Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Elson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elson” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elson” 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
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 -100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 -100%
1918 21 0.000009672 21 -100%
1919 18 0.00000853 18 -100%
1920 21 0.000009281 21 -100%
1921 14 0.000005997 14 -100%
1922 21 0.000009174 21 -100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 28 0.000011757 28 -100%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 -100%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 -100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 -100%
1928 12 0.000005308 12 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 -100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 -100%
1936 18 0.000008664 18 -100%
1937 14 0.000006571 14 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 -100%
1940 16 0.000006948 16 -100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 -100%
1942 11 0.000004027 11 -100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 -100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 -100%
1945 13 0.0000049 13 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 -100%
1948 15 0.000004345 15 -100%
1949 16 0.000004591 16 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 10 0.000002715 10 -100%
1952 15 0.000003949 15 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 -100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 -100%
1975 15 0.000004968 15 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 -100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 -100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 15 0.000004276 15 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 -100%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 -100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 -100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 -100%
2001 14 0.00000374 14 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
2006 14 0.000003539 14 -100%
2007 22 0.000005503 22 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
2011 14 0.000003827 14 -100%
2012 25 0.000006836 25 -100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 -100%
2014 16 0.000004317 16 -100%
2015 11 0.000002972 11 -100%
2016 12 0.000003271 12 -100%
2017 17 0.000004754 17 -100%
2018 18 0.00000512 18 -100%
2019 14 0.000004033 14 -100%
2020 16 0.00000479 16 -100%
2021 15 0.000004427 15 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 14 0.000004228 14 -100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 -100%

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