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How popular is “Elsie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elsie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elsie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elsie” 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 307 0.001523694 301 6 96%
1881 344 0.001785269 344 100%
1882 448 0.002022272 448 100%
1883 479 0.002207923 479 100%
1884 549 0.002254981 549 100%
1885 690 0.002864806 685 5 99%
1886 704 0.002757367 698 6 98%
1887 833 0.003367126 833 100%
1888 1119 0.003736551 1112 7 99%
1889 1204 0.004166869 1199 5 99%
1890 1228 0.004074306 1220 8 99%
1891 1311 0.004573155 1303 8 99%
1892 1498 0.004480014 1489 9 99%
1893 1596 0.004907402 1586 10 99%
1894 1725 0.005093153 1716 9 99%
1895 1804 0.005139309 1795 9 99%
1896 1884 0.005270166 1878 6 99%
1897 1770 0.005101497 1763 7 99%
1898 1924 0.005043845 1919 5 99%
1899 1716 0.005058455 1706 10 99%
1900 2060 0.004575155 2045 15 99%
1901 1757 0.005080795 1747 10 99%
1902 1734 0.004483714 1720 14 98%
1903 1732 0.004543547 1720 12 99%
1904 1731 0.004290123 1719 12 99%
1905 1811 0.004272013 1811 100%
1906 1782 0.004159169 1771 11 99%
1907 1882 0.00404392 1872 10 99%
1908 1990 0.004072453 1983 7 99%
1909 2076 0.004060842 2064 12 99%
1910 2157 0.003651532 2141 16 99%
1911 2239 0.003475208 2224 15 99%
1912 2906 0.002941111 2895 11 99%
1913 3225 0.002836137 3209 16 99%
1914 3710 0.00261942 3683 27 99%
1915 4986 0.002720983 4967 19 99%
1916 5050 0.002610606 5027 23 99%
1917 4961 0.002472156 4939 22 99%
1918 5221 0.00240476 5194 27 99%
1919 5016 0.002376975 4995 21 99%
1920 5015 0.002216435 4993 22 99%
1921 4905 0.002101088 4879 26 99%
1922 4633 0.00202389 4618 15 99%
1923 4566 0.001983078 4550 16 99%
1924 4519 0.001897456 4499 20 99%
1925 4180 0.001791453 4146 34 98%
1926 3930 0.001711743 3910 20 99%
1927 3839 0.001655199 3803 36 98%
1928 3487 0.00154228 3470 17 99%
1929 3254 0.00148438 3230 24 99%
1930 2993 0.001346204 2973 20 99%
1931 2828 0.001343859 2807 21 99%
1932 2569 0.001216791 2554 15 99%
1933 2403 0.001201832 2376 27 98%
1934 2289 0.001102168 2270 19 98%
1935 2088 0.000999091 2075 13 99%
1936 1886 0.000907788 1874 12 99%
1937 1952 0.000916144 1938 14 99%
1938 1792 0.000809916 1775 17 98%
1939 1713 0.00077742 1703 10 99%
1940 1475 0.000640557 1466 9 99%
1941 1424 0.000584463 1416 8 99%
1942 1408 0.000515408 1398 10 99%
1943 1257 0.000445341 1245 12 98%
1944 1104 0.000410397 1095 9 98%
1945 977 0.000368275 977 100%
1946 1050 0.000328607 1041 9 98%
1947 953 0.000264552 953 100%
1948 903 0.000261548 903 100%
1949 734 0.00021063 729 5 99%
1950 689 0.000196668 689 100%
1951 637 0.000172922 631 6 98%
1952 580 0.000152712 575 5 98%
1953 593 0.00015388 593 100%
1954 549 0.000137915 549 100%
1955 526 0.000131006 526 100%
1956 477 0.000115691 477 100%
1957 499 0.000118749 499 100%
1958 416 0.000100631 416 100%
1959 406 0.000097643 401 5 98%
1960 348 0.000083778 348 100%
1961 346 0.000083528 346 100%
1962 309 0.000076573 309 100%
1963 301 0.000076045 301 100%
1964 248 0.000063792 248 100%
1965 253 0.000069784 253 100%
1966 228 0.000065599 228 100%
1967 199 0.000058617 199 100%
1968 165 0.000048839 165 100%
1969 166 0.000047765 166 100%
1970 159 0.000044087 159 100%
1971 141 0.00004108 141 100%
1972 130 0.000041362 130 100%
1973 134 0.000044417 134 100%
1974 144 0.000047368 144 100%
1975 142 0.000047029 142 100%
1976 113 0.000037241 113 100%
1977 108 0.000034 108 100%
1978 97 0.000030562 97 100%
1979 128 0.000038473 128 100%
1980 121 0.000035128 121 100%
1981 113 0.000032665 113 100%
1982 100 0.000028507 100 100%
1983 103 0.00002974 103 100%
1984 108 0.000030957 108 100%
1985 130 0.000036424 130 100%
1986 116 0.000032611 116 100%
1987 122 0.000033836 122 100%
1988 131 0.000035453 131 100%
1989 129 0.000033555 129 100%
1990 144 0.000036433 144 100%
1991 134 0.000034401 134 100%
1992 152 0.00003957 152 100%
1993 144 0.000038193 144 100%
1994 149 0.000040079 149 100%
1995 169 0.000046148 169 100%
1996 128 0.000035095 128 100%
1997 138 0.000038061 138 100%
1998 151 0.000041053 151 100%
1999 147 0.000039796 147 100%
2000 147 0.00003889 147 100%
2001 152 0.000040605 152 100%
2002 176 0.00004708 176 100%
2003 182 0.000047866 182 100%
2004 210 0.000054961 210 100%
2005 271 0.000070484 271 100%
2006 308 0.000077853 308 100%
2007 317 0.000079296 317 100%
2008 405 0.000103036 405 100%
2009 426 0.000111513 426 100%
2010 462 0.000125009 462 100%
2011 621 0.000169775 621 100%
2012 788 0.000215456 788 100%
2013 857 0.000235074 857 100%
2014 1005 0.000271154 1005 100%
2015 848 0.000229133 848 100%
2016 980 0.000267125 980 100%
2017 1092 0.000305352 1092 100%
2018 1192 0.000339032 1192 100%
2019 1288 0.000371082 1288 100%
2020 1269 0.000379874 1269 100%
2021 1345 0.000396995 1345 100%
2022 1562 0.000461702 1562 100%
2023 1756 0.000530322 1756 100%
2024 1901 0.000571128 1901 100%

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