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How popular is “Elvin” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elvin” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elvin” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elvin” 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 10 0.000049632 10 -100%
1881 20 0.000103795 20 -100%
1882 15 0.00006771 15 -100%
1883 15 0.000069142 15 -100%
1884 14 0.000057504 14 -100%
1885 12 0.000049823 12 -100%
1886 15 0.000058751 15 -100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 -100%
1888 15 0.000050088 15 -100%
1889 21 0.000072678 21 -100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 -100%
1891 14 0.000048836 14 -100%
1892 24 0.000071776 24 -100%
1893 20 0.000061496 20 -100%
1894 18 0.000053146 18 -100%
1895 25 0.000071221 25 -100%
1896 21 0.000058744 21 -100%
1897 18 0.00005188 18 -100%
1898 19 0.000049809 19 -100%
1899 21 0.000061904 21 -100%
1900 24 0.000053303 24 -100%
1901 25 0.000072294 25 -100%
1902 29 0.000074987 29 -100%
1903 22 0.000057712 22 -100%
1904 29 0.000071874 29 -100%
1905 27 0.000063691 27 -100%
1906 33 0.000077022 33 -100%
1907 40 0.000085949 40 -100%
1908 42 0.000085951 42 -100%
1909 55 0.000107585 55 -100%
1910 54 0.000091415 54 -100%
1911 83 0.000128826 5 78 -88%
1912 128 0.000129547 128 -100%
1913 138 0.00012136 9 129 -87%
1914 201 0.000141915 9 192 -91%
1915 312 0.000170266 11 301 -93%
1916 271 0.000140094 6 265 -96%
1917 305 0.000151987 14 291 -91%
1918 323 0.000148772 7 316 -96%
1919 326 0.000154484 10 316 -94%
1920 343 0.000151593 12 331 -93%
1921 352 0.000150781 6 346 -97%
1922 353 0.000154205 7 346 -96%
1923 316 0.000137243 12 304 -92%
1924 334 0.000140241 11 323 -93%
1925 357 0.000153002 9 348 -95%
1926 357 0.000155494 5 352 -97%
1927 402 0.000173324 10 392 -95%
1928 330 0.000145957 7 323 -96%
1929 306 0.000139588 7 299 -95%
1930 347 0.000156075 6 341 -97%
1931 301 0.000143034 301 -100%
1932 260 0.000123147 5 255 -96%
1933 252 0.000126035 5 247 -96%
1934 273 0.000131451 7 266 -95%
1935 247 0.000118187 6 241 -95%
1936 230 0.000110706 230 -100%
1937 238 0.000111702 7 231 -94%
1938 208 0.000094008 208 -100%
1939 231 0.000104836 231 -100%
1940 207 0.000089895 7 200 -93%
1941 198 0.000081267 198 -100%
1942 224 0.000081997 5 219 -96%
1943 225 0.000079715 6 219 -95%
1944 208 0.000077321 6 202 -94%
1945 176 0.000066342 176 -100%
1946 208 0.000065095 6 202 -94%
1947 216 0.000059961 216 -100%
1948 193 0.000055901 5 188 -95%
1949 174 0.000049931 174 -100%
1950 182 0.00005195 182 -100%
1951 172 0.000046692 172 -100%
1952 178 0.000046867 178 -100%
1953 183 0.000047488 183 -100%
1954 179 0.000044967 179 -100%
1955 170 0.00004234 170 -100%
1956 188 0.000045597 188 -100%
1957 181 0.000043073 181 -100%
1958 205 0.00004959 205 -100%
1959 192 0.000046176 192 -100%
1960 176 0.000042371 176 -100%
1961 191 0.00004611 191 -100%
1962 144 0.000035684 144 -100%
1963 161 0.000040675 161 -100%
1964 155 0.00003987 155 -100%
1965 122 0.000033651 122 -100%
1966 122 0.000035101 122 -100%
1967 127 0.000037409 127 -100%
1968 106 0.000031376 106 -100%
1969 140 0.000040284 140 -100%
1970 131 0.000036323 131 -100%
1971 126 0.000036709 126 -100%
1972 126 0.000040089 6 120 -90%
1973 96 0.000031821 96 -100%
1974 98 0.000032237 98 -100%
1975 115 0.000038087 115 -100%
1976 123 0.000040537 123 -100%
1977 119 0.000037463 119 -100%
1978 133 0.000041905 133 -100%
1979 136 0.000040878 136 -100%
1980 113 0.000032806 113 -100%
1981 112 0.000032376 112 -100%
1982 106 0.000030217 106 -100%
1983 103 0.00002974 103 -100%
1984 106 0.000030383 106 -100%
1985 121 0.000033902 121 -100%
1986 101 0.000028394 101 -100%
1987 96 0.000026625 96 -100%
1988 122 0.000033017 122 -100%
1989 116 0.000030173 116 -100%
1990 122 0.000030867 122 -100%
1991 111 0.000028496 111 -100%
1992 132 0.000034364 132 -100%
1993 121 0.000032093 121 -100%
1994 104 0.000027975 104 -100%
1995 110 0.000030037 110 -100%
1996 87 0.000023854 87 -100%
1997 110 0.000030339 110 -100%
1998 109 0.000029634 109 -100%
1999 149 0.000040337 149 -100%
2000 131 0.000034657 131 -100%
2001 137 0.000036598 137 -100%
2002 142 0.000037985 142 -100%
2003 161 0.000042343 161 -100%
2004 176 0.000046062 176 -100%
2005 182 0.000047336 182 -100%
2006 169 0.000042718 169 -100%
2007 214 0.000053531 214 -100%
2008 185 0.000047066 185 -100%
2009 154 0.000040312 154 -100%
2010 137 0.00003707 137 -100%
2011 143 0.000039095 143 -100%
2012 144 0.000039373 144 -100%
2013 136 0.000037305 136 -100%
2014 132 0.000035614 132 -100%
2015 128 0.000034586 128 -100%
2016 117 0.000031891 117 -100%
2017 105 0.000029361 105 -100%
2018 121 0.000034415 121 -100%
2019 115 0.000033132 115 -100%
2020 105 0.000031432 105 -100%
2021 99 0.000029221 99 -100%
2022 98 0.000028967 98 -100%
2023 118 0.000035637 118 -100%
2024 118 0.000035451 118 -100%

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