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How popular is “Len” in the USA?

Number of people named “Len” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Len” by birth year

This chart shows how “Len” 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 7 0.000034742 7 -100%
1881 11 0.000057087 11 -100%
1882 9 0.000040626 9 -100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 -100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 -100%
1885 14 0.000058127 14 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 10 0.000033392 10 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1890 11 0.000036496 11 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 -100%
1896 13 0.000036365 13 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 -100%
1900 10 0.000022209 10 -100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 -100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 -100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 -100%
1905 11 0.000025948 11 -100%
1906 14 0.000032676 14 -100%
1907 14 0.000030082 14 -100%
1909 11 0.000021517 11 -100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 -100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 -100%
1912 24 0.00002429 24 -100%
1913 22 0.000019347 22 -100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 -100%
1915 28 0.00001528 28 -100%
1916 31 0.000016026 31 -100%
1917 34 0.000016943 34 -100%
1918 34 0.00001566 34 -100%
1919 31 0.00001469 31 -100%
1920 44 0.000019446 44 -100%
1921 33 0.000014136 33 -100%
1922 32 0.000013979 32 -100%
1923 30 0.000013029 30 -100%
1924 26 0.000010917 26 -100%
1925 29 0.000012429 29 -100%
1926 28 0.000012196 28 -100%
1927 24 0.000010348 24 -100%
1928 36 0.000015923 36 -100%
1929 32 0.000014597 32 -100%
1930 36 0.000016192 36 -100%
1931 38 0.000018058 38 -100%
1932 44 0.00002084 5 39 -77%
1933 28 0.000014004 28 -100%
1934 34 0.000016371 34 -100%
1935 38 0.000018183 38 -100%
1936 32 0.000015403 32 -100%
1937 34 0.000015957 34 -100%
1938 38 0.000017175 38 -100%
1939 43 0.000019515 43 -100%
1940 47 0.000020411 47 -100%
1941 49 0.000020111 49 -100%
1942 37 0.000013544 37 -100%
1943 44 0.000015589 44 -100%
1944 49 0.000018215 49 -100%
1945 54 0.000020355 54 -100%
1946 65 0.000020342 65 -100%
1947 83 0.000023041 83 -100%
1948 76 0.000022013 76 -100%
1949 61 0.000017505 5 56 -84%
1950 74 0.000021123 8 66 -78%
1951 58 0.000015745 58 -100%
1952 99 0.000026066 7 92 -86%
1953 86 0.000022317 8 78 -81%
1954 70 0.000017585 70 -100%
1955 77 0.000019178 77 -100%
1956 85 0.000020616 6 79 -86%
1957 102 0.000024273 8 94 -84%
1958 125 0.000030238 6 119 -90%
1959 105 0.000025253 9 96 -83%
1960 121 0.00002913 121 -100%
1961 116 0.000028004 7 109 -88%
1962 102 0.000025276 8 94 -84%
1963 89 0.000022485 89 -100%
1964 100 0.000025723 10 90 -80%
1965 77 0.000021239 77 -100%
1966 71 0.000020428 71 -100%
1967 71 0.000020914 71 -100%
1968 90 0.00002664 5 85 -89%
1969 89 0.000025609 89 -100%
1970 119 0.000032996 5 114 -92%
1971 71 0.000020686 71 -100%
1972 59 0.000018772 5 54 -83%
1973 55 0.000018231 55 -100%
1974 38 0.0000125 38 -100%
1975 32 0.000010598 32 -100%
1976 44 0.000014501 44 -100%
1977 30 0.000009444 30 -100%
1978 27 0.000008507 27 -100%
1979 29 0.000008717 29 -100%
1980 26 0.000007548 26 -100%
1981 23 0.000006649 23 -100%
1982 22 0.000006271 22 -100%
1983 23 0.000006641 23 -100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 -100%
1985 24 0.000006724 24 -100%
1986 18 0.00000506 18 -100%
1987 21 0.000005824 21 -100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
1989 20 0.000005202 20 -100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 -100%
1991 15 0.000003851 15 -100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1995 13 0.00000355 13 -100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 -100%
1997 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 -100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 -100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 -100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 -100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 -100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 -100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 -100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 -100%
2019 9 0.000002593 9 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 -100%
2022 11 0.000003251 11 -100%
2023 12 0.000003624 12 -100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 -100%

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