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How popular is “Greta” in the USA?

Number of people named “Greta” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Greta” by birth year

This chart shows how “Greta” 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 6 0.000024911 6 100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 100%
1889 16 0.000055374 16 100%
1890 14 0.00004645 14 100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 100%
1892 15 0.00004486 15 100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 100%
1894 21 0.000062004 21 100%
1895 20 0.000056977 20 100%
1896 20 0.000055947 20 100%
1897 23 0.000066291 23 100%
1898 33 0.000086511 33 100%
1899 23 0.0000678 23 100%
1900 32 0.00007107 32 100%
1901 20 0.000057835 20 100%
1902 25 0.000064644 25 100%
1903 19 0.000049843 19 100%
1904 21 0.000052047 21 100%
1905 38 0.000089639 38 100%
1906 32 0.000074688 32 100%
1907 26 0.000055867 26 100%
1908 33 0.000067533 33 100%
1909 25 0.000048902 25 100%
1910 28 0.000047401 28 100%
1911 39 0.000060533 39 100%
1912 72 0.00007287 72 100%
1913 52 0.00004573 52 100%
1914 83 0.000058602 83 100%
1915 103 0.00005621 103 100%
1916 111 0.000057382 111 100%
1917 94 0.000046842 94 100%
1918 84 0.00003869 84 100%
1919 75 0.000035541 75 100%
1920 62 0.000027402 62 100%
1921 60 0.000025701 60 100%
1922 61 0.000026647 61 100%
1923 71 0.000030836 71 100%
1924 76 0.000031911 76 100%
1925 67 0.000028715 67 100%
1926 107 0.000046605 107 100%
1927 146 0.000062948 146 100%
1928 235 0.000103939 235 100%
1929 283 0.000129096 283 100%
1930 345 0.000155176 345 100%
1931 383 0.000182001 383 100%
1932 400 0.000189458 400 100%
1933 338 0.000169047 338 100%
1934 324 0.000156008 319 5 97%
1935 271 0.000129671 271 100%
1936 235 0.000113112 235 100%
1937 217 0.000101846 217 100%
1938 212 0.000095816 212 100%
1939 159 0.00007216 159 100%
1940 149 0.000064707 149 100%
1941 127 0.000052126 127 100%
1942 135 0.000049418 135 100%
1943 140 0.0000496 140 100%
1944 95 0.000035315 95 100%
1945 95 0.00003581 95 100%
1946 107 0.000033487 107 100%
1947 138 0.000038309 138 100%
1948 158 0.000045764 158 100%
1949 122 0.000035009 122 100%
1950 143 0.000040818 143 100%
1951 194 0.000052664 194 100%
1952 178 0.000046867 178 100%
1953 191 0.000049563 191 100%
1954 194 0.000048735 194 100%
1955 236 0.000058778 236 100%
1956 255 0.000061848 255 100%
1957 276 0.000065681 276 100%
1958 295 0.000071361 295 100%
1959 347 0.000083454 347 100%
1960 321 0.000077278 321 100%
1961 362 0.000087391 362 100%
1962 275 0.000068147 275 100%
1963 287 0.000072508 287 100%
1964 226 0.000058133 226 100%
1965 255 0.000070336 255 100%
1966 433 0.000124581 433 100%
1967 534 0.000157295 534 100%
1968 421 0.000124615 421 100%
1969 348 0.000100135 348 100%
1970 344 0.000095383 344 100%
1971 304 0.000088569 304 100%
1972 223 0.000070951 223 100%
1973 231 0.000076569 231 100%
1974 231 0.000075987 231 100%
1975 194 0.000064251 194 100%
1976 178 0.000058663 178 100%
1977 147 0.000046277 147 100%
1978 153 0.000048206 153 100%
1979 205 0.000061617 205 100%
1980 199 0.000057773 199 100%
1981 210 0.000060705 210 100%
1982 167 0.000047606 167 100%
1983 133 0.000038402 133 100%
1984 138 0.000039556 138 100%
1985 111 0.0000311 111 100%
1986 115 0.00003233 115 100%
1987 116 0.000032172 116 100%
1988 116 0.000031393 116 100%
1989 112 0.000029133 112 100%
1990 106 0.000026819 106 100%
1991 110 0.000028239 110 100%
1992 119 0.000030979 119 100%
1993 108 0.000028645 108 100%
1994 115 0.000030933 115 100%
1995 132 0.000036044 132 100%
1996 159 0.000043595 159 100%
1997 161 0.000044405 161 100%
1998 182 0.000049481 182 100%
1999 253 0.000068492 253 100%
2000 301 0.000079632 301 100%
2001 279 0.000074531 279 100%
2002 319 0.000085333 319 100%
2003 376 0.000098887 376 100%
2004 379 0.000099191 379 100%
2005 405 0.000105336 405 100%
2006 411 0.000103888 411 100%
2007 434 0.000108563 434 100%
2008 434 0.000110414 434 100%
2009 417 0.000109157 417 100%
2010 431 0.000116621 431 100%
2011 411 0.000112363 411 100%
2012 444 0.000121399 444 100%
2013 479 0.000131389 479 100%
2014 494 0.000133284 494 100%
2015 533 0.000144019 533 100%
2016 473 0.000128929 473 100%
2017 466 0.000130306 466 100%
2018 519 0.000147615 519 100%
2019 462 0.000133105 462 100%
2020 370 0.000110759 370 100%
2021 336 0.000099175 336 100%
2022 324 0.000095769 324 100%
2023 283 0.000085468 283 100%
2024 314 0.000094337 314 100%

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