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How popular is “Lilian” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lilian” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lilian” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lilian” 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 19 0.0000943 19 100%
1881 16 0.000083036 16 100%
1882 24 0.000108336 24 100%
1883 17 0.000078361 17 100%
1884 22 0.000090364 22 100%
1885 22 0.000091342 22 100%
1886 24 0.000094001 24 100%
1887 16 0.000064675 16 100%
1888 22 0.000073462 22 100%
1889 31 0.000107286 31 100%
1890 21 0.000069675 21 100%
1891 28 0.000097672 28 100%
1892 24 0.000071776 24 100%
1893 28 0.000086095 28 100%
1894 22 0.000064956 22 100%
1895 42 0.000119651 42 100%
1896 37 0.000103501 37 100%
1897 26 0.000074937 26 100%
1898 33 0.000086511 33 100%
1899 19 0.000056009 19 100%
1900 30 0.000066628 30 100%
1901 23 0.00006651 23 100%
1902 18 0.000046544 18 100%
1903 36 0.000094439 36 100%
1904 28 0.000069395 28 100%
1905 28 0.00006605 28 100%
1906 28 0.000065352 28 100%
1907 29 0.000062313 29 100%
1908 32 0.000065487 32 100%
1909 30 0.000058683 30 100%
1910 33 0.000055865 33 100%
1911 34 0.000052772 34 100%
1912 53 0.00005364 53 100%
1913 55 0.000048368 55 100%
1914 53 0.00003742 53 100%
1915 75 0.000040929 75 100%
1916 85 0.000043941 85 100%
1917 77 0.000038371 77 100%
1918 105 0.000048362 105 100%
1919 67 0.00003175 67 100%
1920 81 0.000035799 81 100%
1921 54 0.000023131 54 100%
1922 60 0.000026211 60 100%
1923 51 0.00002215 51 100%
1924 42 0.000017635 42 100%
1925 38 0.000016286 38 100%
1926 48 0.000020907 48 100%
1927 31 0.000013366 31 100%
1928 32 0.000014153 32 100%
1929 16 0.000007299 16 100%
1930 20 0.000008996 20 100%
1931 24 0.000011405 24 100%
1932 30 0.000014209 30 100%
1933 23 0.000011503 23 100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 100%
1941 19 0.000007798 19 100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 100%
1943 21 0.00000744 21 100%
1944 17 0.00000632 17 100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 100%
1947 21 0.00000583 21 100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 100%
1949 16 0.000004591 16 100%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 100%
1953 18 0.000004671 18 100%
1954 15 0.000003768 15 100%
1955 19 0.000004732 19 100%
1956 18 0.000004366 18 100%
1957 22 0.000005235 22 100%
1958 27 0.000006531 27 100%
1959 30 0.000007215 30 100%
1960 41 0.00000987 41 100%
1961 27 0.000006518 27 100%
1962 25 0.000006195 25 100%
1963 22 0.000005558 22 100%
1964 24 0.000006173 24 100%
1965 30 0.000008275 30 100%
1966 34 0.000009782 34 100%
1967 35 0.00001031 35 100%
1968 38 0.000011248 38 100%
1969 39 0.000011222 39 100%
1970 42 0.000011646 42 100%
1971 39 0.000011362 39 100%
1972 46 0.000014636 46 100%
1973 50 0.000016573 50 100%
1974 61 0.000020066 61 100%
1975 42 0.00001391 42 100%
1976 50 0.000016478 50 100%
1977 40 0.000012592 40 100%
1978 51 0.000016069 51 100%
1979 53 0.00001593 53 100%
1980 53 0.000015387 53 100%
1981 65 0.00001879 65 100%
1982 58 0.000016534 58 100%
1983 60 0.000017324 60 100%
1984 68 0.000019491 68 100%
1985 66 0.000018492 66 100%
1986 62 0.00001743 62 100%
1987 89 0.000024684 89 100%
1988 99 0.000026793 99 100%
1989 97 0.000025231 97 100%
1990 147 0.000037192 147 100%
1991 163 0.000041846 163 100%
1992 129 0.000033583 129 100%
1993 155 0.000041111 155 100%
1994 143 0.000038465 143 100%
1995 151 0.000041233 151 100%
1996 186 0.000050998 186 100%
1997 213 0.000058746 213 100%
1998 264 0.000071774 264 100%
1999 265 0.000071741 265 100%
2000 328 0.000086775 328 100%
2001 359 0.000095902 359 100%
2002 440 0.000117701 440 100%
2003 497 0.00013071 497 100%
2004 541 0.000141589 541 100%
2005 650 0.000169058 650 100%
2006 724 0.000183004 724 100%
2007 786 0.000196614 786 100%
2008 730 0.000185719 730 100%
2009 728 0.000190567 728 100%
2010 681 0.000184266 681 100%
2011 645 0.000176336 645 100%
2012 675 0.000184559 675 100%
2013 605 0.00016595 605 100%
2014 620 0.000167279 620 100%
2015 641 0.000173201 641 100%
2016 560 0.000152643 560 100%
2017 508 0.00014205 508 100%
2018 494 0.000140505 494 100%
2019 502 0.00014463 502 100%
2020 439 0.000131414 439 100%
2021 464 0.000136956 464 100%
2022 519 0.000153408 519 100%
2023 543 0.000163989 543 100%
2024 542 0.000162836 542 100%

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