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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Essie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Essie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Essie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Essie” 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 78 0.000387128 78 100%
1881 85 0.000441128 80 5 88%
1882 120 0.00054168 113 7 88%
1883 139 0.000640712 139 100%
1884 148 0.0006079 148 100%
1885 160 0.000664303 153 7 91%
1886 163 0.000638425 163 100%
1887 185 0.000747801 185 100%
1888 235 0.000784709 230 5 96%
1889 276 0.000955196 265 11 92%
1890 261 0.000865956 256 5 96%
1891 227 0.000791843 217 10 91%
1892 294 0.000879255 294 100%
1893 258 0.000793302 258 100%
1894 329 0.00097139 311 18 89%
1895 344 0.000980001 335 9 95%
1896 388 0.001085363 381 7 96%
1897 343 0.000988595 329 14 92%
1898 345 0.000904432 336 9 95%
1899 354 0.001043528 342 12 93%
1900 500 0.001110474 492 8 97%
1901 368 0.001064162 368 100%
1902 433 0.001119636 424 9 96%
1903 403 0.001057188 396 7 97%
1904 466 0.001154938 457 9 96%
1905 485 0.001144078 476 9 96%
1906 416 0.00097094 409 7 97%
1907 498 0.00107007 486 12 95%
1908 465 0.000951603 451 14 94%
1909 515 0.001007386 508 7 97%
1910 631 0.001068204 620 11 97%
1911 539 0.000836595 525 14 95%
1912 718 0.000726675 695 23 94%
1913 684 0.000601525 662 22 94%
1914 763 0.000538711 737 26 93%
1915 896 0.000488969 869 27 94%
1916 930 0.000480765 904 26 94%
1917 967 0.000481874 945 22 95%
1918 1048 0.000482702 1019 29 94%
1919 1063 0.000503733 1023 40 92%
1920 1033 0.000456546 996 37 93%
1921 1054 0.000451488 1032 22 96%
1922 1054 0.000460432 1022 32 94%
1923 933 0.000405215 917 16 97%
1924 959 0.000402669 936 23 95%
1925 945 0.000405005 925 20 96%
1926 911 0.000396793 883 28 94%
1927 812 0.000350097 783 29 93%
1928 833 0.000368431 806 27 94%
1929 693 0.000316126 667 26 92%
1930 650 0.00029236 617 33 90%
1931 603 0.000286544 579 24 92%
1932 689 0.000326341 678 11 97%
1933 590 0.000295082 568 22 93%
1934 556 0.000267717 538 18 94%
1935 521 0.000249294 498 23 91%
1936 511 0.000245959 494 17 93%
1937 486 0.000228097 472 14 94%
1938 468 0.000211518 451 17 93%
1939 476 0.000216026 460 16 93%
1940 436 0.000189344 420 16 93%
1941 415 0.000170332 390 25 88%
1942 429 0.000157038 415 14 93%
1943 362 0.000128252 350 12 93%
1944 433 0.000160962 414 19 91%
1945 403 0.000151909 389 14 93%
1946 357 0.000111726 341 16 91%
1947 337 0.000093551 327 10 94%
1948 342 0.000099058 324 18 89%
1949 341 0.000097854 326 15 91%
1950 326 0.000093054 313 13 92%
1951 282 0.000076553 270 12 91%
1952 300 0.000078989 283 17 89%
1953 272 0.000070583 263 9 93%
1954 248 0.0000623 232 16 87%
1955 237 0.000059027 225 12 90%
1956 223 0.000054086 212 11 90%
1957 165 0.000039266 160 5 94%
1958 165 0.000039914 156 9 89%
1959 171 0.000041126 160 11 87%
1960 139 0.000033463 139 100%
1961 114 0.000027521 114 100%
1962 109 0.000027011 109 100%
1963 124 0.000031327 124 100%
1964 102 0.000026237 93 9 82%
1965 84 0.00002317 84 100%
1966 69 0.000019852 63 6 83%
1967 60 0.000017674 55 5 83%
1968 60 0.00001776 60 100%
1969 51 0.000014675 51 100%
1970 55 0.00001525 48 7 75%
1971 51 0.000014859 51 100%
1972 38 0.00001209 38 100%
1973 42 0.000013922 42 100%
1974 31 0.000010197 31 100%
1975 24 0.000007949 24 100%
1976 32 0.000010546 32 100%
1977 31 0.000009759 31 100%
1978 31 0.000009767 31 100%
1979 27 0.000008115 27 100%
1980 23 0.000006677 23 100%
1981 29 0.000008383 29 100%
1982 36 0.000010262 31 5 72%
1983 27 0.000007796 22 5 63%
1984 17 0.000004873 17 100%
1985 33 0.000009246 33 100%
1986 18 0.00000506 18 100%
1987 19 0.00000527 19 100%
1988 17 0.000004601 17 100%
1989 27 0.000007023 22 5 63%
1990 25 0.000006325 25 100%
1991 20 0.000005134 20 100%
1992 20 0.000005207 20 100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 100%
1994 13 0.000003497 13 100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 100%
2010 12 0.000003247 12 100%
2011 12 0.000003281 12 100%
2012 28 0.000007656 28 100%
2013 24 0.000006583 24 100%
2014 28 0.000007555 28 100%
2015 33 0.000008917 33 100%
2016 39 0.00001063 39 100%
2017 39 0.000010905 39 100%
2018 42 0.000011946 42 100%
2019 53 0.00001527 53 100%
2020 33 0.000009879 33 100%
2021 42 0.000012397 42 100%
2022 50 0.000014779 50 100%
2023 53 0.000016006 53 100%
2024 63 0.000018927 63 100%

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