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How popular is “Elston” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elston” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elston” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elston” 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 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 14 0.000009885 14 -100%
1915 11 0.000006003 11 -100%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 21 0.000009672 21 -100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 -100%
1920 17 0.000007513 17 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 -100%
1923 16 0.000006949 16 -100%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 -100%
1925 18 0.000007714 18 -100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 -100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 -100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 -100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 -100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 -100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 -100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 -100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 -100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1955 21 0.00000523 21 -100%
1956 30 0.000007276 30 -100%
1957 28 0.000006663 28 -100%
1958 31 0.000007499 31 -100%
1959 32 0.000007696 32 -100%
1960 32 0.000007704 32 -100%
1961 50 0.000012071 50 -100%
1962 41 0.00001016 41 -100%
1963 38 0.0000096 38 -100%
1964 30 0.000007717 30 -100%
1965 20 0.000005517 20 -100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 -100%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 -100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 -100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 -100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 -100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 9 0.000002251 9 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 -100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 -100%
2015 8 0.000002162 8 -100%
2016 16 0.000004361 5 11 -38%
2017 10 0.000002796 10 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%
2019 7 0.000002017 7 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2021 13 0.000003837 13 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 -100%

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