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How popular is “Laila” in the USA?

Number of people named “Laila” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Laila” by birth year

This chart shows how “Laila” 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 7 0.000028752 7 100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 100%
1913 12 0.000010553 12 100%
1914 22 0.000015533 22 100%
1915 23 0.000012552 23 100%
1916 25 0.000012924 25 100%
1917 19 0.000009468 19 100%
1918 17 0.00000783 17 100%
1919 29 0.000013742 29 100%
1920 25 0.000011049 25 100%
1921 31 0.000013279 31 100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 100%
1923 26 0.000011292 26 100%
1924 8 0.000003359 8 100%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 100%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 100%
1927 17 0.00000733 17 100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 100%
1929 15 0.000006843 15 100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 100%
1933 14 0.000007002 14 100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 100%
1936 11 0.000005295 11 100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 100%
1943 15 0.000005314 15 100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 100%
1951 11 0.000002986 11 100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 100%
1953 20 0.00000519 20 100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 100%
1955 15 0.000003736 15 100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 100%
1958 22 0.000005322 22 100%
1959 17 0.000004089 17 100%
1960 18 0.000004333 18 100%
1961 17 0.000004104 17 100%
1962 25 0.000006195 25 100%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 100%
1964 25 0.000006431 25 100%
1965 20 0.000005517 20 100%
1966 29 0.000008344 29 100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 100%
1968 21 0.000006216 21 100%
1969 22 0.00000633 22 100%
1970 24 0.000006655 24 100%
1971 24 0.000006992 24 100%
1972 34 0.000010818 34 100%
1973 47 0.000015579 47 100%
1974 53 0.000017434 53 100%
1975 62 0.000020534 62 100%
1976 60 0.000019774 60 100%
1977 49 0.000015426 49 100%
1978 63 0.00001985 63 100%
1979 58 0.000017433 58 100%
1980 64 0.00001858 64 100%
1981 73 0.000021102 73 100%
1982 56 0.000015964 56 100%
1983 76 0.000021944 76 100%
1984 79 0.000022644 79 100%
1985 70 0.000019613 70 100%
1986 79 0.000022209 79 100%
1987 59 0.000016363 59 100%
1988 60 0.000016238 60 100%
1989 79 0.000020549 79 100%
1990 78 0.000019734 78 100%
1991 101 0.000025929 101 100%
1992 100 0.000026033 100 100%
1993 95 0.000025197 95 100%
1994 87 0.000023402 87 100%
1995 110 0.000030037 110 100%
1996 111 0.000030434 111 100%
1997 116 0.000031993 116 100%
1998 131 0.000035615 131 100%
1999 167 0.00004521 167 100%
2000 389 0.000102913 389 100%
2001 612 0.000163488 612 100%
2002 801 0.000214269 801 100%
2003 1306 0.000343475 1306 100%
2004 1288 0.000337091 1282 6 99%
2005 1453 0.000377909 1453 100%
2006 1445 0.000365251 1445 100%
2007 2365 0.000591593 2365 100%
2008 2413 0.000613891 2413 100%
2009 2384 0.000624055 2379 5 100%
2010 2248 0.000608268 2248 100%
2011 2198 0.000600909 2198 100%
2012 2257 0.000617111 2250 7 99%
2013 2148 0.000589193 2143 5 100%
2014 2146 0.000579002 2146 100%
2015 1889 0.000510415 1889 100%
2016 1951 0.000531796 1951 100%
2017 1751 0.000489627 1751 100%
2018 1618 0.000460196 1618 100%
2019 1460 0.000420636 1460 100%
2020 1303 0.000390052 1303 100%
2021 1252 0.000369545 1252 100%
2022 1031 0.000304747 1031 100%
2023 988 0.000298382 988 100%
2024 839 0.000252065 839 100%

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