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How popular is “Leta” in the USA?

Number of people named “Leta” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Leta” by birth year

This chart shows how “Leta” 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 18 0.000089337 18 100%
1881 21 0.000108984 21 100%
1882 15 0.00006771 15 100%
1883 25 0.000115236 25 100%
1884 22 0.000090364 22 100%
1885 32 0.000132861 32 100%
1886 24 0.000094001 24 100%
1887 32 0.000129349 32 100%
1888 41 0.000136907 41 100%
1889 59 0.00020419 59 100%
1890 63 0.000209024 63 100%
1891 45 0.000156973 45 100%
1892 56 0.000167477 56 100%
1893 55 0.000169115 55 100%
1894 65 0.000191916 65 100%
1895 73 0.000207965 73 100%
1896 76 0.000212597 76 100%
1897 78 0.000224812 78 100%
1898 95 0.000249046 95 100%
1899 60 0.000176869 60 100%
1900 93 0.000206548 93 100%
1901 74 0.000213989 74 100%
1902 82 0.000212033 82 100%
1903 83 0.000217733 83 100%
1904 86 0.000213143 86 100%
1905 98 0.000231175 98 100%
1906 81 0.000189053 81 100%
1907 87 0.00018694 87 100%
1908 83 0.000169856 83 100%
1909 96 0.000187785 96 100%
1910 97 0.000164209 97 100%
1911 98 0.000152108 98 100%
1912 130 0.000131571 130 100%
1913 130 0.000114325 130 100%
1914 153 0.000108025 153 100%
1915 224 0.000122242 224 100%
1916 219 0.000113212 219 100%
1917 196 0.00009767 196 100%
1918 233 0.000107318 233 100%
1919 183 0.00008672 183 100%
1920 225 0.000099441 225 100%
1921 206 0.000088241 206 100%
1922 200 0.000087368 200 100%
1923 204 0.0000886 204 100%
1924 183 0.000076839 183 100%
1925 195 0.000083573 195 100%
1926 225 0.000098001 225 100%
1927 229 0.000098734 229 100%
1928 214 0.000094651 214 100%
1929 191 0.000087129 191 100%
1930 213 0.000095804 213 100%
1931 162 0.000076982 162 100%
1932 159 0.000075309 159 100%
1933 167 0.000083523 167 100%
1934 169 0.000081375 169 100%
1935 150 0.000071774 150 100%
1936 154 0.000074125 154 100%
1937 125 0.000058667 125 100%
1938 146 0.000065986 146 100%
1939 142 0.000064445 142 100%
1940 134 0.000058193 134 100%
1941 139 0.000057051 139 100%
1942 112 0.000040998 112 100%
1943 133 0.00004712 133 100%
1944 135 0.000050184 135 100%
1945 104 0.000039202 104 100%
1946 120 0.000037555 120 100%
1947 153 0.000042473 153 100%
1948 132 0.000038233 132 100%
1949 170 0.000048784 170 100%
1950 137 0.000039105 137 100%
1951 142 0.000038548 142 100%
1952 162 0.000042654 162 100%
1953 170 0.000044114 170 100%
1954 183 0.000045972 183 100%
1955 142 0.000035367 142 100%
1956 136 0.000032985 136 100%
1957 136 0.000032364 136 100%
1958 119 0.000028786 119 100%
1959 112 0.000026936 112 100%
1960 136 0.000032741 136 100%
1961 129 0.000031142 129 100%
1962 100 0.000024781 100 100%
1963 90 0.000022738 90 100%
1964 87 0.000022379 87 100%
1965 65 0.000017929 65 100%
1966 64 0.000018414 64 100%
1967 65 0.000019146 65 100%
1968 65 0.00001924 65 100%
1969 63 0.000018128 63 100%
1970 50 0.000013864 50 100%
1971 50 0.000014567 50 100%
1972 42 0.000013363 42 100%
1973 49 0.000016242 49 100%
1974 35 0.000011513 35 100%
1975 35 0.000011592 35 100%
1976 38 0.000012523 38 100%
1977 47 0.000014796 47 100%
1978 33 0.000010397 33 100%
1979 47 0.000014127 47 100%
1980 41 0.000011903 41 100%
1981 29 0.000008383 29 100%
1982 35 0.000009977 35 100%
1983 25 0.000007218 25 100%
1984 30 0.000008599 30 100%
1985 16 0.000004483 16 100%
1986 17 0.000004779 17 100%
1987 24 0.000006656 24 100%
1988 21 0.000005683 21 100%
1989 27 0.000007023 27 100%
1990 23 0.000005819 23 100%
1991 24 0.000006161 24 100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 100%
1993 14 0.000003713 14 100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 100%
1997 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 100%
1999 15 0.000004061 15 100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 100%
2001 14 0.00000374 14 100%
2002 15 0.000004013 15 100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 100%
2004 20 0.000005234 20 100%
2005 16 0.000004161 16 100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 100%
2010 11 0.000002976 11 100%
2011 13 0.000003554 13 100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 100%
2014 22 0.000005936 22 100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 100%
2016 15 0.000004089 15 100%
2017 14 0.000003915 14 100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 100%
2019 14 0.000004033 14 100%
2020 27 0.000008082 27 100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 100%
2023 13 0.000003926 13 100%
2024 11 0.000003305 11 100%

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