Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Leif” in the USA?

Number of people named “Leif” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Leif” by birth year

This chart shows how “Leif” 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
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 -100%
1914 14 0.000009885 14 -100%
1915 21 0.00001146 21 -100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 -100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 -100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 -100%
1919 20 0.000009478 20 -100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 -100%
1921 13 0.000005569 13 -100%
1922 14 0.000006116 14 -100%
1923 12 0.000005212 12 -100%
1924 11 0.000004619 11 -100%
1925 15 0.000006429 15 -100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 -100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 -100%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 -100%
1929 15 0.000006843 15 -100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 -100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 -100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 -100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 -100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 -100%
1939 19 0.000008623 19 -100%
1940 16 0.000006948 16 -100%
1941 13 0.000005336 13 -100%
1942 18 0.000006589 18 -100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 -100%
1944 13 0.000004833 13 -100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 -100%
1946 20 0.000006259 20 -100%
1947 21 0.00000583 21 -100%
1948 23 0.000006662 23 -100%
1949 38 0.000010905 38 -100%
1950 40 0.000011418 40 -100%
1951 20 0.000005429 20 -100%
1952 34 0.000008952 34 -100%
1953 46 0.000011937 46 -100%
1954 46 0.000011556 46 -100%
1955 43 0.00001071 43 -100%
1956 44 0.000010672 44 -100%
1957 58 0.000013802 58 -100%
1958 48 0.000011611 48 -100%
1959 61 0.000014671 61 -100%
1960 78 0.000018778 78 -100%
1961 77 0.000018589 77 -100%
1962 77 0.000019081 77 -100%
1963 86 0.000021727 86 -100%
1964 80 0.000020578 80 -100%
1965 83 0.000022894 83 -100%
1966 72 0.000020716 72 -100%
1967 96 0.000028278 96 -100%
1968 102 0.000030192 102 -100%
1969 135 0.000038845 135 -100%
1970 157 0.000043532 157 -100%
1971 114 0.000033213 114 -100%
1972 109 0.00003468 109 -100%
1973 95 0.000031489 95 -100%
1974 97 0.000031908 97 -100%
1975 109 0.0000361 109 -100%
1976 90 0.000029661 90 -100%
1977 82 0.000025815 82 -100%
1978 124 0.000039069 124 -100%
1979 181 0.000054403 181 -100%
1980 169 0.000049064 169 -100%
1981 159 0.000045962 5 154 -94%
1982 164 0.000046751 164 -100%
1983 136 0.000039268 136 -100%
1984 112 0.000032103 112 -100%
1985 110 0.00003082 110 -100%
1986 113 0.000031768 113 -100%
1987 97 0.000026902 97 -100%
1988 94 0.000025439 94 -100%
1989 81 0.000021069 81 -100%
1990 87 0.000022012 87 -100%
1991 97 0.000024902 97 -100%
1992 79 0.000020566 79 -100%
1993 75 0.000019892 75 -100%
1994 84 0.000022595 84 -100%
1995 81 0.000022118 81 -100%
1996 89 0.000024402 89 -100%
1997 81 0.00002234 81 -100%
1998 91 0.00002474 91 -100%
1999 114 0.000030862 114 -100%
2000 126 0.000033334 126 -100%
2001 120 0.000032057 120 -100%
2002 101 0.000027018 101 -100%
2003 138 0.000036294 138 -100%
2004 114 0.000029836 114 -100%
2005 152 0.000039533 152 -100%
2006 135 0.000034124 135 -100%
2007 128 0.000032019 128 -100%
2008 140 0.000035617 140 -100%
2009 175 0.000045809 175 -100%
2010 176 0.000047622 176 -100%
2011 185 0.000050577 185 -100%
2012 179 0.000048942 179 -100%
2013 195 0.000053488 195 -100%
2014 205 0.00005531 205 -100%
2015 187 0.000050528 187 -100%
2016 214 0.000058331 214 -100%
2017 218 0.000060959 218 -100%
2018 207 0.000058875 207 -100%
2019 205 0.000059062 205 -100%
2020 245 0.000073341 245 -100%
2021 221 0.000065231 221 -100%
2022 290 0.000085719 290 -100%
2023 279 0.00008426 279 -100%
2024 250 0.000075109 250 -100%

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