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How popular is “Lilah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lilah” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lilah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lilah” 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
1884 7 0.000028752 7 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 100%
1891 11 0.000038371 11 100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 100%
1894 16 0.000047241 16 100%
1895 18 0.000051279 18 100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 100%
1897 12 0.000034586 12 100%
1898 15 0.000039323 15 100%
1899 17 0.000050113 17 100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 100%
1901 20 0.000057835 20 100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 100%
1903 14 0.000036726 14 100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 100%
1905 12 0.000028307 12 100%
1906 9 0.000021006 9 100%
1907 12 0.000025785 12 100%
1908 12 0.000024558 12 100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 100%
1911 15 0.000023282 15 100%
1912 13 0.000013157 13 100%
1913 30 0.000026383 30 100%
1914 30 0.000021181 30 100%
1915 28 0.00001528 28 100%
1916 38 0.000019644 38 100%
1917 35 0.000017441 35 100%
1918 21 0.000009672 21 100%
1919 31 0.00001469 31 100%
1920 34 0.000015027 34 100%
1921 41 0.000017563 41 100%
1922 30 0.000013105 30 100%
1923 25 0.000010858 25 100%
1924 28 0.000011757 28 100%
1925 35 0.000015 35 100%
1926 25 0.000010889 25 100%
1927 22 0.000009485 22 100%
1928 23 0.000010173 23 100%
1929 21 0.00000958 21 100%
1930 27 0.000012144 27 100%
1931 15 0.000007128 15 100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 100%
1934 14 0.000006741 14 100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 100%
1938 21 0.000009491 21 100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1941 21 0.000008619 21 100%
1942 11 0.000004027 11 100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 100%
1951 10 0.000002715 10 100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 100%
1963 15 0.00000379 15 100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 100%
1968 8 0.000002368 8 100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 100%
1978 25 0.000007877 25 100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 100%
1982 17 0.000004846 17 100%
1983 17 0.000004909 17 100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 100%
1986 19 0.000005341 19 100%
1987 18 0.000004992 18 100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 100%
1989 12 0.000003121 12 100%
1990 17 0.000004301 17 100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 100%
1993 18 0.000004774 18 100%
1994 15 0.000004035 15 100%
1995 15 0.000004096 15 100%
1996 37 0.000010145 37 100%
1997 30 0.000008274 30 100%
1998 47 0.000012778 47 100%
1999 69 0.00001868 69 100%
2000 91 0.000024075 91 100%
2001 106 0.000028317 106 100%
2002 133 0.000035578 133 100%
2003 162 0.000042606 162 100%
2004 167 0.000043707 167 100%
2005 223 0.000058 223 100%
2006 308 0.000077853 308 100%
2007 525 0.000131326 525 100%
2008 774 0.000196913 774 100%
2009 885 0.000231665 885 100%
2010 964 0.000260841 964 100%
2011 1045 0.000285691 1045 100%
2012 1032 0.00028217 1032 100%
2013 1049 0.000287739 1049 100%
2014 1051 0.000283565 1051 100%
2015 1032 0.00027885 1032 100%
2016 1092 0.000297653 1092 100%
2017 1177 0.000329121 1177 100%
2018 1155 0.000328508 1155 100%
2019 1153 0.000332187 1153 100%
2020 1257 0.000376282 1257 100%
2021 1250 0.000368955 1250 100%
2022 1364 0.000403176 1364 100%
2023 1498 0.000452405 1498 100%
2024 1685 0.000506234 1685 100%

Explore other names

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