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How popular is “Elva” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elva” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elva” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elva” 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 44 0.00021838 44 100%
1881 51 0.000264677 51 100%
1882 80 0.00036112 75 5 88%
1883 77 0.000354927 72 5 87%
1884 87 0.000357347 81 6 86%
1885 108 0.000448404 108 100%
1886 116 0.000454339 110 6 90%
1887 99 0.000400175 99 100%
1888 128 0.000427416 128 100%
1889 135 0.000467215 135 100%
1890 166 0.000550761 160 6 93%
1891 163 0.000568592 158 5 94%
1892 186 0.000556263 181 5 95%
1893 156 0.000479671 156 100%
1894 176 0.000519649 176 100%
1895 223 0.000635291 218 5 96%
1896 204 0.000570655 198 6 94%
1897 198 0.000570676 198 100%
1898 266 0.00069733 261 5 96%
1899 194 0.000571877 194 100%
1900 306 0.00067961 301 5 97%
1901 291 0.000841498 283 8 95%
1902 253 0.000654198 253 100%
1903 260 0.000682057 255 5 96%
1904 234 0.000579947 234 100%
1905 267 0.000629833 261 6 96%
1906 235 0.000548487 235 100%
1907 306 0.000657513 297 9 94%
1908 287 0.000587334 279 8 94%
1909 285 0.000557486 279 6 96%
1910 347 0.000587428 342 5 97%
1911 354 0.000549452 354 100%
1912 436 0.000441268 430 6 97%
1913 510 0.000448505 496 14 95%
1914 583 0.000411623 563 20 93%
1915 769 0.000419662 753 16 96%
1916 804 0.000415629 783 21 95%
1917 772 0.000384702 760 12 97%
1918 818 0.000376766 789 29 93%
1919 796 0.000377207 782 14 96%
1920 794 0.000350917 767 27 93%
1921 736 0.00031527 720 16 96%
1922 706 0.000308411 686 20 94%
1923 684 0.000297071 655 29 92%
1924 653 0.000274184 631 22 93%
1925 650 0.000278575 632 18 94%
1926 596 0.000259593 572 24 92%
1927 576 0.000248345 551 25 91%
1928 579 0.000256088 560 19 93%
1929 557 0.000254087 540 17 94%
1930 531 0.000238835 511 20 92%
1931 433 0.000205761 415 18 92%
1932 429 0.000203193 412 17 92%
1933 434 0.00021706 420 14 94%
1934 379 0.000182491 359 20 89%
1935 383 0.000183262 369 14 93%
1936 349 0.000167984 333 16 91%
1937 329 0.000154412 318 11 93%
1938 336 0.000151859 324 12 93%
1939 351 0.000159296 333 18 90%
1940 314 0.000136363 301 13 92%
1941 298 0.00012231 284 14 91%
1942 286 0.000104692 269 17 88%
1943 312 0.000110538 298 14 91%
1944 270 0.000100369 258 12 91%
1945 245 0.000092351 239 6 95%
1946 266 0.000083247 253 13 90%
1947 299 0.000083002 290 9 94%
1948 268 0.000077625 257 11 92%
1949 254 0.000072888 249 5 96%
1950 235 0.000067079 225 10 91%
1951 280 0.00007601 274 6 96%
1952 227 0.000059768 218 9 92%
1953 228 0.000059165 228 100%
1954 273 0.000068581 266 7 95%
1955 251 0.000062514 246 5 96%
1956 224 0.000054329 217 7 94%
1957 218 0.000051878 208 10 91%
1958 210 0.000050799 205 5 95%
1959 200 0.0000481 195 5 95%
1960 189 0.0000455 189 100%
1961 182 0.000043937 177 5 95%
1962 173 0.000042871 173 100%
1963 149 0.000037643 149 100%
1964 159 0.000040899 150 9 89%
1965 152 0.000041926 152 100%
1966 133 0.000038266 133 100%
1967 136 0.00004006 136 100%
1968 128 0.000037888 128 100%
1969 121 0.000034817 121 100%
1970 112 0.000031055 107 5 91%
1971 110 0.000032048 110 100%
1972 103 0.000032771 103 100%
1973 120 0.000039776 120 100%
1974 88 0.000028947 88 100%
1975 108 0.000035769 108 100%
1976 94 0.000030979 94 100%
1977 87 0.000027389 87 100%
1978 85 0.000026781 85 100%
1979 86 0.000025849 86 100%
1980 74 0.000021483 74 100%
1981 100 0.000028907 95 5 90%
1982 92 0.000026226 92 100%
1983 72 0.000020789 72 100%
1984 65 0.000018631 65 100%
1985 65 0.000018212 65 100%
1986 75 0.000021085 75 100%
1987 68 0.000018859 68 100%
1988 78 0.000021109 78 100%
1989 70 0.000018208 70 100%
1990 82 0.000020746 82 100%
1991 62 0.000015917 62 100%
1992 71 0.000018483 71 100%
1993 86 0.00002281 86 100%
1994 70 0.000018829 70 100%
1995 50 0.000013653 50 100%
1996 66 0.000018096 66 100%
1997 51 0.000014066 51 100%
1998 60 0.000016312 60 100%
1999 54 0.000014619 54 100%
2000 61 0.000016138 61 100%
2001 51 0.000013624 51 100%
2002 51 0.000013643 51 100%
2003 44 0.000011572 44 100%
2004 46 0.000012039 46 100%
2005 39 0.000010143 39 100%
2006 56 0.000014155 56 100%
2007 46 0.000011507 46 100%
2008 38 0.000009668 38 100%
2009 39 0.000010209 39 100%
2010 54 0.000014611 54 100%
2011 34 0.000009295 34 100%
2012 45 0.000012304 45 100%
2013 40 0.000010972 40 100%
2014 43 0.000011602 43 100%
2015 44 0.000011889 44 100%
2016 54 0.000014719 54 100%
2017 48 0.000013422 48 100%
2018 49 0.000013937 49 100%
2019 50 0.000014405 50 100%
2020 45 0.000013471 45 100%
2021 35 0.000010331 35 100%
2022 41 0.000012119 41 100%
2023 38 0.000011476 38 100%
2024 41 0.000012318 41 100%

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