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How popular is “Erie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Erie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Erie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Erie” 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 6 6 0%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 100%
1884 17 0.000069826 12 5 41%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 100%
1888 19 0.000063445 12 7 26%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 100%
1892 17 0.000050841 17 100%
1893 26 0.000079945 21 5 62%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 100%
1896 17 0.000047555 17 100%
1897 18 0.00005188 18 100%
1898 18 0.000047188 18 100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 100%
1900 15 0.000033314 15 100%
1901 13 0.000037593 13 100%
1902 21 0.000054301 21 100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 100%
1904 29 0.000071874 29 100%
1905 15 0.000035384 15 100%
1906 21 0.000049014 16 5 52%
1907 20 0.000042975 20 100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 100%
1909 16 0.000031297 16 100%
1910 28 0.000047401 23 5 64%
1911 20 0.000031043 20 100%
1912 36 0.000036435 36 100%
1913 25 0.000021986 17 8 36%
1914 35 0.000024712 24 11 37%
1915 38 0.000020738 32 6 68%
1916 56 0.000028949 42 14 50%
1917 54 0.000026909 39 15 44%
1918 45 0.000020727 36 9 60%
1919 50 0.000023694 37 13 48%
1920 44 0.000019446 33 11 50%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 100%
1922 42 0.000018347 28 14 33%
1923 37 0.00001607 26 11 41%
1924 39 0.000016375 23 16 18%
1925 51 0.000021857 39 12 53%
1926 38 0.000016551 31 7 63%
1927 31 0.000013366 20 11 29%
1928 36 0.000015923 26 10 44%
1929 29 0.000013229 18 11 24%
1930 26 0.000011694 26 100%
1931 20 0.000009504 14 6 40%
1932 29 0.000013736 22 7 52%
1933 16 0.000008002 8 8 0%
1934 20 0.00000963 11 9 10%
1935 22 0.000010527 11 11 0%
1936 27 0.000012996 15 12 11%
1937 26 0.000012203 14 12 8%
1938 16 0.000007231 11 5 38%
1939 20 0.000009077 12 8 20%
1940 19 0.000008251 12 7 26%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 100%
1942 16 0.000005857 9 7 13%
1943 23 0.000008149 12 11 4%
1944 16 0.000005948 8 8 0%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 24 0.000007511 15 9 25%
1947 30 0.000008328 14 16 -7%
1948 30 0.000008689 11 19 -27%
1949 28 0.000008035 9 19 -36%
1950 23 0.000006565 9 14 -22%
1951 35 0.000009501 12 23 -31%
1952 31 0.000008162 7 24 -55%
1953 28 0.000007266 16 12 14%
1954 29 0.000007285 12 17 -17%
1955 22 0.000005479 7 15 -36%
1956 21 0.000005093 8 13 -24%
1957 32 0.000007615 32 -100%
1958 46 0.000011127 46 -100%
1959 41 0.000009861 9 32 -56%
1960 45 0.000010833 8 37 -64%
1961 43 0.000010381 5 38 -77%
1962 40 0.000009912 5 35 -75%
1963 41 0.000010358 5 36 -76%
1964 41 0.000010546 41 -100%
1965 53 0.000014619 7 46 -74%
1966 36 0.000010358 36 -100%
1967 26 0.000007659 26 -100%
1968 41 0.000012136 5 36 -76%
1969 49 0.000014099 49 -100%
1970 81 0.000022459 81 -100%
1971 62 0.000018063 62 -100%
1972 66 0.000020999 66 -100%
1973 67 0.000022208 6 61 -82%
1974 48 0.000015789 48 -100%
1975 45 0.000014904 45 -100%
1976 43 0.000014171 6 37 -72%
1977 47 0.000014796 47 -100%
1978 42 0.000013233 5 37 -76%
1979 26 0.000007815 26 -100%
1980 28 0.000008129 28 -100%
1981 34 0.000009828 5 29 -71%
1982 47 0.000013398 6 41 -74%
1983 33 0.000009528 33 -100%
1984 35 0.000010032 5 30 -71%
1985 49 0.000013729 49 -100%
1986 44 0.00001237 44 -100%
1987 30 0.00000832 30 -100%
1988 25 0.000006766 25 -100%
1989 23 0.000005983 23 -100%
1990 22 0.000005566 22 -100%
1991 22 0.000005648 6 16 -45%
1992 17 0.000004426 6 11 -29%
1993 18 0.000004774 5 13 -44%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 -100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2002 12 0.00000321 5 7 -17%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 100%
2022 13 0.000003843 13 100%
2023 16 0.000004832 16 100%
2024 11 0.000003305 11 100%

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