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How popular is “Elton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elton” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elton” 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 7 0.000034742 7 -100%
1881 14 0.000072656 14 -100%
1882 20 0.00009028 20 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 14 0.000057504 14 -100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 -100%
1887 20 0.000080843 20 -100%
1888 16 0.000053427 16 -100%
1889 19 0.000065756 19 -100%
1890 16 0.000053085 16 -100%
1891 13 0.000045348 13 -100%
1892 18 0.000053832 18 -100%
1893 23 0.000070721 23 -100%
1894 16 0.000047241 16 -100%
1895 16 0.000045581 16 -100%
1896 17 0.000047555 17 -100%
1897 16 0.000046115 16 -100%
1898 20 0.000052431 20 -100%
1899 21 0.000061904 21 -100%
1900 39 0.000086617 39 -100%
1901 19 0.000054943 19 -100%
1902 26 0.00006723 26 -100%
1903 44 0.000115425 6 38 -73%
1904 28 0.000069395 28 -100%
1905 37 0.00008728 37 -100%
1906 35 0.00008169 35 -100%
1907 37 0.000079503 37 -100%
1908 48 0.00009823 48 -100%
1909 71 0.000138882 10 61 -72%
1910 46 0.000077872 46 -100%
1911 65 0.000100888 65 -100%
1912 142 0.000143716 8 134 -89%
1913 154 0.000135431 154 -100%
1914 242 0.000170862 6 236 -95%
1915 325 0.000177361 8 317 -95%
1916 330 0.000170594 8 322 -95%
1917 330 0.000164445 10 320 -94%
1918 318 0.000146469 318 -100%
1919 336 0.000159223 6 330 -96%
1920 408 0.00018032 14 394 -93%
1921 398 0.000170486 13 385 -93%
1922 362 0.000158137 6 356 -97%
1923 359 0.000155919 6 353 -97%
1924 388 0.000162915 7 381 -96%
1925 324 0.000138859 324 -100%
1926 335 0.000145912 11 324 -93%
1927 400 0.000172462 14 386 -93%
1928 337 0.000149053 7 330 -96%
1929 307 0.000140044 5 302 -97%
1930 304 0.000136734 304 -100%
1931 289 0.000137332 6 283 -96%
1932 297 0.000140672 297 -100%
1933 300 0.000150041 9 291 -94%
1934 317 0.000152637 6 311 -96%
1935 260 0.000124408 260 -100%
1936 256 0.00012322 5 251 -96%
1937 234 0.000109825 234 -100%
1938 250 0.000112991 250 -100%
1939 234 0.000106197 234 -100%
1940 237 0.000102923 237 -100%
1941 216 0.000088654 216 -100%
1942 215 0.000078702 215 -100%
1943 262 0.000092824 5 257 -96%
1944 257 0.000095536 257 -100%
1945 220 0.000082928 220 -100%
1946 222 0.000069477 222 -100%
1947 234 0.000064958 234 -100%
1948 231 0.000066908 231 -100%
1949 232 0.000066575 232 -100%
1950 209 0.000059657 209 -100%
1951 273 0.000074109 273 -100%
1952 240 0.000063191 240 -100%
1953 292 0.000075772 292 -100%
1954 301 0.000075615 7 294 -95%
1955 281 0.000069986 281 -100%
1956 284 0.000068881 284 -100%
1957 307 0.000073058 307 -100%
1958 281 0.000067974 281 -100%
1959 263 0.000063252 263 -100%
1960 239 0.000057537 239 -100%
1961 209 0.000050455 209 -100%
1962 214 0.000053031 214 -100%
1963 176 0.000044465 176 -100%
1964 176 0.000045272 176 -100%
1965 173 0.000047718 173 -100%
1966 131 0.000037691 131 -100%
1967 115 0.000033874 115 -100%
1968 109 0.000032264 109 -100%
1969 88 0.000025321 88 -100%
1970 124 0.000034382 124 -100%
1971 153 0.000044576 153 -100%
1972 167 0.000053134 167 -100%
1973 189 0.000062647 189 -100%
1974 250 0.000082237 250 -100%
1975 291 0.000096377 6 285 -96%
1976 217 0.000071516 217 -100%
1977 179 0.000056351 179 -100%
1978 154 0.000048521 154 -100%
1979 126 0.000037872 126 -100%
1980 132 0.000038322 132 -100%
1981 123 0.000035556 123 -100%
1982 138 0.000039339 138 -100%
1983 115 0.000033205 115 -100%
1984 118 0.000033823 118 -100%
1985 97 0.000027178 97 -100%
1986 89 0.000025021 89 -100%
1987 88 0.000024406 88 -100%
1988 87 0.000023545 87 -100%
1989 90 0.00002341 90 -100%
1990 117 0.000029602 117 -100%
1991 81 0.000020794 81 -100%
1992 89 0.000023169 89 -100%
1993 86 0.00002281 86 -100%
1994 64 0.000017215 64 -100%
1995 69 0.000018841 69 -100%
1996 79 0.00002166 79 -100%
1997 82 0.000022616 82 -100%
1998 73 0.000019847 73 -100%
1999 68 0.000018409 68 -100%
2000 96 0.000025397 96 -100%
2001 72 0.000019234 72 -100%
2002 76 0.00002033 76 -100%
2003 51 0.000013413 51 -100%
2004 81 0.000021199 81 -100%
2005 65 0.000016906 65 -100%
2006 68 0.000017188 68 -100%
2007 57 0.000014258 57 -100%
2008 64 0.000016282 64 -100%
2009 64 0.000016753 64 -100%
2010 56 0.000015153 56 -100%
2011 61 0.000016677 61 -100%
2012 55 0.000015038 55 -100%
2013 45 0.000012343 45 -100%
2014 66 0.000017807 66 -100%
2015 62 0.000016753 62 -100%
2016 59 0.000016082 59 -100%
2017 51 0.000014261 51 -100%
2018 73 0.000020763 73 -100%
2019 80 0.000023049 80 -100%
2020 90 0.000026941 90 -100%
2021 122 0.00003601 11 111 -82%
2022 79 0.000023351 79 -100%
2023 69 0.000020838 69 -100%
2024 72 0.000021631 72 -100%

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