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How popular is “Elwin” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elwin” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elwin” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elwin” 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
1882 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 -100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 -100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 -100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 -100%
1897 11 0.000031704 11 -100%
1898 11 0.000028837 11 -100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 -100%
1900 10 0.000022209 10 -100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 -100%
1902 7 0.0000181 7 -100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 -100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 -100%
1906 15 0.00003501 15 -100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 -100%
1908 22 0.000045022 22 -100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 16 0.000027086 16 -100%
1911 24 0.000037251 24 -100%
1912 57 0.000057689 57 -100%
1913 61 0.000053645 61 -100%
1914 109 0.000076959 109 -100%
1915 124 0.00006767 124 -100%
1916 102 0.000052729 102 -100%
1917 119 0.0000593 119 -100%
1918 114 0.000052508 114 -100%
1919 104 0.000049283 104 -100%
1920 129 0.000057013 129 -100%
1921 144 0.000061683 144 -100%
1922 141 0.000061595 141 -100%
1923 147 0.000063844 147 -100%
1924 135 0.000056684 135 -100%
1925 129 0.000055286 129 -100%
1926 150 0.000065334 5 145 -93%
1927 119 0.000051307 119 -100%
1928 118 0.000052191 118 -100%
1929 109 0.000049723 109 -100%
1930 88 0.000039581 88 -100%
1931 106 0.000050371 106 -100%
1932 103 0.000048785 103 -100%
1933 74 0.00003701 74 -100%
1934 85 0.000040928 85 -100%
1935 79 0.000037801 79 -100%
1936 72 0.000034656 72 -100%
1937 69 0.000032384 69 -100%
1938 84 0.000037965 84 -100%
1939 60 0.00002723 60 -100%
1940 64 0.000027794 64 -100%
1941 68 0.00002791 68 -100%
1942 72 0.000026356 72 -100%
1943 70 0.0000248 70 -100%
1944 55 0.000020445 55 -100%
1945 68 0.000025632 68 -100%
1946 46 0.000014396 46 -100%
1947 50 0.00001388 50 -100%
1948 60 0.000017379 60 -100%
1949 50 0.000014348 50 -100%
1950 64 0.000018268 64 -100%
1951 45 0.000012216 45 -100%
1952 56 0.000014745 56 -100%
1953 60 0.00001557 60 -100%
1954 60 0.000015073 60 -100%
1955 45 0.000011208 45 -100%
1956 47 0.000011399 47 -100%
1957 41 0.000009757 41 -100%
1958 29 0.000007015 29 -100%
1959 36 0.000008658 36 -100%
1960 29 0.000006982 29 -100%
1961 39 0.000009415 39 -100%
1962 27 0.000006691 27 -100%
1963 26 0.000006569 26 -100%
1964 26 0.000006688 26 -100%
1965 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1966 19 0.000005467 19 -100%
1967 20 0.000005891 20 -100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 -100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 -100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 -100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 -100%
1974 20 0.000006579 20 -100%
1975 17 0.00000563 17 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 15 0.000004336 15 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 -100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 -100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 -100%
1986 17 0.000004779 17 -100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 -100%
1991 18 0.000004621 18 -100%
1992 18 0.000004686 18 -100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 -100%
1994 13 0.000003497 13 -100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 -100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 -100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 -100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 -100%
2001 15 0.000004007 15 -100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 15 0.000003926 15 -100%
2005 17 0.000004422 17 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2007 14 0.000003502 14 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 -100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 -100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2016 14 0.000003816 14 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2018 15 0.000004266 15 -100%
2019 16 0.00000461 16 -100%
2020 14 0.000004191 14 -100%
2021 11 0.000003247 11 -100%
2022 18 0.000005321 18 -100%
2023 12 0.000003624 12 -100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 -100%

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