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How popular is “Elwood” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elwood” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elwood” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elwood” 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 23 0.000114153 23 -100%
1881 29 0.000150502 29 -100%
1882 29 0.000130906 29 -100%
1883 24 0.000110627 24 -100%
1884 26 0.000106793 26 -100%
1885 28 0.000116253 28 -100%
1886 31 0.000121418 31 -100%
1887 24 0.000097012 24 -100%
1888 31 0.000103515 31 -100%
1889 29 0.000100365 29 -100%
1890 24 0.000079628 24 -100%
1891 34 0.000118602 34 -100%
1892 40 0.000119627 40 -100%
1893 29 0.00008917 29 -100%
1894 33 0.000097434 33 -100%
1895 43 0.0001225 43 -100%
1896 35 0.000097906 35 -100%
1897 49 0.000141228 49 -100%
1898 35 0.000091754 35 -100%
1899 34 0.000100226 34 -100%
1900 51 0.000113268 51 -100%
1901 48 0.000138804 48 -100%
1902 33 0.00008533 33 -100%
1903 58 0.000152151 58 -100%
1904 52 0.000128877 52 -100%
1905 36 0.000084921 36 -100%
1906 49 0.000114365 49 -100%
1907 52 0.000111734 52 -100%
1908 59 0.000120741 59 -100%
1909 66 0.000129102 66 -100%
1910 93 0.000157437 93 -100%
1911 114 0.000176942 114 -100%
1912 262 0.000265166 262 -100%
1913 322 0.000283174 322 -100%
1914 373 0.000263354 373 -100%
1915 529 0.000288688 529 -100%
1916 526 0.000271917 526 -100%
1917 528 0.000263112 528 -100%
1918 572 0.00026346 572 -100%
1919 589 0.000279115 589 -100%
1920 586 0.000258989 586 -100%
1921 625 0.000267723 12 613 -96%
1922 592 0.000258611 592 -100%
1923 566 0.000245822 566 -100%
1924 606 0.00025445 606 -100%
1925 577 0.000247289 6 571 -98%
1926 547 0.00023825 5 542 -98%
1927 541 0.000233254 7 534 -97%
1928 484 0.00021407 5 479 -98%
1929 410 0.00018703 5 405 -98%
1930 467 0.000210049 5 462 -98%
1931 422 0.000200533 422 -100%
1932 375 0.000177616 375 -100%
1933 393 0.000196554 8 385 -96%
1934 375 0.000180565 375 -100%
1935 314 0.000150246 314 -100%
1936 299 0.000143918 299 -100%
1937 326 0.000153004 326 -100%
1938 315 0.000142368 315 -100%
1939 280 0.000127074 280 -100%
1940 288 0.000125071 288 -100%
1941 303 0.000124363 303 -100%
1942 285 0.000104326 285 -100%
1943 287 0.000101681 287 -100%
1944 253 0.000094049 253 -100%
1945 223 0.000084059 223 -100%
1946 239 0.000074797 239 -100%
1947 270 0.000074952 270 -100%
1948 239 0.000069225 239 -100%
1949 206 0.000059114 206 -100%
1950 179 0.000051094 179 -100%
1951 208 0.000056464 208 -100%
1952 194 0.000051079 194 -100%
1953 164 0.000042557 164 -100%
1954 192 0.000048233 192 -100%
1955 157 0.000039103 157 -100%
1956 153 0.000037109 153 -100%
1957 144 0.000034268 144 -100%
1958 131 0.000031689 131 -100%
1959 120 0.00002886 120 -100%
1960 119 0.000028648 119 -100%
1961 104 0.000025107 104 -100%
1962 108 0.000026763 108 -100%
1963 93 0.000023496 93 -100%
1964 103 0.000026494 103 -100%
1965 75 0.000020687 75 -100%
1966 77 0.000022154 77 -100%
1967 69 0.000020325 69 -100%
1968 66 0.000019536 66 -100%
1969 65 0.000018703 65 -100%
1970 54 0.000014973 54 -100%
1971 57 0.000016607 57 -100%
1972 43 0.000013681 43 -100%
1973 50 0.000016573 50 -100%
1974 39 0.000012829 39 -100%
1975 37 0.000012254 37 -100%
1976 41 0.000013512 41 -100%
1977 25 0.00000787 25 -100%
1978 42 0.000013233 42 -100%
1979 33 0.000009919 33 -100%
1980 34 0.000009871 34 -100%
1981 32 0.00000925 32 -100%
1982 30 0.000008552 30 -100%
1983 19 0.000005486 19 -100%
1984 17 0.000004873 17 -100%
1985 17 0.000004763 17 -100%
1986 21 0.000005904 21 -100%
1987 17 0.000004715 17 -100%
1988 17 0.000004601 17 -100%
1989 29 0.000007543 29 -100%
1990 20 0.00000506 20 -100%
1991 20 0.000005134 20 -100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 -100%
1994 15 0.000004035 15 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 17 0.000004661 17 -100%
1997 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1998 15 0.000004078 15 -100%
1999 15 0.000004061 15 -100%
2000 14 0.000003704 14 -100%
2001 11 0.000002939 11 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 -100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 -100%
2008 13 0.000003307 13 -100%
2009 15 0.000003927 15 -100%
2010 19 0.000005141 19 -100%
2011 17 0.000004648 17 -100%
2012 20 0.000005468 20 -100%
2013 29 0.000007955 29 -100%
2014 36 0.000009713 36 -100%
2015 52 0.000014051 52 -100%
2016 51 0.000013901 51 -100%
2017 43 0.000012024 43 -100%
2018 39 0.000011092 39 -100%
2019 33 0.000009508 33 -100%
2020 42 0.000012573 42 -100%
2021 50 0.000014758 50 -100%
2022 43 0.00001271 43 -100%
2023 41 0.000012382 41 -100%
2024 69 0.00002073 69 -100%

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