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How popular is “Elmira” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elmira” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elmira” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elmira” 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 13 0.000064521 13 100%
1881 17 0.000088226 17 100%
1882 17 0.000076738 17 100%
1883 22 0.000101408 22 100%
1884 21 0.000086256 21 100%
1885 15 0.000062278 15 100%
1886 18 0.000070501 18 100%
1887 31 0.000125307 31 100%
1888 19 0.000063445 19 100%
1889 38 0.000131512 38 100%
1890 31 0.000102853 31 100%
1891 20 0.000069766 20 100%
1892 31 0.000092711 31 100%
1893 33 0.000101469 33 100%
1894 20 0.000059051 20 100%
1895 40 0.000113954 40 100%
1896 38 0.000106298 38 100%
1897 29 0.000083584 29 100%
1898 37 0.000096997 37 100%
1899 29 0.000085487 29 100%
1900 33 0.000073291 33 100%
1901 34 0.000098319 34 100%
1902 42 0.000108602 42 100%
1903 39 0.000102308 39 100%
1904 31 0.000076831 31 100%
1905 40 0.000094357 40 100%
1906 34 0.000079356 34 100%
1907 47 0.000100991 47 100%
1908 54 0.000110509 54 100%
1909 35 0.000068463 35 100%
1910 47 0.000079565 47 100%
1911 33 0.00005122 33 100%
1912 71 0.000071858 71 100%
1913 74 0.000065077 74 100%
1914 80 0.000056483 80 100%
1915 102 0.000055664 102 100%
1916 104 0.000053763 104 100%
1917 105 0.000052323 105 100%
1918 108 0.000049744 108 100%
1919 95 0.000045018 95 100%
1920 97 0.00004287 97 100%
1921 122 0.000052259 122 100%
1922 94 0.000041063 94 100%
1923 93 0.000040391 93 100%
1924 81 0.000034011 81 100%
1925 87 0.000037286 87 100%
1926 86 0.000037458 86 100%
1927 72 0.000031043 72 100%
1928 92 0.000040691 92 100%
1929 79 0.000036037 79 100%
1930 67 0.000030136 67 100%
1931 59 0.000028037 59 100%
1932 52 0.000024629 52 100%
1933 47 0.000023506 47 100%
1934 57 0.000027446 57 100%
1935 54 0.000025839 54 100%
1936 43 0.000020697 43 100%
1937 54 0.000025344 54 100%
1938 49 0.000022146 49 100%
1939 38 0.000017246 38 100%
1940 49 0.00002128 49 100%
1941 45 0.00001847 45 100%
1942 40 0.000014642 40 100%
1943 42 0.00001488 42 100%
1944 42 0.000015613 42 100%
1945 36 0.00001357 36 100%
1946 27 0.00000845 27 100%
1947 34 0.000009438 34 100%
1948 34 0.000009848 34 100%
1949 41 0.000011765 41 100%
1950 33 0.00000942 33 100%
1951 47 0.000012759 47 100%
1952 31 0.000008162 31 100%
1953 35 0.000009082 35 100%
1954 36 0.000009044 36 100%
1955 28 0.000006974 28 100%
1956 24 0.000005821 24 100%
1957 30 0.000007139 30 100%
1958 32 0.000007741 32 100%
1959 36 0.000008658 36 100%
1960 31 0.000007463 31 100%
1961 26 0.000006277 26 100%
1962 32 0.00000793 32 100%
1963 15 0.00000379 15 100%
1964 17 0.000004373 17 100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 100%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 100%
2015 14 0.000003783 14 100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 100%
2018 12 0.000003413 12 100%
2019 7 0.000002017 7 100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 100%
2022 13 0.000003843 13 100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 100%
2024 14 0.000004206 14 100%

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