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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Elmer” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elmer” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elmer” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elmer” 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 373 0.001851264 373 -100%
1881 388 0.002013618 388 -100%
1882 441 0.001990674 441 -100%
1883 423 0.001949794 423 -100%
1884 523 0.002148188 523 -100%
1885 452 0.001876656 9 443 -96%
1886 485 0.001899607 485 -100%
1887 467 0.001887692 467 -100%
1888 527 0.001759752 527 -100%
1889 563 0.001948461 6 557 -98%
1890 537 0.00178168 9 528 -97%
1891 516 0.00179996 8 508 -97%
1892 603 0.00180337 11 592 -96%
1893 586 0.001801841 12 574 -96%
1894 587 0.001733148 12 575 -96%
1895 615 0.001752037 5 610 -98%
1896 586 0.001639234 10 576 -97%
1897 595 0.00171491 8 587 -97%
1898 596 0.001562439 13 583 -96%
1899 520 0.001532865 6 514 -98%
1900 717 0.00159242 18 699 -95%
1901 529 0.001529733 9 520 -97%
1902 582 0.001504914 8 574 -97%
1903 568 0.001490031 12 556 -96%
1904 631 0.001563875 11 620 -97%
1905 623 0.00146961 21 602 -93%
1906 608 0.001419065 10 598 -97%
1907 625 0.00134296 9 616 -97%
1908 711 0.001455032 22 689 -94%
1909 715 0.001398604 28 687 -92%
1910 777 0.001315364 17 760 -96%
1911 916 0.001421747 22 894 -95%
1912 1867 0.001889558 27 1840 -97%
1913 2354 0.00207016 31 2323 -97%
1914 2907 0.002052468 29 2878 -98%
1915 3846 0.002098857 44 3802 -98%
1916 3979 0.00205695 43 3936 -98%
1917 3860 0.001923508 48 3812 -98%
1918 4416 0.002033982 43 4373 -98%
1919 4035 0.0019121 53 3982 -97%
1920 4254 0.001880102 48 4206 -98%
1921 4202 0.001799953 56 4146 -97%
1922 3789 0.001655195 51 3738 -97%
1923 3674 0.00159567 44 3630 -98%
1924 3779 0.001586742 48 3731 -97%
1925 3407 0.001460162 51 3356 -97%
1926 3293 0.001434293 60 3233 -96%
1927 3259 0.00140513 54 3205 -97%
1928 3044 0.001346344 67 2977 -96%
1929 2748 0.001253558 51 2697 -96%
1930 2519 0.001133007 43 2476 -97%
1931 2301 0.00109343 36 2265 -97%
1932 2093 0.000991337 35 2058 -97%
1933 1816 0.000908251 29 1787 -97%
1934 1746 0.00084071 37 1709 -96%
1935 1619 0.000774678 27 1592 -97%
1936 1448 0.000696965 36 1412 -95%
1937 1438 0.000674905 25 1413 -97%
1938 1352 0.000611053 22 1330 -97%
1939 1353 0.000614039 25 1328 -96%
1940 1233 0.000535462 13 1220 -98%
1941 1218 0.000499913 16 1202 -97%
1942 1246 0.000456107 18 1228 -97%
1943 1326 0.000469786 15 1311 -98%
1944 1087 0.000404077 18 1069 -97%
1945 984 0.000370913 15 969 -97%
1946 1057 0.000330798 11 1046 -98%
1947 1010 0.000280375 13 997 -97%
1948 986 0.000285589 16 970 -97%
1949 887 0.000254536 20 867 -95%
1950 821 0.000234347 12 809 -97%
1951 855 0.000232101 13 842 -97%
1952 773 0.000203528 12 761 -97%
1953 697 0.000180868 9 688 -97%
1954 680 0.000170824 7 673 -98%
1955 721 0.000179573 7 714 -98%
1956 662 0.000160561 6 656 -98%
1957 668 0.000158967 8 660 -98%
1958 559 0.000135223 10 549 -96%
1959 538 0.000129389 9 529 -97%
1960 524 0.000126149 9 515 -97%
1961 478 0.000115395 478 -100%
1962 439 0.000108788 5 434 -98%
1963 414 0.000104593 5 409 -98%
1964 395 0.000101605 6 389 -97%
1965 376 0.000103711 376 -100%
1966 324 0.00009322 5 319 -97%
1967 312 0.000091903 6 306 -96%
1968 307 0.000090871 307 -100%
1969 300 0.000086323 300 -100%
1970 286 0.000079301 286 -100%
1971 271 0.000078955 271 -100%
1972 245 0.000077951 245 -100%
1973 209 0.000069277 209 -100%
1974 222 0.000073026 222 -100%
1975 192 0.000063589 5 187 -95%
1976 184 0.00006064 184 -100%
1977 176 0.000055407 176 -100%
1978 166 0.000052302 166 -100%
1979 191 0.000057409 191 -100%
1980 167 0.000048483 5 162 -94%
1981 157 0.000045384 157 -100%
1982 151 0.000043045 151 -100%
1983 150 0.000043311 150 -100%
1984 163 0.000046722 163 -100%
1985 140 0.000039225 140 -100%
1986 149 0.000041888 149 -100%
1987 160 0.000044375 160 -100%
1988 168 0.000045466 168 -100%
1989 167 0.000043439 167 -100%
1990 215 0.000054396 215 -100%
1991 210 0.000053912 210 -100%
1992 236 0.000061438 236 -100%
1993 205 0.000054373 205 -100%
1994 186 0.000050032 186 -100%
1995 212 0.000057889 212 -100%
1996 225 0.000061691 225 -100%
1997 222 0.000061229 222 -100%
1998 215 0.000058452 215 -100%
1999 178 0.000048188 178 -100%
2000 188 0.000049737 188 -100%
2001 237 0.000063312 237 -100%
2002 227 0.000060723 227 -100%
2003 307 0.00008074 307 -100%
2004 212 0.000055484 212 -100%
2005 226 0.00005878 226 -100%
2006 221 0.000055862 221 -100%
2007 243 0.000060785 243 -100%
2008 182 0.000046303 182 -100%
2009 226 0.00005916 226 -100%
2010 195 0.000052763 195 -100%
2011 181 0.000049483 181 -100%
2012 143 0.000039099 143 -100%
2013 158 0.000043339 158 -100%
2014 169 0.000045597 169 -100%
2015 153 0.000041341 153 -100%
2016 168 0.000045793 168 -100%
2017 151 0.000042224 151 -100%
2018 145 0.000041241 145 -100%
2019 175 0.000050419 175 -100%
2020 138 0.00004131 138 -100%
2021 160 0.000047226 160 -100%
2022 168 0.000049658 168 -100%
2023 140 0.000042281 140 -100%
2024 178 0.000053478 178 -100%

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