 540 108 67%
1983 619 0.000178729 525 94 70%
1984 583 0.000167108 468 115 61%
1985 582 0.000163066 481 101 65%
1986 508 0.000142814 428 80 69%
1987 538 0.000149212 450 88 67%
1988 492 0.000133151 402 90 63%
1989 461 0.000119913 358 103 55%
1990 466 0.000117901 348 118 49%
1991 436 0.000111931 297 139 36%
1992 433 0.000112723 296 137 37%
1993 402 0.000106623 260 142 29%
1994 425 0.000114319 247 178 16%
1995 425 0.000116052 221 204 4%
1996 454 0.000124479 224 230 -1%
1997 433 0.000119424 199 234 -8%
1998 473 0.000128595 219 254 -7%
1999 473 0.00012805 189 284 -20%
2000 467 0.000123548 190 277 -19%
2001 474 0.000126623 174 300 -27%
2002 502 0.000134286 166 336 -34%
2003 506 0.000133077 169 337 -33%
2004 560 0.000146561 201 359 -28%
2005 536 0.000139407 159 377 -41%
2006 543 0.000137253 167 376 -38%
2007 553 0.00013833 188 365 -32%
2008 539 0.000137127 147 392 -45%
2009 489 0.000128005 147 342 -40%
2010 501 0.000135562 138 363 -45%
2011 450 0.000123025 139 311 -38%
2012 457 0.000124953 140 317 -39%
2013 508 0.000139343 160 348 -37%
2014 465 0.000125459 138 327 -41%
2015 425 0.000114837 120 305 -44%
2016 427 0.00011639 123 304 -42%
2017 424 0.000118562 138 286 -35%
2018 431 0.000122586 161 270 -25%
2019 437 0.000125903 118 319 -46%
2020 359 0.000107466 88 271 -51%
2021 347 0.000102422 81 266 -53%
2022 384 0.000113504 82 302 -57%
2023 358 0.000108118 77 281 -57%
2024 379 0.000113865 95 284 -50%

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