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How popular is “Isobel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Isobel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Isobel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Isobel” 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
1894 5 0.000014763 5 100%
1895 10 0.000028488 10 100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 100%
1904 12 0.000029741 12 100%
1905 17 0.000040102 17 100%
1906 18 0.000042012 18 100%
1907 12 0.000025785 12 100%
1908 21 0.000042976 21 100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 100%
1910 17 0.000028779 17 100%
1911 19 0.00002949 19 100%
1912 35 0.000035423 35 100%
1913 29 0.000025503 29 100%
1914 42 0.000029654 42 100%
1915 38 0.000020738 38 100%
1916 69 0.00003567 69 100%
1917 42 0.000020929 42 100%
1918 40 0.000018424 40 100%
1919 35 0.000016586 35 100%
1920 35 0.000015469 35 100%
1921 58 0.000024845 58 100%
1922 42 0.000018347 42 100%
1923 47 0.000020413 47 100%
1924 36 0.000015116 36 100%
1925 49 0.000021 49 100%
1926 37 0.000016116 37 100%
1927 43 0.00001854 43 100%
1928 46 0.000020346 46 100%
1929 29 0.000013229 29 100%
1930 33 0.000014843 33 100%
1931 17 0.000008078 17 100%
1932 34 0.000016104 34 100%
1933 28 0.000014004 28 100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 100%
1935 18 0.000008613 18 100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 100%
1946 11 0.000003443 11 100%
1947 13 0.000003609 13 100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 100%
1993 17 0.000004509 17 100%
1994 25 0.000006725 25 100%
1995 27 0.000007373 27 100%
1996 19 0.000005209 19 100%
1997 44 0.000012135 44 100%
1998 48 0.00001305 48 100%
1999 61 0.000016514 61 100%
2000 56 0.000014815 56 100%
2001 57 0.000015227 57 100%
2002 69 0.000018458 69 100%
2003 67 0.000017621 67 100%
2004 50 0.000013086 50 100%
2005 52 0.000013525 52 100%
2006 78 0.000019716 78 100%
2007 110 0.000027516 110 100%
2008 81 0.000020607 81 100%
2009 95 0.000024868 95 100%
2010 102 0.000027599 102 100%
2011 82 0.000022418 82 100%
2012 85 0.000023241 85 100%
2013 100 0.00002743 100 100%
2014 98 0.000026441 98 100%
2015 93 0.000025129 93 100%
2016 129 0.000035162 129 100%
2017 112 0.000031318 112 100%
2018 89 0.000025314 89 100%
2019 91 0.000026218 91 100%
2020 94 0.000028139 94 100%
2021 92 0.000027155 92 100%
2022 84 0.000024829 84 100%
2023 95 0.000028691 95 100%
2024 78 0.000023434 78 100%

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