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How popular is “Emile” in the USA?

Number of people named “Emile” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Emile” by birth year

This chart shows how “Emile” 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 20 0.000103795 20 -100%
1882 37 0.000167018 37 -100%
1883 23 0.000106017 23 -100%
1884 28 0.000115008 28 -100%
1885 19 0.000078886 19 -100%
1886 25 0.000097918 25 -100%
1887 21 0.000084886 21 -100%
1888 21 0.000070123 21 -100%
1889 27 0.000093443 27 -100%
1890 21 0.000069675 21 -100%
1891 19 0.000066278 5 14 -47%
1892 28 0.000083739 28 -100%
1893 25 0.00007687 25 -100%
1894 26 0.000076766 26 -100%
1895 21 0.000059826 21 -100%
1896 34 0.000095109 34 -100%
1897 24 0.000069173 24 -100%
1898 31 0.000081268 31 -100%
1899 23 0.0000678 23 -100%
1900 31 0.000068849 31 -100%
1901 20 0.000057835 20 -100%
1902 18 0.000046544 18 -100%
1903 23 0.000060336 23 -100%
1904 28 0.000069395 28 -100%
1905 36 0.000084921 5 31 -72%
1906 21 0.000049014 21 -100%
1907 23 0.000049421 23 -100%
1908 33 0.000067533 33 -100%
1909 41 0.0000802 5 36 -76%
1910 43 0.000072794 43 -100%
1911 54 0.000083815 54 -100%
1912 76 0.000076918 76 -100%
1913 101 0.000088822 6 95 -88%
1914 126 0.000088961 5 121 -92%
1915 133 0.000072581 6 127 -91%
1916 145 0.000074958 9 136 -88%
1917 148 0.000073751 10 138 -86%
1918 160 0.000073695 7 153 -91%
1919 156 0.000073925 6 150 -92%
1920 153 0.00006762 11 142 -86%
1921 171 0.000073249 6 165 -93%
1922 167 0.000072953 167 -100%
1923 167 0.00007253 9 158 -89%
1924 152 0.000063822 5 147 -93%
1925 148 0.000063429 8 140 -89%
1926 140 0.000060978 9 131 -87%
1927 145 0.000062517 8 137 -89%
1928 127 0.000056171 6 121 -91%
1929 112 0.000051091 112 -100%
1930 121 0.000054424 121 -100%
1931 119 0.000056549 119 -100%
1932 117 0.000055416 5 112 -91%
1933 97 0.000048513 97 -100%
1934 76 0.000036594 76 -100%
1935 85 0.000040672 85 -100%
1936 91 0.000043801 91 -100%
1937 94 0.000044118 9 85 -81%
1938 102 0.0000461 9 93 -82%
1939 98 0.000044476 6 92 -88%
1940 80 0.000034742 8 72 -80%
1941 84 0.000034477 84 -100%
1942 87 0.000031847 87 -100%
1943 86 0.000030469 86 -100%
1944 82 0.000030482 82 -100%
1945 76 0.000028648 76 -100%
1946 81 0.00002535 8 73 -80%
1947 108 0.000029981 108 -100%
1948 82 0.000023751 82 -100%
1949 85 0.000024392 5 80 -88%
1950 69 0.000019695 69 -100%
1951 66 0.000017917 66 -100%
1952 74 0.000019484 74 -100%
1953 69 0.000017905 69 -100%
1954 72 0.000018087 9 63 -75%
1955 62 0.000015442 5 57 -84%
1956 78 0.000018918 78 -100%
1957 51 0.000012137 51 -100%
1958 80 0.000019352 6 74 -85%
1959 75 0.000018038 5 70 -87%
1960 56 0.000013482 56 -100%
1961 75 0.000018106 6 69 -84%
1962 63 0.000015612 63 -100%
1963 63 0.000015916 6 57 -81%
1964 55 0.000014148 55 -100%
1965 48 0.00001324 48 -100%
1966 43 0.000012372 43 -100%
1967 42 0.000012372 42 -100%
1968 47 0.000013912 47 -100%
1969 40 0.00001151 40 -100%
1970 57 0.000015805 57 -100%
1971 44 0.000012819 44 -100%
1972 42 0.000013363 5 37 -76%
1973 36 0.000011933 36 -100%
1974 45 0.000014803 6 39 -73%
1975 42 0.00001391 6 36 -71%
1976 39 0.000012853 39 -100%
1977 36 0.000011333 6 30 -67%
1978 49 0.000015439 11 38 -55%
1979 36 0.000010821 36 -100%
1980 51 0.000014806 16 35 -37%
1981 53 0.000015321 9 44 -66%
1982 48 0.000013683 10 38 -58%
1983 37 0.000010683 6 31 -68%
1984 44 0.000012612 16 28 -27%
1985 43 0.000012048 10 33 -53%
1986 33 0.000009277 10 23 -39%
1987 47 0.000013035 14 33 -40%
1988 57 0.000015426 17 40 -40%
1989 36 0.000009364 13 23 -28%
1990 35 0.000008855 10 25 -43%
1991 55 0.00001412 16 39 -42%
1992 46 0.000011975 14 32 -39%
1993 46 0.000012201 17 29 -26%
1994 55 0.000014794 17 38 -38%
1995 56 0.000015292 13 43 -54%
1996 40 0.000010967 13 27 -35%
1997 40 0.000011032 14 26 -30%
1998 47 0.000012778 11 36 -53%
1999 38 0.000010287 13 25 -32%
2000 40 0.000010582 9 31 -55%
2001 45 0.000012021 12 33 -47%
2002 57 0.000015248 15 42 -47%
2003 42 0.000011046 8 34 -62%
2004 53 0.000013871 14 39 -47%
2005 53 0.000013785 9 44 -66%
2006 46 0.000011627 12 34 -48%
2007 56 0.000014008 15 41 -46%
2008 59 0.00001501 10 49 -66%
2009 55 0.000014397 6 49 -78%
2010 32 0.000008659 32 -100%
2011 35 0.000009569 35 -100%
2012 47 0.000012851 7 40 -70%
2013 46 0.000012618 46 -100%
2014 62 0.000016728 10 52 -68%
2015 64 0.000017293 9 55 -72%
2016 60 0.000016355 60 -100%
2017 66 0.000018455 66 -100%
2018 66 0.000018772 6 60 -82%
2019 65 0.000018727 65 -100%
2020 71 0.000021254 71 -100%
2021 83 0.000024499 83 -100%
2022 72 0.000021282 72 -100%
2023 66 0.000019932 66 -100%
2024 82 0.000024636 82 -100%

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