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How popular is “Lena” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lena” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lena” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lena” 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 603 0.002992793 603 100%
1881 555 0.002880304 555 100%
1882 697 0.003146258 697 100%
1883 800 0.003687554 800 100%
1884 906 0.003721335 906 100%
1885 876 0.003637058 876 100%
1886 992 0.003885381 992 100%
1887 1004 0.004058336 1004 100%
1888 1170 0.00390685 1162 8 99%
1889 1096 0.003793096 1096 100%
1890 1137 0.003772383 1137 100%
1891 1180 0.004116188 1174 6 99%
1892 1234 0.003690478 1234 100%
1893 1261 0.00387734 1261 100%
1894 1360 0.004015471 1360 100%
1895 1289 0.003672155 1289 100%
1896 1326 0.003709257 1318 8 99%
1897 1239 0.003571048 1239 100%
1898 1326 0.003476164 1320 6 99%
1899 1159 0.003416521 1159 100%
1900 1506 0.003344749 1506 100%
1901 1216 0.003516362 1216 100%
1902 1225 0.00316756 1225 100%
1903 1207 0.003166317 1200 7 99%
1904 1234 0.003058354 1228 6 99%
1905 1258 0.002967527 1258 100%
1906 1206 0.002814791 1206 100%
1907 1244 0.002673027 1238 6 99%
1908 1336 0.002734069 1331 5 99%
1909 1295 0.002533136 1295 100%
1910 1436 0.002430969 1431 5 99%
1911 1454 0.00225679 1449 5 99%
1912 1912 0.001935101 1903 9 99%
1913 1973 0.0017351 1973 100%
1914 2268 0.001601306 2259 9 99%
1915 2933 0.00160061 2927 6 100%
1916 2874 0.001485719 2869 5 100%
1917 3015 0.001502429 3004 11 99%
1918 2944 0.001355988 2937 7 100%
1919 2884 0.001366666 2872 12 99%
1920 2793 0.001234397 2785 8 99%
1921 2717 0.001163844 2710 7 99%
1922 2636 0.001151516 2625 11 99%
1923 2525 0.001096643 2520 5 100%
1924 2420 0.001016119 2410 10 99%
1925 2245 0.000962156 2235 10 99%
1926 2150 0.00093645 2143 7 99%
1927 1998 0.000861445 1987 11 99%
1928 1816 0.000803206 1803 13 99%
1929 1631 0.000744015 1626 5 99%
1930 1501 0.000675126 1489 12 98%
1931 1313 0.000623934 1302 11 98%
1932 1267 0.000600107 1255 12 98%
1933 1097 0.000548652 1088 9 98%
1934 1076 0.000518101 1076 100%
1935 974 0.000466051 968 6 99%
1936 901 0.000433678 890 11 98%
1937 852 0.000399874 847 5 99%
1938 863 0.000390043 858 5 99%
1939 764 0.00034673 764 100%
1940 807 0.00035046 797 10 98%
1941 795 0.000326298 795 100%
1942 793 0.000290283 785 8 98%
1943 781 0.000276699 776 5 99%
1944 725 0.000269509 725 100%
1945 724 0.000272908 724 100%
1946 697 0.000218132 697 100%
1947 706 0.000195985 706 100%
1948 734 0.000212598 734 100%
1949 636 0.000182508 628 8 97%
1950 634 0.000180969 634 100%
1951 627 0.000170207 627 100%
1952 605 0.000159294 605 100%
1953 614 0.00015933 609 5 98%
1954 589 0.000147964 589 100%
1955 560 0.000139474 560 100%
1956 536 0.000130001 536 100%
1957 546 0.000129934 546 100%
1958 513 0.000124096 513 100%
1959 514 0.000123617 514 100%
1960 520 0.000125186 520 100%
1961 570 0.000137605 570 100%
1962 529 0.000131091 529 100%
1963 513 0.000129604 513 100%
1964 569 0.000146363 569 100%
1965 521 0.000143706 521 100%
1966 546 0.000157093 546 100%
1967 483 0.000142272 483 100%
1968 462 0.000136751 462 100%
1969 481 0.000138404 481 100%
1970 507 0.000140579 507 100%
1971 495 0.000144216 495 100%
1972 478 0.000152084 478 100%
1973 458 0.000151812 453 5 98%
1974 484 0.000159211 484 100%
1975 479 0.000158641 473 6 97%
1976 449 0.000147975 449 100%
1977 462 0.000145443 462 100%
1978 429 0.000135166 429 100%
1979 451 0.000135558 451 100%
1980 499 0.000144868 499 100%
1981 480 0.000138753 480 100%
1982 513 0.000146239 513 100%
1983 445 0.000128489 445 100%
1984 465 0.000133285 465 100%
1985 520 0.000145695 520 100%
1986 431 0.000121167 431 100%
1987 419 0.000116208 419 100%
1988 398 0.000107712 398 100%
1989 412 0.000107168 412 100%
1990 453 0.000114612 453 100%
1991 450 0.000115525 450 100%
1992 483 0.00012574 483 100%
1993 414 0.000109806 414 100%
1994 456 0.000122658 456 100%
1995 400 0.000109225 400 100%
1996 422 0.000115705 422 100%
1997 449 0.000123836 449 100%
1998 483 0.000131314 483 100%
1999 472 0.000127779 472 100%
2000 476 0.000125929 476 100%
2001 472 0.000126089 472 100%
2002 513 0.000137228 513 100%
2003 568 0.000149383 568 100%
2004 554 0.000144991 554 100%
2005 654 0.000170098 654 100%
2006 644 0.000162783 644 100%
2007 716 0.000179104 716 100%
2008 728 0.00018521 728 100%
2009 768 0.000201038 768 100%
2010 842 0.00022783 842 100%
2011 900 0.00024605 900 100%
2012 885 0.000241977 885 100%
2013 982 0.000269361 982 100%
2014 1168 0.000315133 1168 100%
2015 1162 0.000313977 1162 100%
2016 1144 0.000311827 1144 100%
2017 1082 0.000302556 1082 100%
2018 1102 0.000313434 1102 100%
2019 1246 0.000358981 1246 100%
2020 1143 0.000342156 1143 100%
2021 1091 0.000322024 1091 100%
2022 1219 0.000360317 1219 100%
2023 1157 0.000349421 1157 100%
2024 1211 0.000363827 1211 100%

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