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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Li” in the USA?

Number of people named “Li” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Li” by birth year

This chart shows how “Li” 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
1952 5 0.000001316 5 100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 9 0.000002705 9 100%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 100%
1983 14 0.000004042 14 100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 100%
1990 13 0.000003289 8 5 23%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 100%
1995 17 0.000004642 11 6 29%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 100%
2000 18 0.000004762 8 10 -11%
2001 23 0.000006144 8 15 -30%
2002 14 0.000003745 8 6 14%
2003 19 0.000004997 9 10 -5%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 100%
2005 16 0.000004161 9 7 13%
2006 13 0.000003286 6 7 -8%
2007 18 0.000004503 8 10 -11%
2009 13 0.000003403 6 7 -8%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%

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