How popular is “Ethel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ethel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ethel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ethel” 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	639	0.003171468	633	6	98%
1881	793	0.004115461	788	5	99%
1882	989	0.004464346	989		100%
1883	1132	0.005217888	1132		100%
1884	1393	0.005721656	1386	7	99%
1885	1508	0.006261054	1495	13	98%
1886	1705	0.006677999	1699	6	99%
1887	1917	0.007748836	1907	10	99%
1888	2386	0.007967303	2374	12	99%
1889	2477	0.008572536	2463	14	99%
1890	2726	0.009044429	2718	8	99%
1891	2698	0.00941142	2689	9	99%
1892	3052	0.009127504	3035	17	99%
1893	3131	0.009627241	3119	12	99%
1894	3298	0.009737518	3287	11	99%
1895	3406	0.009703151	3391	15	99%
1896	3514	0.009829811	3502	12	99%
1897	3199	0.009220162	3182	17	99%
1898	3555	0.009319579	3531	24	99%
1899	3014	0.008884722	2999	15	99%
1900	3916	0.008697236	3896	20	99%
1901	3083	0.008915248	3067	16	99%
1902	3314	0.008569219	3295	19	99%
1903	3277	0.008596538	3257	20	99%
1904	3313	0.008210962	3296	17	99%
1905	3415	0.008055727	3401	14	99%
1906	3527	0.00823198	3511	16	99%
1907	3710	0.007971808	3698	12	99%
1908	3808	0.007792915	3786	22	99%
1909	3686	0.007210147	3661	25	99%
1910	4179	0.007074526	4146	33	98%
1911	4158	0.006453736	4141	17	99%
1912	5091	0.00515251	5073	18	99%
1913	5396	0.004745363	5369	27	99%
1914	6230	0.004398649	6204	26	99%
1915	7409	0.004043274	7379	30	99%
1916	7625	0.003941756	7601	24	99%
1917	7902	0.00393771	7865	37	99%
1918	8110	0.003735415	8075	35	99%
1919	7849	0.003719473	7809	40	99%
1920	7891	0.003487514	7868	23	99%
1921	7635	0.003270501	7603	32	99%
1922	7271	0.00317628	7246	25	99%
1923	6572	0.002854312	6541	31	99%
1924	6627	0.002782571	6586	41	99%
1925	6209	0.002661036	6176	33	99%
1926	5886	0.002563695	5856	30	99%
1927	5526	0.002382556	5483	43	98%
1928	4976	0.002200857	4928	48	98%
1929	4551	0.002076034	4519	32	99%
1930	4138	0.001861207	4101	37	98%
1931	3793	0.001802424	3760	33	98%
1932	3629	0.001718853	3607	22	99%
1933	3252	0.00162645	3217	35	98%
1934	3208	0.001544672	3178	30	98%
1935	3031	0.001450309	3004	27	98%
1936	2747	0.001322213	2730	17	99%
1937	2787	0.001308039	2764	23	98%
1938	2752	0.0012438	2725	27	98%
1939	2524	0.001145481	2496	28	98%
1940	2385	0.001035747	2373	12	99%
1941	2289	0.000939491	2273	16	99%
1942	2218	0.000811914	2203	15	99%
1943	2227	0.000789	2217	10	99%
1944	2064	0.000767264	2056	8	99%
1945	1827	0.000688678	1817	10	99%
1946	1945	0.000608705	1933	12	99%
1947	2093	0.000581014	2085	8	99%
1948	1878	0.000543951	1872	6	99%
1949	1762	0.000505628	1753	9	99%
1950	1611	0.000459845	1602	9	99%
1951	1499	0.000406924	1492	7	99%
1952	1411	0.000371511	1398	13	98%
1953	1281	0.000332413	1281		100%
1954	1182	0.000296932	1176	6	99%
1955	1113	0.000277205	1104	9	98%
1956	1083	0.00026267	1076	7	99%
1957	885	0.000210607	880	5	99%
1958	856	0.000207068	856		100%
1959	681	0.000163781	681		100%
1960	730	0.000175742	730		100%
1961	635	0.000153296	635		100%
1962	586	0.000145216	581	5	98%
1963	532	0.000134405	524	8	97%
1964	517	0.000132987	517		100%
1965	445	0.000122743	440	5	98%
1966	371	0.000106742	364	7	96%
1967	341	0.000100445	341		100%
1968	288	0.000085247	283	5	97%
1969	275	0.000079129	275		100%
1970	228	0.000063219	228		100%
1971	218	0.000063513	218		100%
1972	180	0.00005727	180		100%
1973	181	0.000059996	181		100%
1974	130	0.000042763	130		100%
1975	149	0.000049348	149		100%
1976	114	0.00003757	114		100%
1977	106	0.00003337	106		100%
1978	106	0.000033398	106		100%
1979	87	0.00002615	87		100%
1980	74	0.000021483	74		100%
1981	63	0.000018211	63		100%
1982	82	0.000023375	82		100%
1983	70	0.000020212	70		100%
1984	48	0.000013758	48		100%
1985	54	0.00001513	54		100%
1986	46	0.000012932	46		100%
1987	29	0.000008043	29		100%
1988	30	0.000008119	30		100%
1989	51	0.000013266	51		100%
1990	46	0.000011638	46		100%
1991	36	0.000009242	36		100%
1992	33	0.000008591	33		100%
1993	28	0.000007427	28		100%
1994	22	0.000005918	22		100%
1995	25	0.000006827	25		100%
1996	28	0.000007677	28		100%
1997	14	0.000003861	14		100%
1998	18	0.000004894	18		100%
1999	23	0.000006227	23		100%
2000	14	0.000003704	14		100%
2001	19	0.000005076	19		100%
2002	29	0.000007758	29		100%
2003	24	0.000006312	24		100%
2004	23	0.000006019	23		100%
2005	20	0.000005202	20		100%
2006	13	0.000003286	13		100%
2007	17	0.000004252	17		100%
2008	13	0.000003307	13		100%
2009	15	0.000003927	15		100%
2010	14	0.000003788	14		100%
2011	14	0.000003827	14		100%
2012	15	0.000004101	15		100%
2013	14	0.00000384	14		100%
2014	21	0.000005666	21		100%
2015	12	0.000003242	12		100%
2016	25	0.000006814	25		100%
2017	28	0.00000783	28		100%
2018	32	0.000009102	32		100%
2019	23	0.000006626	23		100%
2020	26	0.000007783	26		100%
2021	27	0.000007969	27		100%
2022	28	0.000008276	28		100%
2023	23	0.000006946	23		100%
2024	27	0.000008112	27		100%

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