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How popular is “Libby” in the USA?

Number of people named “Libby” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Libby” by birth year

This chart shows how “Libby” 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
1881 5 0.000025949 5 100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1894 12 0.000035431 12 100%
1895 14 0.000039884 14 100%
1896 22 0.000061541 22 100%
1897 10 0.000028822 10 100%
1898 19 0.000049809 19 100%
1899 17 0.000050113 17 100%
1900 22 0.000048861 22 100%
1901 17 0.00004916 17 100%
1902 11 0.000028443 11 100%
1903 15 0.000039349 15 100%
1904 19 0.00004709 19 100%
1905 24 0.000056614 24 100%
1906 21 0.000049014 21 100%
1907 23 0.000049421 23 100%
1908 22 0.000045022 22 100%
1909 31 0.000060639 31 100%
1910 35 0.000059251 35 100%
1911 44 0.000068293 44 100%
1912 56 0.000056677 56 100%
1913 53 0.000046609 53 100%
1914 61 0.000043069 61 100%
1915 108 0.000058938 108 100%
1916 106 0.000054797 106 100%
1917 107 0.00005332 107 100%
1918 125 0.000057574 125 100%
1919 114 0.000054022 114 100%
1920 83 0.000036683 83 100%
1921 104 0.000044549 104 100%
1922 65 0.000028395 65 100%
1923 80 0.000034745 80 100%
1924 76 0.000031911 76 100%
1925 59 0.000025286 59 100%
1926 69 0.000030054 69 100%
1927 94 0.000040528 94 100%
1928 66 0.000029191 66 100%
1929 76 0.000034669 76 100%
1930 65 0.000029236 65 100%
1931 69 0.000032789 69 100%
1932 90 0.000042628 90 100%
1933 113 0.000056516 113 100%
1934 119 0.000057299 119 100%
1935 96 0.000045935 96 100%
1936 97 0.000046689 97 100%
1937 97 0.000045526 97 100%
1938 112 0.00005062 112 100%
1939 93 0.000042207 93 100%
1940 78 0.000033874 78 100%
1941 101 0.000041454 101 100%
1942 98 0.000035874 98 100%
1943 100 0.000035429 100 100%
1944 114 0.000042378 114 100%
1945 106 0.000039956 106 100%
1946 137 0.000042875 137 100%
1947 155 0.000043028 155 100%
1948 138 0.000039971 138 100%
1949 141 0.000040462 141 100%
1950 119 0.000033967 119 100%
1951 119 0.000032304 119 100%
1952 137 0.000036072 137 100%
1953 148 0.000038405 148 100%
1954 154 0.000038687 154 100%
1955 139 0.000034619 134 5 93%
1956 165 0.000040019 165 100%
1957 209 0.000049737 209 100%
1958 245 0.000059266 245 100%
1959 239 0.00005748 239 100%
1960 264 0.000063556 264 100%
1961 257 0.000062043 257 100%
1962 245 0.000060713 245 100%
1963 221 0.000055833 221 100%
1964 203 0.000052217 203 100%
1965 181 0.000049925 181 100%
1966 169 0.000048624 169 100%
1967 204 0.00006009 204 100%
1968 171 0.000050615 171 100%
1969 155 0.0000446 155 100%
1970 119 0.000032996 119 100%
1971 112 0.000032631 112 100%
1972 124 0.000039453 124 100%
1973 139 0.000046074 139 100%
1974 120 0.000039474 120 100%
1975 119 0.000039412 119 100%
1976 128 0.000042184 128 100%
1977 98 0.000030852 98 100%
1978 77 0.000024261 77 100%
1979 84 0.000025248 84 100%
1980 115 0.000033386 115 100%
1981 98 0.000028329 98 100%
1982 94 0.000026796 94 100%
1983 93 0.000026853 93 100%
1984 73 0.000020924 73 100%
1985 92 0.000025777 92 100%
1986 88 0.000024739 88 100%
1987 96 0.000026625 96 100%
1988 70 0.000018944 70 100%
1989 68 0.000017688 68 100%
1990 103 0.00002606 103 100%
1991 88 0.000022592 88 100%
1992 86 0.000022388 86 100%
1993 89 0.000023606 89 100%
1994 110 0.000029589 110 100%
1995 141 0.000038502 141 100%
1996 138 0.000037837 138 100%
1997 147 0.000040543 147 100%
1998 162 0.000044043 162 100%
1999 150 0.000040608 150 100%
2000 194 0.000051324 194 100%
2001 212 0.000056633 212 100%
2002 226 0.000060455 226 100%
2003 256 0.000067327 256 100%
2004 301 0.000078777 301 100%
2005 333 0.000086609 333 100%
2006 347 0.000087711 347 100%
2007 323 0.000080797 323 100%
2008 316 0.000080394 316 100%
2009 355 0.000092928 355 100%
2010 346 0.000093621 346 100%
2011 279 0.000076276 279 100%
2012 282 0.000077105 282 100%
2013 290 0.000079546 290 100%
2014 306 0.00008256 306 100%
2015 270 0.000072955 270 100%
2016 252 0.000068689 252 100%
2017 239 0.000066831 239 100%
2018 232 0.000065986 232 100%
2019 258 0.000074332 258 100%
2020 204 0.000061067 204 100%
2021 206 0.000060804 206 100%
2022 252 0.000074487 252 100%
2023 224 0.000067649 224 100%
2024 215 0.000064594 215 100%

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