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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ellyn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ellyn” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ellyn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ellyn” 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
1898 6 0.000015729 6 100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 100%
1916 13 0.00000672 13 100%
1917 12 0.00000598 12 100%
1918 19 0.000008751 19 100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 100%
1921 13 0.000005569 13 100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 100%
1924 16 0.000006718 16 100%
1925 13 0.000005572 13 100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 100%
1927 19 0.000008192 19 100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 100%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 100%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 100%
1932 18 0.000008526 18 100%
1933 17 0.000008502 17 100%
1934 17 0.000008186 17 100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 100%
1937 19 0.000008917 19 100%
1938 22 0.000009943 22 100%
1939 33 0.000014977 33 100%
1940 23 0.000009988 23 100%
1941 31 0.000012724 31 100%
1942 42 0.000015374 42 100%
1943 47 0.000016652 47 100%
1944 43 0.000015985 43 100%
1945 43 0.000016209 43 100%
1946 61 0.00001909 61 100%
1947 75 0.00002082 75 100%
1948 65 0.000018827 65 100%
1949 75 0.000021522 75 100%
1950 77 0.000021979 77 100%
1951 75 0.00002036 75 100%
1952 90 0.000023697 90 100%
1953 76 0.000019722 76 100%
1954 75 0.000018841 75 100%
1955 73 0.000018181 73 100%
1956 74 0.000017948 74 100%
1957 67 0.000015944 67 100%
1958 69 0.000016691 69 100%
1959 68 0.000016354 68 100%
1960 82 0.000019741 82 100%
1961 60 0.000014485 60 100%
1962 54 0.000013382 54 100%
1963 45 0.000011369 45 100%
1964 55 0.000014148 55 100%
1965 44 0.000012136 44 100%
1966 50 0.000014386 50 100%
1967 30 0.000008837 30 100%
1968 36 0.000010656 36 100%
1969 34 0.000009783 34 100%
1970 27 0.000007486 27 100%
1971 26 0.000007575 26 100%
1972 24 0.000007636 24 100%
1973 18 0.000005966 18 100%
1974 20 0.000006579 20 100%
1975 27 0.000008942 27 100%
1976 24 0.00000791 24 100%
1977 26 0.000008185 26 100%
1978 33 0.000010397 33 100%
1979 23 0.000006913 23 100%
1980 26 0.000007548 26 100%
1981 21 0.00000607 21 100%
1982 35 0.000009977 35 100%
1983 23 0.000006641 23 100%
1984 18 0.000005159 18 100%
1985 24 0.000006724 24 100%
1986 22 0.000006185 22 100%
1987 28 0.000007766 28 100%
1988 67 0.000018132 67 100%
1989 75 0.000019509 75 100%
1990 79 0.000019987 79 100%
1991 102 0.000026186 102 100%
1992 94 0.000024471 94 100%
1993 74 0.000019627 74 100%
1994 60 0.000016139 60 100%
1995 54 0.000014745 54 100%
1996 47 0.000012887 47 100%
1997 27 0.000007447 27 100%
1998 19 0.000005166 19 100%
1999 25 0.000006768 25 100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 100%
2001 17 0.000004541 17 100%
2002 31 0.000008293 31 100%
2003 37 0.000009731 37 100%
2004 33 0.000008637 33 100%
2005 17 0.000004422 17 100%
2006 16 0.000004044 16 100%
2007 29 0.000007254 29 100%
2008 22 0.000005597 22 100%
2009 18 0.000004712 18 100%
2010 20 0.000005412 20 100%
2011 16 0.000004374 16 100%
2012 29 0.000007929 29 100%
2013 22 0.000006035 22 100%
2014 36 0.000009713 36 100%
2015 26 0.000007025 26 100%
2016 25 0.000006814 25 100%
2017 21 0.000005872 21 100%
2018 18 0.00000512 18 100%
2019 16 0.00000461 16 100%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 100%
2021 11 0.000003247 11 100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 100%
2023 14 0.000004228 14 100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 100%

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