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How popular is “Lelah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lelah” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lelah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lelah” 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
1881 10 0.000051897 10 100%
1882 11 0.000049654 11 100%
1883 13 0.000059923 13 100%
1884 12 0.000049289 12 100%
1885 18 0.000074734 18 100%
1886 15 0.000058751 15 100%
1887 17 0.000068717 17 100%
1888 19 0.000063445 19 100%
1889 24 0.000083061 24 100%
1890 28 0.000092899 28 100%
1891 29 0.000101161 29 100%
1892 30 0.00008972 30 100%
1893 32 0.000098394 32 100%
1894 26 0.000076766 26 100%
1895 27 0.000076919 27 100%
1896 23 0.000064339 23 100%
1897 33 0.000095113 33 100%
1898 39 0.00010224 39 100%
1899 27 0.000079591 27 100%
1900 33 0.000073291 33 100%
1901 19 0.000054943 19 100%
1902 24 0.000062058 24 100%
1903 24 0.000062959 24 100%
1904 26 0.000064439 26 100%
1905 20 0.000047178 20 100%
1906 19 0.000044346 19 100%
1907 16 0.00003438 16 100%
1908 13 0.000026604 13 100%
1909 17 0.000033254 17 100%
1910 25 0.000042322 25 100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 100%
1912 21 0.000021254 21 100%
1913 27 0.000023744 27 100%
1914 24 0.000016945 24 100%
1915 43 0.000023466 43 100%
1916 37 0.000019127 37 100%
1917 43 0.000021428 43 100%
1918 29 0.000013357 29 100%
1919 42 0.000019903 42 100%
1920 35 0.000015469 35 100%
1921 38 0.000016278 38 100%
1922 38 0.0000166 38 100%
1923 31 0.000013464 31 100%
1924 25 0.000010497 25 100%
1925 33 0.000014143 33 100%
1926 29 0.000012631 29 100%
1927 35 0.00001509 35 100%
1928 20 0.000008846 20 100%
1929 22 0.000010036 22 100%
1930 20 0.000008996 20 100%
1931 23 0.00001093 23 100%
1932 25 0.000011841 25 100%
1933 21 0.000010503 21 100%
1934 17 0.000008186 17 100%
1935 16 0.000007656 16 100%
1936 13 0.000006257 13 100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 100%
1938 16 0.000007231 16 100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 100%
2004 16 0.000004187 16 100%
2005 28 0.000007282 28 100%
2006 26 0.000006572 26 100%
2007 23 0.000005753 23 100%
2008 27 0.000006869 27 100%
2009 21 0.000005497 21 100%
2010 22 0.000005953 22 100%
2011 19 0.000005194 19 100%
2012 21 0.000005742 21 100%
2013 12 0.000003292 12 100%
2014 20 0.000005396 20 100%
2015 20 0.000005404 20 100%
2016 19 0.000005179 19 100%
2017 14 0.000003915 14 100%
2018 22 0.000006257 22 100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 100%
2020 16 0.00000479 16 100%
2021 12 0.000003542 12 100%
2022 14 0.000004138 14 100%
2023 14 0.000004228 14 100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 100%

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