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How popular is “Elsa” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elsa” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elsa” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elsa” 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 20 0.000099263 20 100%
1881 25 0.000129743 25 100%
1882 29 0.000130906 29 100%
1883 35 0.00016133 35 100%
1884 51 0.000209479 51 100%
1885 66 0.000274025 66 100%
1886 59 0.000231086 59 100%
1887 61 0.000246572 61 100%
1888 87 0.000290509 87 100%
1889 104 0.000359929 104 100%
1890 106 0.000351691 106 100%
1891 102 0.000355806 102 100%
1892 142 0.000424674 142 100%
1893 104 0.000319781 104 100%
1894 137 0.0004045 137 100%
1895 160 0.000455814 160 100%
1896 129 0.000360855 129 100%
1897 128 0.000368922 128 100%
1898 111 0.000290991 111 100%
1899 90 0.000265304 90 100%
1900 102 0.000226537 102 100%
1901 94 0.000271824 94 100%
1902 91 0.000235304 91 100%
1903 87 0.000228227 87 100%
1904 75 0.000185881 75 100%
1905 75 0.000176919 75 100%
1906 84 0.000196055 84 100%
1907 86 0.000184791 86 100%
1908 93 0.000190321 93 100%
1909 77 0.000150619 77 100%
1910 80 0.00013543 80 100%
1911 103 0.000159869 103 100%
1912 120 0.00012145 120 100%
1913 131 0.000115204 131 100%
1914 166 0.000117203 166 100%
1915 237 0.000129337 237 100%
1916 201 0.000103907 201 100%
1917 198 0.000098667 198 100%
1918 173 0.000079683 173 100%
1919 169 0.000080085 169 100%
1920 184 0.000081321 184 100%
1921 154 0.000065967 154 100%
1922 149 0.000065089 149 100%
1923 138 0.000059935 138 100%
1924 145 0.000060883 140 5 93%
1925 141 0.000060429 141 100%
1926 136 0.000059236 136 100%
1927 138 0.000059499 138 100%
1928 158 0.000069883 158 100%
1929 128 0.00005839 128 100%
1930 137 0.00006162 137 100%
1931 140 0.000066528 140 100%
1932 130 0.000061574 130 100%
1933 124 0.000062017 124 100%
1934 110 0.000052966 110 100%
1935 113 0.00005407 113 100%
1936 130 0.000062573 130 100%
1937 129 0.000060544 129 100%
1938 125 0.000056495 125 100%
1939 151 0.000068529 151 100%
1940 122 0.000052982 122 100%
1941 142 0.000058282 142 100%
1942 136 0.000049784 136 100%
1943 139 0.000049246 139 100%
1944 119 0.000044237 119 100%
1945 126 0.000047495 126 100%
1946 113 0.000035364 113 100%
1947 134 0.000037198 134 100%
1948 138 0.000039971 138 100%
1949 137 0.000039314 137 100%
1950 154 0.000043958 154 100%
1951 178 0.00004832 178 100%
1952 216 0.000056872 216 100%
1953 207 0.000053715 207 100%
1954 248 0.0000623 248 100%
1955 289 0.000071979 289 100%
1956 309 0.000074945 309 100%
1957 340 0.000080911 340 100%
1958 287 0.000069426 287 100%
1959 286 0.000068783 280 6 96%
1960 279 0.000067167 279 100%
1961 285 0.000068802 285 100%
1962 276 0.000068395 276 100%
1963 286 0.000072255 286 100%
1964 282 0.000072538 282 100%
1965 274 0.000075577 274 100%
1966 295 0.000084876 295 100%
1967 246 0.000072462 246 100%
1968 243 0.000071927 243 100%
1969 280 0.000080568 280 100%
1970 298 0.000082628 298 100%
1971 279 0.000081285 279 100%
1972 263 0.000083678 263 100%
1973 258 0.000085519 253 5 96%
1974 254 0.000083553 254 100%
1975 255 0.000084454 255 100%
1976 274 0.000090301 269 5 96%
1977 245 0.000077129 245 100%
1978 225 0.000070891 225 100%
1979 210 0.00006312 210 100%
1980 244 0.000070837 244 100%
1981 240 0.000069377 240 100%
1982 206 0.000058724 206 100%
1983 235 0.000067854 235 100%
1984 216 0.000061913 216 100%
1985 192 0.000053795 192 100%
1986 199 0.000055945 199 100%
1987 171 0.000047426 171 100%
1988 170 0.000046008 170 100%
1989 209 0.000054364 209 100%
1990 242 0.000061227 242 100%
1991 220 0.000056479 220 100%
1992 229 0.000059616 229 100%
1993 197 0.000052251 197 100%
1994 227 0.00006106 227 100%
1995 222 0.00006062 222 100%
1996 228 0.000062514 228 100%
1997 196 0.000054058 196 100%
1998 200 0.000054374 200 100%
1999 236 0.00006389 236 100%
2000 240 0.000063494 240 100%
2001 247 0.000065983 247 100%
2002 283 0.000075703 283 100%
2003 349 0.000091786 349 100%
2004 308 0.000080609 308 100%
2005 350 0.000091031 350 100%
2006 350 0.000088469 350 100%
2007 393 0.000098307 393 100%
2008 413 0.000105071 413 100%
2009 426 0.000111513 426 100%
2010 487 0.000131773 487 100%
2011 499 0.000136421 499 100%
2012 542 0.000148194 542 100%
2013 566 0.000155253 566 100%
2014 1140 0.000307578 1140 100%
2015 658 0.000177794 658 100%
2016 477 0.000130019 477 100%
2017 425 0.000118841 425 100%
2018 305 0.000086749 305 100%
2019 350 0.000100837 350 100%
2020 284 0.000085015 284 100%
2021 275 0.00008117 275 100%
2022 264 0.000078034 264 100%
2023 246 0.000074293 246 100%
2024 280 0.000084122 280 100%

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