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How popular is “Emelia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Emelia” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Emelia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Emelia” 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 12 0.000059558 12 100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 100%
1882 17 0.000076738 17 100%
1883 29 0.000133674 29 100%
1884 12 0.000049289 12 100%
1885 29 0.000120405 29 100%
1886 19 0.000074418 19 100%
1887 27 0.000109139 27 100%
1888 33 0.000110193 33 100%
1889 13 0.000044991 13 100%
1890 34 0.000112807 34 100%
1891 31 0.000108137 31 100%
1892 22 0.000065795 22 100%
1893 33 0.000101469 33 100%
1894 26 0.000076766 26 100%
1895 27 0.000076919 27 100%
1896 24 0.000067136 24 100%
1897 22 0.000063408 22 100%
1898 26 0.00006816 26 100%
1899 28 0.000082539 28 100%
1900 25 0.000055524 25 100%
1901 27 0.000078077 27 100%
1902 25 0.000064644 25 100%
1903 22 0.000057712 22 100%
1904 16 0.000039655 16 100%
1905 17 0.000040102 17 100%
1906 31 0.000072354 31 100%
1907 16 0.00003438 16 100%
1908 28 0.000057301 28 100%
1909 22 0.000043034 22 100%
1910 30 0.000050786 30 100%
1911 21 0.000032595 21 100%
1912 26 0.000026314 26 100%
1913 36 0.000031659 36 100%
1914 41 0.000028948 41 100%
1915 52 0.000028378 52 100%
1916 48 0.000024814 48 100%
1917 54 0.000026909 54 100%
1918 57 0.000026254 57 100%
1919 44 0.000020851 44 100%
1920 47 0.000020772 47 100%
1921 58 0.000024845 58 100%
1922 54 0.000023589 54 100%
1923 44 0.00001911 44 100%
1924 54 0.000022674 54 100%
1925 48 0.000020572 48 100%
1926 34 0.000014809 34 100%
1927 40 0.000017246 40 100%
1928 27 0.000011942 27 100%
1929 39 0.000017791 39 100%
1930 41 0.000018441 41 100%
1931 16 0.000007603 16 100%
1932 20 0.000009473 20 100%
1933 28 0.000014004 28 100%
1934 18 0.000008667 18 100%
1935 23 0.000011005 23 100%
1936 18 0.000008664 18 100%
1937 19 0.000008917 19 100%
1938 27 0.000012203 27 100%
1939 14 0.000006354 14 100%
1940 18 0.000007817 18 100%
1941 19 0.000007798 19 100%
1942 20 0.000007321 20 100%
1943 19 0.000006731 19 100%
1944 20 0.000007435 20 100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 100%
1946 20 0.000006259 20 100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 100%
1948 25 0.000007241 25 100%
1949 19 0.000005452 19 100%
1950 23 0.000006565 23 100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 100%
1952 25 0.000006582 25 100%
1953 19 0.00000493 19 100%
1954 15 0.000003768 15 100%
1955 19 0.000004732 19 100%
1956 15 0.000003638 15 100%
1957 25 0.000005949 25 100%
1958 18 0.000004354 18 100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 100%
1961 14 0.00000338 14 100%
1962 17 0.000004213 17 100%
1963 16 0.000004042 16 100%
1964 18 0.00000463 18 100%
1965 13 0.000003586 13 100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 100%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 100%
1971 11 0.000003205 11 100%
1972 15 0.000004773 15 100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 100%
1974 12 0.000003947 12 100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 100%
1978 13 0.000004096 13 100%
1979 16 0.000004809 16 100%
1980 24 0.000006968 24 100%
1981 25 0.000007227 25 100%
1982 21 0.000005986 21 100%
1983 27 0.000007796 27 100%
1984 29 0.000008312 29 100%
1985 26 0.000007285 26 100%
1986 40 0.000011245 40 100%
1987 37 0.000010262 37 100%
1988 39 0.000010555 39 100%
1989 42 0.000010925 42 100%
1990 53 0.000013409 53 100%
1991 62 0.000015917 62 100%
1992 57 0.000014839 57 100%
1993 62 0.000016444 62 100%
1994 61 0.000016408 61 100%
1995 69 0.000018841 69 100%
1996 78 0.000021386 78 100%
1997 79 0.000021789 79 100%
1998 90 0.000024468 90 100%
1999 88 0.000023823 88 100%
2000 114 0.000030159 114 100%
2001 115 0.000030721 115 100%
2002 162 0.000043335 162 100%
2003 189 0.000049707 189 100%
2004 220 0.000057578 220 100%
2005 210 0.000054619 210 100%
2006 247 0.000062434 247 100%
2007 222 0.000055532 222 100%
2008 282 0.000071744 282 100%
2009 316 0.000082719 316 100%
2010 339 0.000091727 339 100%
2011 366 0.00010006 366 100%
2012 411 0.000112376 411 100%
2013 438 0.000120143 438 100%
2014 463 0.00012492 463 100%
2015 509 0.000137534 509 100%
2016 532 0.000145011 532 100%
2017 575 0.000160785 575 100%
2018 654 0.000186012 654 100%
2019 701 0.000201963 701 100%
2020 683 0.000204456 683 100%
2021 662 0.000195398 662 100%
2022 598 0.000176759 598 100%
2023 569 0.000171841 569 100%
2024 527 0.00015833 527 100%

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