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How popular is “Etta” in the USA?

Number of people named “Etta” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Etta” by birth year

This chart shows how “Etta” 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 323 0.001603105 323 100%
1881 316 0.001639957 316 100%
1882 352 0.001588928 352 100%
1883 352 0.001622524 352 100%
1884 423 0.001737445 423 100%
1885 372 0.001544504 372 100%
1886 433 0.001695938 433 100%
1887 437 0.001766427 437 100%
1888 500 0.001669594 500 100%
1889 465 0.001609297 465 100%
1890 452 0.001499663 452 100%
1891 452 0.001576709 452 100%
1892 492 0.001471406 492 100%
1893 486 0.001494359 486 100%
1894 519 0.001532375 519 100%
1895 445 0.001267734 445 100%
1896 484 0.001353907 484 100%
1897 467 0.001345988 467 100%
1898 479 0.001255718 479 100%
1899 394 0.00116144 394 100%
1900 508 0.001128242 508 100%
1901 381 0.001101755 381 100%
1902 400 0.001034305 400 100%
1903 416 0.001091291 416 100%
1904 343 0.000850094 343 100%
1905 397 0.000936493 397 100%
1906 384 0.000896252 384 100%
1907 407 0.000874535 407 100%
1908 400 0.000818583 400 100%
1909 367 0.000717885 367 100%
1910 430 0.000727936 430 100%
1911 434 0.000673622 434 100%
1912 510 0.000516162 510 100%
1913 542 0.000476647 542 100%
1914 581 0.000410211 581 100%
1915 773 0.000421845 766 7 98%
1916 742 0.000383578 742 100%
1917 750 0.000373739 750 100%
1918 755 0.000347748 755 100%
1919 742 0.000351618 742 100%
1920 803 0.000354895 803 100%
1921 740 0.000316984 740 100%
1922 720 0.000314526 720 100%
1923 742 0.000322261 742 100%
1924 725 0.000304416 725 100%
1925 736 0.000315433 731 5 99%
1926 660 0.000287468 655 5 98%
1927 648 0.000279388 648 100%
1928 583 0.000257858 583 100%
1929 614 0.000280089 614 100%
1930 551 0.000247831 551 100%
1931 518 0.000246152 518 100%
1932 504 0.000238717 504 100%
1933 514 0.000257071 514 100%
1934 499 0.000240272 499 100%
1935 464 0.00022202 458 6 97%
1936 449 0.000216117 449 100%
1937 443 0.000207916 443 100%
1938 461 0.000208355 461 100%
1939 408 0.000185165 408 100%
1940 426 0.000185001 426 100%
1941 413 0.000169511 413 100%
1942 448 0.000163993 448 100%
1943 419 0.000148447 419 100%
1944 369 0.000137171 369 100%
1945 345 0.000130046 345 100%
1946 360 0.000112665 360 100%
1947 342 0.000094939 342 100%
1948 343 0.000099348 343 100%
1949 332 0.000095272 332 100%
1950 289 0.000082492 289 100%
1951 252 0.000068409 252 100%
1952 249 0.000065561 249 100%
1953 246 0.000063836 246 100%
1954 240 0.000060291 240 100%
1955 264 0.000065752 264 100%
1956 258 0.000062575 258 100%
1957 228 0.000054258 228 100%
1958 247 0.00005975 247 100%
1959 207 0.000049784 207 100%
1960 214 0.000051519 214 100%
1961 207 0.000049972 207 100%
1962 200 0.000049562 200 100%
1963 181 0.000045728 181 100%
1964 157 0.000040385 157 100%
1965 127 0.00003503 127 100%
1966 113 0.000032512 113 100%
1967 91 0.000026805 91 100%
1968 100 0.0000296 100 100%
1969 73 0.000021005 73 100%
1970 66 0.0000183 66 100%
1971 67 0.00001952 67 100%
1972 59 0.000018772 59 100%
1973 34 0.00001127 34 100%
1974 48 0.000015789 48 100%
1975 41 0.000013579 41 100%
1976 36 0.000011864 36 100%
1977 37 0.000011648 37 100%
1978 34 0.000010712 34 100%
1979 36 0.000010821 36 100%
1980 23 0.000006677 23 100%
1981 39 0.000011274 39 100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 100%
1983 23 0.000006641 23 100%
1984 20 0.000005733 20 100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 100%
1986 23 0.000006466 23 100%
1987 19 0.00000527 19 100%
1988 25 0.000006766 25 100%
1989 19 0.000004942 19 100%
1990 21 0.000005313 21 100%
1991 19 0.000004878 19 100%
1992 19 0.000004946 19 100%
1993 21 0.00000557 21 100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 100%
1995 15 0.000004096 15 100%
1996 19 0.000005209 19 100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 100%
1998 15 0.000004078 15 100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 100%
2002 29 0.000007758 29 100%
2003 25 0.000006575 25 100%
2004 28 0.000007328 28 100%
2005 25 0.000006502 25 100%
2006 46 0.000011627 46 100%
2007 39 0.000009756 39 100%
2008 57 0.000014501 57 100%
2009 71 0.000018586 71 100%
2010 81 0.000021917 81 100%
2011 86 0.000023511 86 100%
2012 132 0.000036092 132 100%
2013 204 0.000055957 204 100%
2014 209 0.000056389 209 100%
2015 242 0.000065389 242 100%
2016 257 0.000070052 257 100%
2017 263 0.000073542 263 100%
2018 276 0.000078501 276 100%
2019 254 0.000073179 254 100%
2020 279 0.000083519 279 100%
2021 285 0.000084122 285 100%
2022 255 0.000075374 255 100%
2023 283 0.000085468 283 100%
2024 266 0.000079916 266 100%

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