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How popular is “Elmina” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elmina” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elmina” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elmina” 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 8 0.000039705 8 100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 100%
1890 12 0.000039814 12 100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 100%
1902 7 0.0000181 7 100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 100%
1905 10 0.000023589 10 100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 100%
1912 17 0.000017205 17 100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 100%
1914 14 0.000009885 14 100%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 100%
1916 26 0.000013441 26 100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 100%
1918 19 0.000008751 19 100%
1919 20 0.000009478 20 100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 100%
1921 21 0.000008995 21 100%
1922 15 0.000006553 15 100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1924 17 0.000007138 17 100%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 100%
1929 14 0.000006386 14 100%
1930 15 0.000006747 15 100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 100%
2015 8 0.000002162 8 100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 100%

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