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How popular is “Emmy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Emmy” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Emmy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Emmy” 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
1885 8 0.000033215 8 100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 100%
1914 19 0.000013415 19 100%
1915 14 0.00000764 14 100%
1916 18 0.000009305 18 100%
1917 24 0.00001196 24 100%
1918 19 0.000008751 19 100%
1919 25 0.000011847 25 100%
1920 22 0.000009723 22 100%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 100%
1922 27 0.000011795 27 100%
1923 34 0.000014767 34 100%
1924 28 0.000011757 28 100%
1925 40 0.000017143 40 100%
1926 31 0.000013502 31 100%
1927 41 0.000017677 41 100%
1928 29 0.000012827 29 100%
1929 34 0.00001551 34 100%
1930 26 0.000011694 26 100%
1931 28 0.000013306 28 100%
1932 21 0.000009947 21 100%
1933 16 0.000008002 16 100%
1934 24 0.000011556 24 100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 100%
1938 21 0.000009491 21 100%
1939 17 0.000007715 17 100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 100%
1941 22 0.00000903 22 100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 100%
1943 25 0.000008857 25 100%
1944 17 0.00000632 17 100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 100%
1946 22 0.000006885 22 100%
1947 24 0.000006662 24 100%
1948 21 0.000006083 21 100%
1949 15 0.000004304 15 100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 100%
1951 19 0.000005158 19 100%
1952 17 0.000004476 17 100%
1953 33 0.000008563 33 100%
1954 26 0.000006532 26 100%
1955 29 0.000007223 29 100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 100%
1957 21 0.000004997 21 100%
1958 21 0.00000508 21 100%
1959 23 0.000005532 23 100%
1960 20 0.000004815 20 100%
1961 18 0.000004345 18 100%
1962 19 0.000004708 19 100%
1963 19 0.0000048 19 100%
1964 17 0.000004373 17 100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 100%
1967 15 0.000004418 15 100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 100%
1970 21 0.000005823 21 100%
1971 26 0.000007575 26 100%
1972 21 0.000006682 21 100%
1973 21 0.000006961 21 100%
1974 33 0.000010855 33 100%
1975 36 0.000011923 36 100%
1976 51 0.000016808 51 100%
1977 67 0.000021092 67 100%
1978 57 0.000017959 57 100%
1979 58 0.000017433 58 100%
1980 91 0.000026419 91 100%
1981 82 0.000023704 82 100%
1982 59 0.000016819 59 100%
1983 47 0.000013571 47 100%
1984 40 0.000011465 40 100%
1985 42 0.000011768 42 100%
1986 29 0.000008153 29 100%
1987 46 0.000012758 46 100%
1988 50 0.000013532 50 100%
1989 42 0.000010925 42 100%
1990 39 0.000009867 39 100%
1991 50 0.000012836 50 100%
1992 54 0.000014058 54 100%
1993 61 0.000016179 61 100%
1994 41 0.000011028 41 100%
1995 50 0.000013653 50 100%
1996 57 0.000015628 57 100%
1997 51 0.000014066 51 100%
1998 65 0.000017672 65 100%
1999 76 0.000020575 76 100%
2000 82 0.000021694 82 100%
2001 99 0.000026447 99 100%
2002 117 0.000031298 117 100%
2003 139 0.000036557 139 100%
2004 156 0.000040828 156 100%
2005 194 0.000050457 194 100%
2006 198 0.000050048 198 100%
2007 283 0.000070791 283 100%
2008 283 0.000071998 283 100%
2009 295 0.000077222 295 100%
2010 272 0.000073598 272 100%
2011 350 0.000095686 350 100%
2012 387 0.000105814 387 100%
2013 436 0.000119594 436 100%
2014 432 0.000116556 432 100%
2015 467 0.000126185 467 100%
2016 480 0.000130837 480 100%
2017 496 0.000138695 496 100%
2018 580 0.000164965 580 100%
2019 640 0.000184388 640 100%
2020 585 0.000175119 585 100%
2021 571 0.000168539 571 100%
2022 623 0.000184149 623 100%
2023 599 0.000180901 599 100%
2024 690 0.000207301 690 100%

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