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How popular is “Lael” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lael” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lael” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lael” 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
1895 5 0.000014244 5 100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 100%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 100%
1927 10 0.000004312 5 5 0%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 100%
1929 6 0.000002737 6 100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 100%
1931 25 0.00001188 19 6 52%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 100%
1933 21 0.000010503 21 100%
1934 14 0.000006741 14 100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 100%
1942 18 0.000006589 18 100%
1943 19 0.000006731 14 5 47%
1944 14 0.000005204 9 5 29%
1945 15 0.000005654 15 100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 100%
1949 25 0.000007174 20 5 60%
1950 16 0.000004567 10 6 25%
1951 19 0.000005158 19 100%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 100%
1953 13 0.000003373 13 100%
1954 27 0.000006783 27 100%
1955 17 0.000004234 17 100%
1956 25 0.000006063 25 100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 100%
1958 21 0.00000508 21 100%
1959 20 0.00000481 15 5 50%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 100%
1961 15 0.000003621 15 100%
1962 20 0.000004956 15 5 50%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 100%
1964 19 0.000004887 13 6 37%
1965 16 0.000004413 10 6 25%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 100%
1969 19 0.000005467 13 6 37%
1970 22 0.0000061 7 15 -36%
1971 31 0.000009032 19 12 23%
1972 25 0.000007954 10 15 -20%
1973 25 0.000008287 11 14 -12%
1974 34 0.000011184 15 19 -12%
1975 36 0.000011923 23 13 28%
1976 27 0.000008898 13 14 -4%
1977 47 0.000014796 21 26 -11%
1978 29 0.000009137 12 17 -17%
1979 23 0.000006913 13 10 13%
1980 31 0.000009 20 11 29%
1981 23 0.000006649 16 7 39%
1982 33 0.000009407 23 10 39%
1983 25 0.000007218 16 9 28%
1984 19 0.000005446 11 8 16%
1985 31 0.000008686 21 10 35%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 100%
1987 18 0.000004992 12 6 33%
1988 14 0.000003789 9 5 29%
1989 14 0.000003642 14 100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 100%
1991 14 0.000003594 14 100%
1992 23 0.000005988 17 6 48%
1993 20 0.000005305 10 10 0%
1994 26 0.000006994 15 11 15%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 100%
1996 25 0.000006855 15 10 20%
1997 26 0.000007171 20 6 54%
1998 26 0.000007069 17 9 31%
1999 28 0.00000758 19 9 36%
2000 32 0.000008466 27 5 69%
2001 40 0.000010686 25 15 25%
2002 32 0.00000856 25 7 56%
2003 42 0.000011046 30 12 43%
2004 49 0.000012824 30 19 22%
2005 51 0.000013265 40 11 57%
2006 50 0.000012638 42 8 68%
2007 50 0.000012507 34 16 36%
2008 63 0.000016028 44 19 40%
2009 55 0.000014397 40 15 45%
2010 63 0.000017047 49 14 56%
2011 80 0.000021871 57 23 43%
2012 91 0.000024881 69 22 52%
2013 66 0.000018104 45 21 36%
2014 82 0.000022124 59 23 44%
2015 110 0.000029722 77 33 40%
2016 92 0.000025077 59 33 28%
2017 81 0.00002265 59 22 46%
2018 76 0.000021616 46 30 21%
2019 92 0.000026506 40 52 -13%
2020 91 0.000027241 51 40 12%
2021 81 0.000023908 53 28 31%
2022 85 0.000025125 54 31 27%
2023 95 0.000028691 54 41 14%
2024 188 0.000056482 65 123 -31%

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