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How popular is “Lady” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lady” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lady” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lady” 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
1884 6 0.000024645 6 100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 100%
1889 13 0.000044991 13 100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 100%
1896 11 0.000030771 11 100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 100%
1900 25 0.000055524 25 100%
1901 13 0.000037593 13 100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 100%
1903 11 0.000028856 11 100%
1904 15 0.000037176 15 100%
1905 14 0.000033025 14 100%
1906 15 0.00003501 15 100%
1907 17 0.000036529 17 100%
1908 12 0.000024558 12 100%
1909 21 0.000041078 21 100%
1910 14 0.0000237 14 100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 100%
1912 21 0.000021254 21 100%
1913 25 0.000021986 25 100%
1914 23 0.000016239 23 100%
1915 26 0.000014189 26 100%
1916 24 0.000012407 24 100%
1917 26 0.000012956 26 100%
1918 23 0.000010594 23 100%
1919 29 0.000013742 29 100%
1920 30 0.000013259 30 100%
1921 28 0.000011994 28 100%
1922 28 0.000012232 28 100%
1923 22 0.000009555 22 100%
1924 28 0.000011757 28 100%
1925 25 0.000010714 25 100%
1926 23 0.000010018 23 100%
1927 20 0.000008623 20 100%
1928 24 0.000010615 24 100%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 100%
1931 24 0.000011405 24 100%
1932 16 0.000007578 16 100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 100%
1935 18 0.000008613 18 100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 100%
1937 25 0.000011733 25 100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 100%
1939 19 0.000008623 19 100%
1940 16 0.000006948 16 100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 100%
1942 11 0.000004027 11 100%
1943 10 0.000003543 10 100%
1944 11 0.000004089 11 100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 100%
1946 16 0.000005007 16 100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 100%
1950 14 0.000003996 14 100%
1951 11 0.000002986 11 100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 100%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 100%
1962 10 0.000002478 10 100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 100%
1965 13 0.000003586 13 100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 100%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 100%
1973 14 0.000004641 14 100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 100%
1975 9 0.000002981 9 100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 100%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 100%
1981 12 0.000003469 12 100%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 100%
1992 15 0.000003905 15 100%
1993 13 0.000003448 13 100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 100%
1996 14 0.000003839 14 100%
1997 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 100%
1999 16 0.000004332 16 100%
2000 17 0.000004497 17 100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 100%
2002 12 0.00000321 12 100%
2003 17 0.000004471 17 100%
2004 24 0.000006281 24 100%
2005 19 0.000004942 19 100%
2006 20 0.000005055 20 100%
2007 20 0.000005003 20 100%
2008 14 0.000003562 14 100%
2009 17 0.00000445 17 100%
2010 25 0.000006765 25 100%
2011 16 0.000004374 16 100%
2012 16 0.000004375 16 100%
2013 21 0.00000576 21 100%
2014 16 0.000004317 16 100%
2015 11 0.000002972 11 100%
2016 48 0.000013084 48 100%
2017 24 0.000006711 24 100%
2018 30 0.000008533 30 100%
2019 28 0.000008067 28 100%
2020 21 0.000006286 21 100%
2021 17 0.000005018 17 100%
2022 22 0.000006503 22 100%
2023 21 0.000006342 21 100%
2024 18 0.000005408 18 100%

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