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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ida” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ida” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ida” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ida” 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 1480 0.007345496 1472 8 99%
1881 1444 0.00749398 1439 5 99%
1882 1678 0.007574492 1673 5 99%
1883 1639 0.007554875 1634 5 99%
1884 1890 0.00776305 1882 8 99%
1885 1860 0.007722521 1854 6 99%
1886 2057 0.008056683 2049 8 99%
1887 1938 0.007833721 1929 9 99%
1888 2242 0.00748646 2229 13 99%
1889 2130 0.00737162 2122 8 99%
1890 2188 0.007259432 2178 10 99%
1891 2002 0.006983567 2002 100%
1892 2269 0.006785815 2259 10 99%
1893 2256 0.006936779 2247 9 99%
1894 2204 0.006507426 2195 9 99%
1895 2180 0.006210472 2170 10 99%
1896 2164 0.006053418 2159 5 100%
1897 2114 0.006092974 2108 6 99%
1898 2098 0.005499993 2090 8 99%
1899 1814 0.005347341 1804 10 99%
1900 2298 0.00510374 2285 13 99%
1901 1841 0.005323702 1835 6 99%
1902 1836 0.004747462 1836 100%
1903 1780 0.004669465 1774 6 99%
1904 1757 0.004354561 1751 6 99%
1905 1768 0.004170578 1757 11 99%
1906 1759 0.004105487 1753 6 99%
1907 1985 0.00426524 1980 5 99%
1908 1959 0.004009013 1952 7 99%
1909 1956 0.003826112 1943 13 99%
1910 2113 0.003577045 2107 6 99%
1911 2133 0.003310683 2119 14 99%
1912 2754 0.002787275 2740 14 99%
1913 2921 0.002568793 2916 5 100%
1914 3575 0.002524104 3561 14 99%
1915 4140 0.0022593 4125 15 99%
1916 4381 0.002264765 4364 17 99%
1917 4261 0.002123334 4247 14 99%
1918 4470 0.002058854 4450 20 99%
1919 4174 0.001977969 4163 11 99%
1920 4104 0.001813808 4090 14 99%
1921 4164 0.001783676 4146 18 99%
1922 4000 0.001747369 3987 13 99%
1923 3902 0.001694694 3888 14 99%
1924 3879 0.00162873 3861 18 99%
1925 3509 0.001503877 3489 20 99%
1926 3298 0.001436471 3285 13 99%
1927 3227 0.001391333 3205 22 99%
1928 3009 0.001330864 2995 14 99%
1929 2698 0.001230749 2673 25 98%
1930 2656 0.001194627 2643 13 99%
1931 2432 0.00115568 2419 13 99%
1932 2333 0.001105011 2317 16 99%
1933 2078 0.001039287 2061 17 98%
1934 1987 0.000956753 1972 15 98%
1935 1936 0.00092636 1922 14 99%
1936 1810 0.000871207 1801 9 99%
1937 1796 0.000842927 1784 12 99%
1938 1736 0.000784606 1724 12 99%
1939 1604 0.000727952 1590 14 98%
1940 1697 0.000736966 1688 9 99%
1941 1619 0.000664498 1609 10 99%
1942 1632 0.000597404 1621 11 99%
1943 1483 0.00052541 1477 6 99%
1944 1335 0.000496268 1335 100%
1945 1237 0.00046628 1232 5 99%
1946 1396 0.000436891 1389 7 99%
1947 1347 0.000373925 1347 100%
1948 1309 0.000379144 1303 6 99%
1949 1295 0.000371616 1290 5 99%
1950 1195 0.000341101 1195 100%
1951 1076 0.000292095 1076 100%
1952 1069 0.000281464 1062 7 99%
1953 1022 0.000265204 1017 5 99%
1954 1063 0.000267038 1063 100%
1955 935 0.000232872 935 100%
1956 942 0.000228472 932 10 98%
1957 867 0.000206323 867 100%
1958 792 0.000191586 792 100%
1959 822 0.000197692 822 100%
1960 738 0.000177668 738 100%
1961 709 0.000171161 704 5 99%
1962 658 0.000163058 658 100%
1963 623 0.000157395 623 100%
1964 584 0.000150221 578 6 98%
1965 523 0.000144258 518 5 98%
1966 514 0.000147886 514 100%
1967 488 0.000143745 480 8 97%
1968 401 0.000118695 401 100%
1969 391 0.000112508 391 100%
1970 385 0.000106751 385 100%
1971 347 0.000101097 347 100%
1972 326 0.000103723 326 100%
1973 307 0.000101761 307 100%
1974 303 0.000099671 303 100%
1975 240 0.000079486 240 100%
1976 219 0.000072175 219 100%
1977 250 0.000078703 250 100%
1978 219 0.000069001 219 100%
1979 242 0.000072738 242 100%
1980 209 0.000060676 209 100%
1981 206 0.000059548 206 100%
1982 205 0.000058438 205 100%
1983 152 0.000043888 152 100%
1984 157 0.000045002 157 100%
1985 154 0.000043148 154 100%
1986 156 0.000043856 156 100%
1987 150 0.000041602 150 100%
1988 162 0.000043843 162 100%
1989 136 0.000035376 136 100%
1990 121 0.000030614 121 100%
1991 115 0.000029523 115 100%
1992 136 0.000035405 136 100%
1993 107 0.00002838 107 100%
1994 108 0.000029051 108 100%
1995 100 0.000027306 100 100%
1996 104 0.000028515 104 100%
1997 97 0.000026753 97 100%
1998 101 0.000027459 101 100%
1999 78 0.000021116 78 100%
2000 96 0.000025397 96 100%
2001 95 0.000025378 95 100%
2002 80 0.0000214 80 100%
2003 90 0.00002367 90 100%
2004 83 0.000021723 83 100%
2005 92 0.000023928 92 100%
2006 85 0.000021485 85 100%
2007 96 0.000024014 96 100%
2008 103 0.000026204 103 100%
2009 95 0.000024868 95 100%
2010 104 0.000028141 104 100%
2011 100 0.000027339 100 100%
2012 101 0.000027615 101 100%
2013 118 0.000032367 118 100%
2014 149 0.000040201 149 100%
2015 162 0.000043773 162 100%
2016 196 0.000053425 196 100%
2017 180 0.000050333 180 100%
2018 193 0.000054894 193 100%
2019 184 0.000053012 184 100%
2020 197 0.000058972 197 100%
2021 222 0.000065526 222 100%
2022 226 0.000066802 226 100%
2023 202 0.000061005 202 100%
2024 211 0.000063392 211 100%

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