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How popular is “Else” in the USA?

Number of people named “Else” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Else” by birth year

This chart shows how “Else” 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
1884 5 0.000020537 5 100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 100%
1918 6 0.000002764 6 100%
1919 13 0.00000616 13 100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 100%
1929 8 0.000003649 8 100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 100%
1932 14 0.000006631 14 100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 100%
2013 12 0.000003292 12 100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 100%

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