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How popular is “Iola” in the USA?

Number of people named “Iola” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Iola” by birth year

This chart shows how “Iola” 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 15 0.000074448 15 100%
1881 14 0.000072656 14 100%
1882 16 0.000072224 16 100%
1883 13 0.000059923 13 100%
1884 25 0.000102686 25 100%
1885 20 0.000083038 20 100%
1886 21 0.000082251 21 100%
1887 26 0.000105096 26 100%
1888 45 0.000150263 45 100%
1889 38 0.000131512 38 100%
1890 30 0.000099535 30 100%
1891 36 0.000125579 36 100%
1892 54 0.000161496 54 100%
1893 44 0.000135292 44 100%
1894 44 0.000129912 44 100%
1895 48 0.000136744 48 100%
1896 49 0.000137069 49 100%
1897 53 0.000152757 53 100%
1898 67 0.000175643 67 100%
1899 46 0.0001356 46 100%
1900 71 0.000157687 71 100%
1901 56 0.000161938 56 100%
1902 52 0.00013446 52 100%
1903 68 0.000178384 68 100%
1904 61 0.000151183 61 100%
1905 80 0.000188714 80 100%
1906 78 0.000182051 78 100%
1907 169 0.000363136 169 100%
1908 156 0.000319248 156 100%
1909 162 0.000316887 162 100%
1910 175 0.000296253 175 100%
1911 125 0.000194016 125 100%
1912 181 0.000183187 181 100%
1913 216 0.000189955 216 100%
1914 283 0.00019981 283 100%
1915 289 0.000157714 289 100%
1916 317 0.000163874 317 100%
1917 303 0.00015099 303 100%
1918 368 0.000169498 368 100%
1919 268 0.000126999 268 100%
1920 327 0.000144521 327 100%
1921 296 0.000126793 296 100%
1922 297 0.000129742 297 100%
1923 229 0.000099458 229 100%
1924 272 0.000114208 272 100%
1925 250 0.000107144 250 100%
1926 221 0.000096258 221 100%
1927 228 0.000098303 228 100%
1928 224 0.000099074 224 100%
1929 202 0.000092147 202 100%
1930 184 0.00008276 184 100%
1931 164 0.000077932 164 100%
1932 168 0.000079572 168 100%
1933 148 0.00007402 148 100%
1934 123 0.000059225 123 100%
1935 152 0.000072731 152 100%
1936 120 0.00005776 120 100%
1937 99 0.000046464 99 100%
1938 114 0.000051524 114 100%
1939 95 0.000043114 95 100%
1940 93 0.000040388 93 100%
1941 81 0.000033245 81 100%
1942 78 0.000028552 78 100%
1943 67 0.000023737 67 100%
1944 61 0.000022676 61 100%
1945 83 0.000031286 83 100%
1946 55 0.000017213 55 100%
1947 58 0.000016101 58 100%
1948 59 0.000017089 59 100%
1949 57 0.000016357 57 100%
1950 62 0.000017697 62 100%
1951 49 0.000013302 49 100%
1952 65 0.000017114 65 100%
1953 41 0.000010639 41 100%
1954 44 0.000011053 44 100%
1955 45 0.000011208 45 100%
1956 41 0.000009944 41 100%
1957 37 0.000008805 37 100%
1958 19 0.000004596 19 100%
1959 34 0.000008177 34 100%
1960 26 0.000006259 26 100%
1961 24 0.000005794 24 100%
1962 23 0.0000057 23 100%
1963 13 0.000003284 13 100%
1964 16 0.000004116 16 100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 100%
1966 16 0.000004603 16 100%
1967 15 0.000004418 15 100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 100%
1974 12 0.000003947 12 100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 100%
2015 11 0.000002972 11 100%
2016 11 0.000002998 11 100%
2017 16 0.000004474 16 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 100%
2021 11 0.000003247 11 100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 100%

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