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How popular is “Leander” in the USA?

Number of people named “Leander” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Leander” by birth year

This chart shows how “Leander” 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
1880 17 0.000084374 17 -100%
1881 21 0.000108984 21 -100%
1882 28 0.000126392 28 -100%
1883 18 0.00008297 18 -100%
1884 21 0.000086256 21 -100%
1885 16 0.00006643 16 -100%
1886 17 0.000066584 17 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1889 22 0.000076139 22 -100%
1890 20 0.000066357 20 -100%
1891 11 0.000038371 11 -100%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 -100%
1893 11 0.000033823 11 -100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 -100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 -100%
1896 13 0.000036365 13 -100%
1897 15 0.000043233 15 -100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 -100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 -100%
1900 16 0.000035535 16 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1902 13 0.000033615 13 -100%
1903 12 0.00003148 12 -100%
1904 8 0.000019827 8 -100%
1905 11 0.000025948 11 -100%
1906 11 0.000025674 11 -100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 -100%
1908 23 0.000047069 23 -100%
1909 16 0.000031297 16 -100%
1910 16 0.000027086 16 -100%
1911 25 0.000038803 25 -100%
1912 35 0.000035423 35 -100%
1913 43 0.000037815 43 -100%
1914 72 0.000050835 72 -100%
1915 68 0.000037109 68 -100%
1916 67 0.000034636 67 -100%
1917 82 0.000040862 82 -100%
1918 93 0.000042835 93 -100%
1919 87 0.000041227 5 82 -89%
1920 91 0.000040218 91 -100%
1921 99 0.000042407 99 -100%
1922 82 0.000035821 82 -100%
1923 93 0.000040391 93 -100%
1924 84 0.00003527 84 -100%
1925 72 0.000030858 72 -100%
1926 73 0.000031796 73 -100%
1927 76 0.000032768 76 -100%
1928 70 0.000030961 70 -100%
1929 60 0.00002737 60 -100%
1930 60 0.000026987 60 -100%
1931 50 0.00002376 50 -100%
1932 70 0.000033155 70 -100%
1933 50 0.000025007 50 -100%
1934 54 0.000026001 54 -100%
1935 62 0.000029666 62 -100%
1936 47 0.000022622 47 -100%
1937 52 0.000024405 52 -100%
1938 41 0.00001853 41 -100%
1939 42 0.000019061 42 -100%
1940 55 0.000023885 55 -100%
1941 54 0.000022164 54 -100%
1942 58 0.000021231 58 -100%
1943 42 0.00001488 42 -100%
1944 42 0.000015613 42 -100%
1945 36 0.00001357 36 -100%
1946 42 0.000013144 42 -100%
1947 50 0.00001388 50 -100%
1948 40 0.000011586 40 -100%
1949 60 0.000017218 60 -100%
1950 49 0.000013987 49 -100%
1951 66 0.000017917 66 -100%
1952 46 0.000012112 46 -100%
1953 53 0.000013753 53 -100%
1954 55 0.000013817 55 -100%
1955 63 0.000015691 63 -100%
1956 68 0.000016493 68 -100%
1957 72 0.000017134 72 -100%
1958 69 0.000016691 69 -100%
1959 67 0.000016114 5 62 -85%
1960 63 0.000015167 63 -100%
1961 63 0.000015209 63 -100%
1962 68 0.000016851 68 -100%
1963 59 0.000014906 59 -100%
1964 54 0.00001389 54 -100%
1965 49 0.000013516 49 -100%
1966 55 0.000015824 55 -100%
1967 48 0.000014139 48 -100%
1968 55 0.00001628 55 -100%
1969 62 0.00001784 62 -100%
1970 46 0.000012755 46 -100%
1971 49 0.000014276 49 -100%
1972 53 0.000016863 53 -100%
1973 54 0.000017899 54 -100%
1974 46 0.000015132 46 -100%
1975 46 0.000015235 46 -100%
1976 56 0.000018456 7 49 -75%
1977 52 0.00001637 52 -100%
1978 51 0.000016069 5 46 -80%
1979 52 0.00001563 6 46 -77%
1980 53 0.000015387 53 -100%
1981 45 0.000013008 45 -100%
1982 47 0.000013398 47 -100%
1983 34 0.000009817 34 -100%
1984 46 0.000013185 46 -100%
1985 37 0.000010367 37 -100%
1986 39 0.000010964 39 -100%
1987 30 0.00000832 30 -100%
1988 41 0.000011096 41 -100%
1989 37 0.000009624 37 -100%
1990 41 0.000010373 41 -100%
1991 42 0.000010782 42 -100%
1992 31 0.00000807 31 -100%
1993 28 0.000007427 28 -100%
1994 43 0.000011566 43 -100%
1995 26 0.0000071 26 -100%
1996 32 0.000008774 32 -100%
1997 37 0.000010205 37 -100%
1998 27 0.000007341 27 -100%
1999 30 0.000008122 30 -100%
2000 36 0.000009524 36 -100%
2001 36 0.000009617 36 -100%
2002 38 0.000010165 38 -100%
2003 29 0.000007627 29 -100%
2004 33 0.000008637 33 -100%
2005 43 0.000011184 43 -100%
2006 42 0.000010616 42 -100%
2007 47 0.000011757 47 -100%
2008 50 0.00001272 50 -100%
2009 52 0.000013612 52 -100%
2010 57 0.000015423 57 -100%
2011 50 0.000013669 50 -100%
2012 58 0.000015858 58 -100%
2013 61 0.000016732 61 -100%
2014 69 0.000018617 69 -100%
2015 74 0.000019995 74 -100%
2016 84 0.000022896 84 -100%
2017 64 0.000017896 64 -100%
2018 64 0.000018203 64 -100%
2019 88 0.000025353 88 -100%
2020 90 0.000026941 90 -100%
2021 89 0.00002627 89 -100%
2022 111 0.00003281 111 -100%
2023 117 0.000035335 117 -100%
2024 94 0.000028241 94 -100%

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