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How popular is “Leila” in the USA?

Number of people named “Leila” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Leila” by birth year

This chart shows how “Leila” 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 80 0.000397054 80 100%
1881 77 0.00039961 77 100%
1882 83 0.000374662 83 100%
1883 90 0.00041485 90 100%
1884 103 0.000423066 103 100%
1885 123 0.000510683 123 100%
1886 115 0.000450422 115 100%
1887 112 0.000452723 112 100%
1888 170 0.000567662 170 100%
1889 126 0.000436068 126 100%
1890 154 0.000510947 154 100%
1891 178 0.000620916 178 100%
1892 178 0.000532338 178 100%
1893 173 0.000531943 173 100%
1894 152 0.000448788 152 100%
1895 147 0.00041878 147 100%
1896 149 0.000416802 149 100%
1897 157 0.000452506 157 100%
1898 161 0.000422068 161 100%
1899 139 0.000409747 139 100%
1900 178 0.000395329 178 100%
1901 145 0.000419303 145 100%
1902 140 0.000362007 140 100%
1903 138 0.000362015 138 100%
1904 148 0.000366804 148 100%
1905 154 0.000363274 154 100%
1906 160 0.000373438 160 100%
1907 171 0.000367434 171 100%
1908 150 0.000306969 150 100%
1909 145 0.000283633 145 100%
1910 163 0.000275939 163 100%
1911 143 0.000221954 143 100%
1912 195 0.000197356 195 100%
1913 234 0.000205785 234 100%
1914 259 0.000182865 259 100%
1915 363 0.000198098 363 100%
1916 368 0.000190238 368 100%
1917 352 0.000175408 352 100%
1918 369 0.000169959 369 100%
1919 384 0.000181969 384 100%
1920 405 0.000178994 405 100%
1921 345 0.000147783 345 100%
1922 363 0.000158574 363 100%
1923 335 0.000145495 335 100%
1924 365 0.000153258 365 100%
1925 344 0.000147431 344 100%
1926 313 0.00013633 313 100%
1927 306 0.000131933 306 100%
1928 279 0.0001234 279 100%
1929 285 0.000130009 285 100%
1930 317 0.000142582 317 100%
1931 287 0.000136382 287 100%
1932 305 0.000144461 305 100%
1933 294 0.000147041 294 100%
1934 241 0.000116043 241 100%
1935 240 0.000114838 240 100%
1936 183 0.000088083 183 100%
1937 239 0.000112171 239 100%
1938 190 0.000085873 190 100%
1939 177 0.000080329 177 100%
1940 182 0.000079038 182 100%
1941 217 0.000089065 211 6 94%
1942 203 0.000074309 203 100%
1943 204 0.000072275 204 100%
1944 197 0.000073232 197 100%
1945 176 0.000066342 176 100%
1946 166 0.000051951 166 100%
1947 177 0.000049135 177 100%
1948 156 0.000045184 156 100%
1949 180 0.000051653 180 100%
1950 169 0.000048239 169 100%
1951 154 0.000041805 154 100%
1952 161 0.000042391 161 100%
1953 176 0.000045671 176 100%
1954 195 0.000048986 195 100%
1955 177 0.000044084 177 100%
1956 182 0.000044142 182 100%
1957 177 0.000042121 177 100%
1958 157 0.000037979 157 100%
1959 192 0.000046176 192 100%
1960 172 0.000041408 172 100%
1961 191 0.00004611 191 100%
1962 190 0.000047084 190 100%
1963 171 0.000043201 171 100%
1964 161 0.000041414 161 100%
1965 136 0.000037513 136 100%
1966 175 0.00005035 175 100%
1967 141 0.000041533 141 100%
1968 105 0.00003108 105 100%
1969 136 0.000039133 136 100%
1970 130 0.000036046 130 100%
1971 163 0.000047489 163 100%
1972 140 0.000044544 140 100%
1973 145 0.000048063 145 100%
1974 155 0.000050987 155 100%
1975 157 0.000051997 157 100%
1976 160 0.00005273 160 100%
1977 192 0.000060444 192 100%
1978 186 0.000058604 186 100%
1979 196 0.000058912 196 100%
1980 184 0.000053418 184 100%
1981 224 0.000064752 224 100%
1982 212 0.000060434 212 100%
1983 213 0.000061501 213 100%
1984 205 0.00005876 205 100%
1985 220 0.00006164 220 100%
1986 212 0.000059599 212 100%
1987 215 0.000059629 215 100%
1988 221 0.00005981 221 100%
1989 200 0.000052023 200 100%
1990 183 0.0000463 183 100%
1991 199 0.000051088 199 100%
1992 197 0.000051285 197 100%
1993 199 0.000052781 199 100%
1994 186 0.000050032 186 100%
1995 217 0.000059255 217 100%
1996 180 0.000049353 180 100%
1997 213 0.000058746 213 100%
1998 297 0.000080746 297 100%
1999 306 0.00008284 306 100%
2000 427 0.000112966 427 100%
2001 566 0.0001512 566 100%
2002 638 0.000170666 638 100%
2003 893 0.000234857 893 100%
2004 893 0.000233713 893 100%
2005 1043 0.000271272 1043 100%
2006 1161 0.000293464 1161 100%
2007 1393 0.000348452 1393 100%
2008 1498 0.000381106 1498 100%
2009 1390 0.000363858 1390 100%
2010 1509 0.000408308 1509 100%
2011 1377 0.000376457 1377 100%
2012 1365 0.000373219 1365 100%
2013 1472 0.000403767 1472 100%
2014 1331 0.000359111 1331 100%
2015 1307 0.000353156 1307 100%
2016 1393 0.000379699 1393 100%
2017 1415 0.000395672 1410 5 99%
2018 1358 0.000386246 1358 100%
2019 1387 0.000399604 1387 100%
2020 1408 0.000421484 1408 100%
2021 1384 0.000408507 1384 100%
2022 1245 0.000368002 1245 100%
2023 1271 0.000383849 1271 100%
2024 1191 0.000357819 1191 100%

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