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How popular is “Lila” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lila” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lila” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lila” 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 36 0.000178674 36 100%
1881 42 0.000217969 42 100%
1882 65 0.00029341 65 100%
1883 69 0.000318051 69 100%
1884 73 0.000299843 73 100%
1885 62 0.000257417 62 100%
1886 69 0.000270253 69 100%
1887 74 0.00029912 74 100%
1888 88 0.000293849 88 100%
1889 113 0.000391077 113 100%
1890 120 0.000398141 120 100%
1891 128 0.000446502 128 100%
1892 147 0.000439627 147 100%
1893 167 0.000513494 167 100%
1894 161 0.000475361 161 100%
1895 175 0.000498547 175 100%
1896 201 0.000562263 201 100%
1897 176 0.000507267 176 100%
1898 208 0.000545281 208 100%
1899 190 0.000560085 190 100%
1900 268 0.000595214 268 100%
1901 181 0.000523406 181 100%
1902 239 0.000617997 239 100%
1903 206 0.000540399 206 100%
1904 259 0.000641907 259 100%
1905 211 0.000497733 211 100%
1906 242 0.000564825 242 100%
1907 218 0.000468424 218 100%
1908 254 0.000519801 254 100%
1909 259 0.000506627 259 100%
1910 311 0.000526484 311 100%
1911 302 0.000468742 302 100%
1912 396 0.000400785 396 100%
1913 430 0.000378152 430 100%
1914 561 0.00039609 561 100%
1915 684 0.000373276 684 100%
1916 708 0.000366002 708 100%
1917 678 0.00033786 678 100%
1918 748 0.000344524 748 100%
1919 749 0.000354935 749 100%
1920 846 0.000373899 840 6 99%
1921 894 0.000382951 894 100%
1922 924 0.000403642 919 5 99%
1923 1064 0.00046211 1064 100%
1924 1058 0.000444237 1053 5 99%
1925 1248 0.000534864 1248 100%
1926 1085 0.000472581 1085 100%
1927 1059 0.000456592 1059 100%
1928 1039 0.000459544 1034 5 99%
1929 1108 0.000505437 1108 100%
1930 1208 0.000543339 1203 5 99%
1931 1000 0.000475198 995 5 99%
1932 954 0.000451856 949 5 99%
1933 859 0.000429619 859 100%
1934 852 0.000410243 844 8 98%
1935 760 0.000363654 753 7 98%
1936 646 0.000310939 646 100%
1937 578 0.000271276 578 100%
1938 531 0.000239992 531 100%
1939 488 0.000221472 482 6 98%
1940 529 0.000229732 529 100%
1941 522 0.000214248 522 100%
1942 482 0.000176439 482 100%
1943 487 0.000172538 487 100%
1944 414 0.000153899 414 100%
1945 368 0.000138716 368 100%
1946 386 0.000120802 386 100%
1947 411 0.000114093 411 100%
1948 421 0.00012194 421 100%
1949 388 0.000111341 388 100%
1950 351 0.00010019 351 100%
1951 363 0.000098541 363 100%
1952 414 0.000109005 414 100%
1953 340 0.000088228 340 100%
1954 359 0.000090185 359 100%
1955 355 0.000088417 355 100%
1956 428 0.000103807 428 100%
1957 362 0.000086147 362 100%
1958 293 0.000070877 293 100%
1959 304 0.000073112 304 100%
1960 291 0.000070056 291 100%
1961 263 0.000063491 263 100%
1962 195 0.000048323 195 100%
1963 234 0.000059118 234 100%
1964 227 0.000058391 227 100%
1965 167 0.000046063 167 100%
1966 146 0.000042006 146 100%
1967 126 0.000037115 126 100%
1968 115 0.00003404 115 100%
1969 141 0.000040572 141 100%
1970 123 0.000034105 123 100%
1971 112 0.000032631 112 100%
1972 132 0.000041998 132 100%
1973 135 0.000044748 135 100%
1974 148 0.000048684 148 100%
1975 103 0.000034113 103 100%
1976 112 0.000036911 112 100%
1977 118 0.000037148 118 100%
1978 114 0.000035918 114 100%
1979 137 0.000041178 137 100%
1980 150 0.000043548 150 100%
1981 149 0.000043071 149 100%
1982 148 0.00004219 148 100%
1983 123 0.000035515 123 100%
1984 98 0.00002809 98 100%
1985 132 0.000036984 132 100%
1986 114 0.000032049 114 100%
1987 112 0.000031063 112 100%
1988 103 0.000027875 103 100%
1989 126 0.000032775 126 100%
1990 125 0.000031626 125 100%
1991 134 0.000034401 134 100%
1992 109 0.000028376 109 100%
1993 106 0.000028115 106 100%
1994 139 0.000037389 139 100%
1995 124 0.00003386 124 100%
1996 131 0.000035918 131 100%
1997 155 0.00004275 155 100%
1998 224 0.000060899 224 100%
1999 312 0.000084464 312 100%
2000 307 0.000081219 307 100%
2001 394 0.000105252 394 100%
2002 414 0.000110746 414 100%
2003 491 0.000129132 491 100%
2004 599 0.000156768 599 100%
2005 680 0.00017686 680 100%
2006 1006 0.000254285 1006 100%
2007 1357 0.000339447 1357 100%
2008 1852 0.000471167 1852 100%
2009 1935 0.000506521 1935 100%
2010 1969 0.000532776 1969 100%
2011 1921 0.00052518 1921 100%
2012 1728 0.000472471 1728 100%
2013 1703 0.00046713 1703 100%
2014 1776 0.000479174 1776 100%
2015 1658 0.000447998 1658 100%
2016 1561 0.000425492 1561 100%
2017 1473 0.00041189 1473 100%
2018 1405 0.000399614 1405 100%
2019 1372 0.000395283 1372 100%
2020 1298 0.000388556 1298 100%
2021 1339 0.000395224 1339 100%
2022 1354 0.000400221 1354 100%
2023 1398 0.000422204 1398 100%
2024 1475 0.000443142 1475 100%

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