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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ellen” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ellen” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ellen” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ellen” 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 411 0.002039864 411 100%
1881 413 0.002143361 413 100%
1882 452 0.002040328 452 100%
1883 500 0.002304721 500 100%
1884 602 0.002472675 597 5 98%
1885 562 0.002333364 555 7 98%
1886 551 0.00215811 551 100%
1887 579 0.002340415 579 100%
1888 691 0.002307379 691 100%
1889 653 0.002259938 653 100%
1890 659 0.002186456 659 100%
1891 675 0.002354599 675 100%
1892 760 0.002272904 760 100%
1893 798 0.002453701 798 100%
1894 765 0.002258703 759 6 98%
1895 751 0.002139479 746 5 99%
1896 817 0.002285417 811 6 99%
1897 738 0.002127065 733 5 99%
1898 786 0.002060531 786 100%
1899 708 0.002087055 708 100%
1900 922 0.002047715 922 100%
1901 711 0.002056031 711 100%
1902 758 0.001960009 753 5 99%
1903 773 0.002027807 773 100%
1904 774 0.001918287 774 100%
1905 845 0.001993291 845 100%
1906 898 0.002095922 898 100%
1907 855 0.001837169 855 100%
1908 848 0.001735397 848 100%
1909 960 0.001877846 960 100%
1910 1038 0.001757204 1038 100%
1911 1171 0.001817538 1162 9 98%
1912 1458 0.001475616 1449 9 99%
1913 1579 0.001388608 1579 100%
1914 2039 0.001439622 2039 100%
1915 2587 0.00141179 2581 6 100%
1916 2838 0.001467109 2838 100%
1917 2870 0.001430173 2855 15 99%
1918 3036 0.001398362 3030 6 100%
1919 2935 0.001390834 2929 6 100%
1920 3083 0.001362566 3076 7 100%
1921 3073 0.001316339 3064 9 99%
1922 2962 0.001293927 2953 9 99%
1923 2680 0.001163962 2671 9 99%
1924 2956 0.001241177 2949 7 100%
1925 2808 0.001203445 2794 14 99%
1926 2778 0.00120998 2768 10 99%
1927 2877 0.001240429 2867 10 99%
1928 2690 0.001189772 2682 8 99%
1929 2584 0.001178746 2567 17 99%
1930 2534 0.001139753 2522 12 99%
1931 2463 0.001170412 2450 13 99%
1932 2381 0.001127746 2370 11 99%
1933 2212 0.001106306 2201 11 99%
1934 2467 0.001187876 2455 12 99%
1935 2445 0.001169912 2434 11 99%
1936 2412 0.001160967 2398 14 99%
1937 2517 0.001181319 2499 18 99%
1938 2817 0.001273178 2805 12 99%
1939 3019 0.001370129 3005 14 99%
1940 3330 0.001446138 3318 12 99%
1941 3686 0.001512872 3664 22 99%
1942 4217 0.001543661 4197 20 99%
1943 4167 0.00147632 4152 15 99%
1944 4014 0.001492149 3998 16 99%
1945 4198 0.001582413 4189 9 100%
1946 5251 0.001643348 5237 14 99%
1947 5876 0.00163117 5856 20 99%
1948 5299 0.001534822 5289 10 100%
1949 5513 0.001582024 5505 8 100%
1950 5578 0.001592187 5567 11 100%
1951 5956 0.001616835 5945 11 100%
1952 5852 0.001540809 5842 10 100%
1953 5551 0.001440455 5537 14 99%
1954 5470 0.001374127 5456 14 99%
1955 5479 0.001364605 5470 9 100%
1956 5445 0.001320628 5432 13 100%
1957 5598 0.001332177 5588 10 100%
1958 5168 0.00125015 5156 12 100%
1959 5408 0.001300628 5397 11 100%
1960 5148 0.001239343 5135 13 99%
1961 4855 0.001172054 4844 11 100%
1962 4128 0.001022954 4113 15 99%
1963 3961 0.001000707 3944 17 99%
1964 3541 0.000910844 3532 9 99%
1965 3261 0.000899475 3251 10 99%
1966 2811 0.000808768 2805 6 100%
1967 2531 0.000745531 2525 6 100%
1968 2109 0.000624258 2102 7 99%
1969 1895 0.000545273 1895 100%
1970 1759 0.000487729 1759 100%
1971 1391 0.000405261 1391 100%
1972 1176 0.000374166 1176 100%
1973 1073 0.000355665 1073 100%
1974 1094 0.000359869 1088 6 99%
1975 1021 0.000338147 1021 100%
1976 950 0.000313087 941 9 98%
1977 1018 0.000320479 1018 100%
1978 1012 0.000318854 1012 100%
1979 948 0.000284941 943 5 99%
1980 988 0.000286834 988 100%
1981 958 0.000276929 958 100%
1982 1007 0.000287061 1007 100%
1983 958 0.000276612 953 5 99%
1984 936 0.000268291 929 7 99%
1985 854 0.000239275 854 100%
1986 977 0.000274664 969 8 98%
1987 1084 0.000300642 1079 5 99%
1988 1192 0.000322594 1187 5 99%
1989 1325 0.000344653 1316 9 99%
1990 1385 0.000350413 1378 7 99%
1991 1430 0.000367112 1430 100%
1992 1335 0.000347541 1335 100%
1993 1311 0.00034772 1305 6 99%
1994 1322 0.000355601 1322 100%
1995 1311 0.000357986 1311 100%
1996 1156 0.000316956 1156 100%
1997 812 0.000223954 812 100%
1998 622 0.000169104 622 100%
1999 675 0.000182735 675 100%
2000 632 0.0001672 632 100%
2001 609 0.000162687 609 100%
2002 590 0.000157826 590 100%
2003 668 0.000175682 668 100%
2004 594 0.00015546 594 100%
2005 517 0.000134466 517 100%
2006 545 0.000137759 545 100%
2007 513 0.000128324 513 100%
2008 459 0.000116774 459 100%
2009 416 0.000108896 416 100%
2010 430 0.00011635 430 100%
2011 401 0.000109629 401 100%
2012 374 0.000102259 374 100%
2013 403 0.000110542 403 100%
2014 435 0.000117365 435 100%
2015 406 0.000109703 406 100%
2016 450 0.000122659 450 100%
2017 385 0.000107656 385 100%
2018 356 0.000101254 356 100%
2019 347 0.000099973 347 100%
2020 336 0.000100581 336 100%
2021 289 0.000085302 289 100%
2022 255 0.000075374 255 100%
2023 239 0.000072179 239 100%
2024 244 0.000073306 244 100%

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