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How popular is “Leona” in the USA?

Number of people named “Leona” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Leona” by birth year

This chart shows how “Leona” 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 137 0.000679955 137 100%
1881 138 0.000716184 138 100%
1882 163 0.000735782 163 100%
1883 178 0.000820481 178 100%
1884 210 0.000862561 210 100%
1885 231 0.000959087 231 100%
1886 227 0.000889094 227 100%
1887 208 0.000840771 208 100%
1888 311 0.001038488 311 100%
1889 348 0.001204377 348 100%
1890 332 0.001101523 332 100%
1891 352 0.00122788 352 100%
1892 440 0.001315892 440 100%
1893 463 0.001423639 463 100%
1894 471 0.001390652 471 100%
1895 520 0.001481397 520 100%
1896 556 0.001555314 556 100%
1897 619 0.001784083 619 100%
1898 665 0.001743325 665 100%
1899 665 0.001960299 665 100%
1900 825 0.001832283 825 100%
1901 786 0.002272911 779 7 98%
1902 875 0.002262543 875 100%
1903 886 0.002324239 881 5 99%
1904 1003 0.002485842 998 5 99%
1905 1082 0.002552356 1082 100%
1906 1023 0.002387671 1017 6 99%
1907 1106 0.002376501 1106 100%
1908 1126 0.002304313 1118 8 99%
1909 1167 0.002282757 1167 100%
1910 1233 0.002087315 1220 13 98%
1911 1329 0.002062774 1329 100%
1912 1658 0.001678032 1650 8 99%
1913 1921 0.00168937 1911 10 99%
1914 2174 0.001534938 2174 100%
1915 2972 0.001621894 2972 100%
1916 3103 0.001604101 3086 17 99%
1917 3121 0.001555251 3115 6 100%
1918 3346 0.001541146 3335 11 99%
1919 3040 0.001440591 3033 7 100%
1920 3182 0.00140632 3166 16 99%
1921 3218 0.001378451 3210 8 100%
1922 2835 0.001238448 2825 10 99%
1923 2752 0.001195233 2744 8 99%
1924 2801 0.001176095 2794 7 100%
1925 2526 0.001082586 2515 11 99%
1926 2437 0.001061455 2429 8 99%
1927 2256 0.000972683 2243 13 99%
1928 2097 0.000927491 2085 12 99%
1929 2029 0.000925571 2020 9 99%
1930 1880 0.000845594 1872 8 99%
1931 1753 0.000833021 1743 10 99%
1932 1679 0.000795248 1670 9 99%
1933 1461 0.000730702 1461 100%
1934 1482 0.000713592 1472 10 99%
1935 1316 0.000629695 1308 8 99%
1936 1244 0.000598774 1235 9 99%
1937 1181 0.000554286 1173 8 99%
1938 1172 0.0005297 1164 8 99%
1939 1075 0.000487873 1075 100%
1940 1035 0.000449475 1028 7 99%
1941 998 0.000409617 998 100%
1942 1067 0.000390582 1055 12 98%
1943 1061 0.0003759 1061 100%
1944 896 0.000333076 896 100%
1945 843 0.000317764 843 100%
1946 819 0.000256313 819 100%
1947 815 0.000226243 815 100%
1948 775 0.000224474 775 100%
1949 738 0.000211778 738 100%
1950 681 0.000194385 681 100%
1951 669 0.000181609 669 100%
1952 602 0.000158504 602 100%
1953 583 0.000151285 583 100%
1954 568 0.000142688 568 100%
1955 508 0.000126523 508 100%
1956 521 0.000126363 521 100%
1957 497 0.000118273 497 100%
1958 530 0.000128208 530 100%
1959 482 0.000115921 482 100%
1960 461 0.000110982 461 100%
1961 428 0.000103324 428 100%
1962 419 0.000103832 419 100%
1963 462 0.00011672 462 100%
1964 405 0.000104177 405 100%
1965 348 0.000095988 348 100%
1966 317 0.000091206 317 100%
1967 303 0.000089252 303 100%
1968 275 0.000081399 275 100%
1969 277 0.000079705 277 100%
1970 285 0.000079024 285 100%
1971 218 0.000063513 218 100%
1972 227 0.000072224 227 100%
1973 220 0.000072923 220 100%
1974 189 0.000062171 189 100%
1975 191 0.000063258 191 100%
1976 158 0.000052071 158 100%
1977 170 0.000053518 170 100%
1978 184 0.000057973 184 100%
1979 182 0.000054704 182 100%
1980 167 0.000048483 167 100%
1981 152 0.000043939 152 100%
1982 144 0.000041049 144 100%
1983 128 0.000036959 128 100%
1984 123 0.000035256 123 100%
1985 135 0.000037825 135 100%
1986 129 0.000036266 129 100%
1987 125 0.000034668 125 100%
1988 110 0.00002977 110 100%
1989 142 0.000036936 142 100%
1990 104 0.000026313 104 100%
1991 114 0.000029266 114 100%
1992 100 0.000026033 100 100%
1993 89 0.000023606 89 100%
1994 74 0.000019905 74 100%
1995 90 0.000024576 90 100%
1996 91 0.000024951 91 100%
1997 101 0.000027856 101 100%
1998 82 0.000022293 82 100%
1999 90 0.000024365 90 100%
2000 108 0.000028572 108 100%
2001 90 0.000024042 90 100%
2002 105 0.000028088 105 100%
2003 104 0.000027352 104 100%
2004 134 0.00003507 134 100%
2005 139 0.000036152 139 100%
2006 143 0.000036146 143 100%
2007 152 0.000038022 152 100%
2008 237 0.000060295 237 100%
2009 274 0.000071724 274 100%
2010 256 0.000069269 256 100%
2011 283 0.000077369 283 100%
2012 287 0.000078472 287 100%
2013 374 0.000102588 374 100%
2014 379 0.000102256 379 100%
2015 419 0.000113215 419 100%
2016 507 0.000138196 507 100%
2017 565 0.000157989 565 100%
2018 611 0.000173782 611 100%
2019 616 0.000177474 616 100%
2020 633 0.000189488 633 100%
2021 600 0.000177098 600 100%
2022 585 0.000172917 585 100%
2023 586 0.000176975 586 100%
2024 624 0.000187472 624 100%

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