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How popular is “Elza” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elza” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elza” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elza” 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 25 0.000124079 25 -100%
1881 14 0.000072656 14 -100%
1882 14 0.000063196 14 -100%
1883 23 0.000106017 5 18 -57%
1884 24 0.000098578 24 -100%
1885 15 0.000062278 15 -100%
1886 19 0.000074418 19 -100%
1887 16 0.000064675 16 -100%
1888 17 0.000056766 17 -100%
1889 22 0.000076139 22 -100%
1890 15 0.000049768 15 -100%
1891 18 0.000062789 18 -100%
1892 17 0.000050841 17 -100%
1893 18 0.000055347 18 -100%
1894 22 0.000064956 7 15 -36%
1895 19 0.000054128 19 -100%
1896 28 0.000078325 9 19 -36%
1897 17 0.000048997 7 10 -18%
1898 16 0.000041945 7 9 -13%
1899 14 0.000041269 5 9 -29%
1900 24 0.000053303 8 16 -33%
1901 14 0.000040484 14 -100%
1902 16 0.000041372 5 11 -38%
1903 10 0.000026233 5 5 0%
1904 23 0.000057003 11 12 -4%
1905 24 0.000056614 8 16 -33%
1906 17 0.000039678 6 11 -29%
1907 13 0.000027934 13 -100%
1908 13 0.000026604 13 -100%
1909 16 0.000031297 8 8 0%
1910 19 0.000032165 8 11 -16%
1911 23 0.000035699 6 17 -48%
1912 36 0.000036435 7 29 -61%
1913 46 0.000040453 12 34 -48%
1914 49 0.000034596 13 36 -47%
1915 57 0.000031106 13 44 -54%
1916 67 0.000034636 18 49 -46%
1917 62 0.000030896 17 45 -45%
1918 80 0.000036847 15 65 -63%
1919 69 0.000032698 14 55 -59%
1920 82 0.000036241 16 66 -61%
1921 85 0.00003641 22 63 -48%
1922 79 0.000034511 11 68 -72%
1923 63 0.000027362 13 50 -59%
1924 80 0.000033591 21 59 -47%
1925 47 0.000020143 9 38 -62%
1926 66 0.000028747 18 48 -45%
1927 77 0.000033199 20 57 -48%
1928 40 0.000017692 5 35 -75%
1929 51 0.000023265 12 39 -53%
1930 59 0.000026537 16 43 -46%
1931 50 0.00002376 15 35 -40%
1932 51 0.000024156 10 41 -61%
1933 34 0.000017005 7 27 -59%
1934 25 0.000012038 25 -100%
1935 49 0.000023446 8 41 -67%
1936 35 0.000016847 8 27 -54%
1937 31 0.000014549 31 -100%
1938 30 0.000013559 6 24 -60%
1939 39 0.0000177 7 32 -64%
1940 21 0.00000912 21 -100%
1941 23 0.00000944 6 17 -48%
1942 20 0.000007321 20 -100%
1943 22 0.000007794 22 -100%
1944 34 0.000012639 9 25 -47%
1945 21 0.000007916 21 -100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 -100%
1947 23 0.000006385 7 16 -39%
1948 17 0.000004924 17 -100%
1949 19 0.000005452 19 -100%
1950 15 0.000004282 5 10 -33%
1951 16 0.000004343 16 -100%
1952 13 0.000003423 13 -100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 23 0.000005728 6 17 -48%
1956 15 0.000003638 15 -100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 21 0.000005204 12 9 14%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 5 7 -17%
1966 17 0.000004891 10 7 18%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1970 13 0.000003605 7 6 8%
1971 15 0.00000437 8 7 7%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 100%
1976 10 0.000003296 5 5 0%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
1990 11 0.000002783 5 6 -9%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 100%
2011 10 0.000002734 10 100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 100%
2013 12 0.000003292 12 100%
2014 22 0.000005936 22 100%
2015 15 0.000004053 15 100%
2016 15 0.000004089 15 100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 100%
2018 18 0.00000512 18 100%
2019 13 0.000003745 13 100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 100%
2022 16 0.000004729 16 100%
2023 14 0.000004228 14 100%
2024 15 0.000004507 15 100%

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