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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Le” in the USA?

Number of people named “Le” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Le” by birth year

This chart shows how “Le” 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
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 -100%
1916 22 0.000011373 7 15 -36%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 -100%
1918 8 0.000003685 8 -100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 -100%
1920 11 0.000004862 11 -100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 -100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 -100%
1923 17 0.000007383 5 12 -41%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 -100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 -100%
1926 13 0.000005662 13 -100%
1927 17 0.00000733 6 11 -29%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 14 0.000006631 7 7 0%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 100%
1935 15 0.000007177 7 8 -7%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 100%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 -100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 100%
1944 13 0.000004833 6 7 -8%
1945 12 0.000004523 6 6 0%
1946 17 0.00000532 11 6 29%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 -100%
1949 20 0.000005739 11 9 10%
1950 16 0.000004567 6 10 -25%
1951 22 0.000005972 14 8 27%
1952 14 0.000003686 5 9 -29%
1953 12 0.000003114 7 5 17%
1954 16 0.000004019 10 6 25%
1955 23 0.000005728 13 10 13%
1956 16 0.000003881 9 7 13%
1957 18 0.000004284 11 7 22%
1958 17 0.000004112 17 100%
1959 18 0.000004329 12 6 33%
1960 23 0.000005537 23 100%
1961 18 0.000004345 18 100%
1962 27 0.000006691 22 5 63%
1963 27 0.000006821 20 7 48%
1964 22 0.000005659 14 8 27%
1965 24 0.00000662 17 7 42%
1966 30 0.000008631 22 8 47%
1967 21 0.000006186 15 6 43%
1968 29 0.000008584 20 9 38%
1969 13 0.000003741 13 100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 100%
1971 24 0.000006992 16 8 33%
1972 18 0.000005727 11 7 22%
1973 24 0.000007955 15 9 25%
1974 15 0.000004934 10 5 33%
1975 13 0.000004305 7 6 8%
1976 16 0.000005273 7 9 -13%
1977 17 0.000005352 7 10 -18%
1978 24 0.000007562 17 7 42%
1979 26 0.000007815 15 11 15%
1980 30 0.00000871 25 5 67%
1981 37 0.000010696 29 8 57%
1982 49 0.000013968 35 14 43%
1983 37 0.000010683 29 8 57%
1984 30 0.000008599 18 12 20%
1985 32 0.000008966 20 12 25%
1986 26 0.000007309 11 15 -15%
1987 21 0.000005824 15 6 43%
1988 22 0.000005954 9 13 -18%
1989 26 0.000006763 13 13 0%
1990 45 0.000011385 25 20 11%
1991 36 0.000009242 19 17 6%
1992 38 0.000009893 26 12 37%
1993 37 0.000009814 21 16 14%
1994 23 0.000006187 11 12 -4%
1995 18 0.000004915 10 8 11%
1996 17 0.000004661 10 7 18%
1997 19 0.00000524 13 6 37%
1998 22 0.000005981 11 11 0%
1999 17 0.000004602 17 -100%
2000 25 0.000006614 9 16 -28%
2001 16 0.000004274 7 9 -13%
2002 17 0.000004548 5 12 -41%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 -100%

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