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How popular is “Lillian” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lillian” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lillian” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lillian” 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 672 0.003335252 672 100%
1881 723 0.00375218 723 100%
1882 836 0.003773704 830 6 99%
1883 913 0.00420842 907 6 99%
1884 1115 0.004579789 1109 6 99%
1885 1143 0.004745613 1143 100%
1886 1282 0.005021228 1282 100%
1887 1314 0.005311409 1308 6 99%
1888 1663 0.00555307 1656 7 99%
1889 1647 0.005700027 1640 7 99%
1890 1872 0.006210994 1862 10 99%
1891 1821 0.006352185 1812 9 99%
1892 2164 0.006471795 2154 10 99%
1893 2202 0.006770739 2193 9 99%
1894 2448 0.007227848 2441 7 99%
1895 2507 0.007142043 2495 12 99%
1896 2713 0.007589151 2702 11 99%
1897 2696 0.007770415 2683 13 99%
1898 3076 0.008063861 3061 15 99%
1899 2711 0.007991534 2703 8 99%
1900 3425 0.00760675 3414 11 99%
1901 2698 0.007801927 2681 17 99%
1902 3076 0.007953808 3063 13 99%
1903 2984 0.007827912 2972 12 99%
1904 3149 0.007804503 3139 10 99%
1905 3196 0.007539123 3185 11 99%
1906 3307 0.007718502 3293 14 99%
1907 3557 0.007643052 3542 15 99%
1908 3643 0.007455249 3634 9 100%
1909 3611 0.00706344 3596 15 99%
1910 4142 0.007011889 4127 15 99%
1911 4380 0.006798307 4367 13 99%
1912 5598 0.005665636 5568 30 99%
1913 6036 0.005308194 6015 21 99%
1914 7387 0.005215541 7354 33 99%
1915 9570 0.005222585 9546 24 99%
1916 9618 0.004972041 9592 26 99%
1917 9876 0.00492139 9843 33 99%
1918 10009 0.004610082 9986 23 100%
1919 9542 0.00452175 9516 26 99%
1920 10075 0.004452757 10049 26 99%
1921 9793 0.004194893 9770 23 100%
1922 9459 0.004132091 9430 29 99%
1923 9361 0.004065615 9327 34 99%
1924 9135 0.003835641 9100 35 99%
1925 8376 0.003589762 8352 24 99%
1926 7688 0.003348571 7661 27 99%
1927 7227 0.003115949 7182 45 99%
1928 6623 0.002929315 6577 46 99%
1929 5754 0.002624807 5711 43 99%
1930 5478 0.002463918 5448 30 99%
1931 4844 0.002301857 4807 37 98%
1932 4382 0.002075507 4352 30 99%
1933 4021 0.002011056 3998 23 99%
1934 3997 0.001924581 3973 24 99%
1935 3439 0.001645533 3423 16 99%
1936 3136 0.00150945 3118 18 99%
1937 2917 0.001369053 2899 18 99%
1938 2838 0.001282669 2824 14 99%
1939 2566 0.001164542 2551 15 99%
1940 2538 0.001102192 2525 13 99%
1941 2480 0.001017885 2462 18 99%
1942 2504 0.000916606 2488 16 99%
1943 2405 0.000852064 2392 13 99%
1944 2130 0.000791798 2120 10 99%
1945 2026 0.00076369 2017 9 99%
1946 2160 0.000675991 2160 100%
1947 2090 0.000580181 2090 100%
1948 2121 0.000614334 2116 5 100%
1949 1950 0.000559577 1944 6 99%
1950 1884 0.00053777 1884 100%
1951 1835 0.000498135 1826 9 99%
1952 1733 0.000456292 1733 100%
1953 1663 0.00043154 1657 6 99%
1954 1634 0.00041048 1627 7 99%
1955 1666 0.000414936 1658 8 99%
1956 1635 0.000396552 1630 5 99%
1957 1613 0.000383852 1604 9 99%
1958 1428 0.000345436 1421 7 99%
1959 1468 0.000353055 1468 100%
1960 1443 0.000347391 1433 10 99%
1961 1318 0.000318181 1311 7 99%
1962 1314 0.000325621 1308 6 99%
1963 1170 0.000295589 1164 6 99%
1964 1064 0.00027369 1064 100%
1965 1026 0.000282999 1017 9 98%
1966 889 0.000255779 881 8 98%
1967 848 0.000249787 843 5 99%
1968 813 0.000240646 813 100%
1969 779 0.000224152 773 6 98%
1970 788 0.000218494 783 5 99%
1971 680 0.000198115 675 5 99%
1972 620 0.000197264 620 100%
1973 564 0.000186948 564 100%
1974 482 0.000158553 482 100%
1975 455 0.000150692 455 100%
1976 479 0.000157862 479 100%
1977 470 0.000147962 470 100%
1978 399 0.000125714 399 100%
1979 441 0.000132552 436 5 98%
1980 510 0.000148062 510 100%
1981 517 0.000149449 517 100%
1982 475 0.000135406 475 100%
1983 453 0.000130799 453 100%
1984 468 0.000134145 468 100%
1985 548 0.00015354 540 8 97%
1986 554 0.000155746 554 100%
1987 531 0.00014727 531 100%
1988 652 0.000176453 646 6 98%
1989 695 0.00018078 695 100%
1990 730 0.000184694 722 8 98%
1991 770 0.000197676 770 100%
1992 749 0.000194987 749 100%
1993 736 0.000195211 736 100%
1994 882 0.000237246 882 100%
1995 942 0.000257226 942 100%
1996 1127 0.000309005 1127 100%
1997 1393 0.000384196 1393 100%
1998 1718 0.000467075 1718 100%
1999 2195 0.000594228 2190 5 100%
2000 2605 0.000689171 2600 5 100%
2001 2951 0.000788323 2951 100%
2002 3397 0.000908704 3397 100%
2003 4030 0.00105988 4030 100%
2004 4758 0.001245249 4734 24 99%
2005 5223 0.001358442 5214 9 100%
2006 6246 0.001578792 6236 10 100%
2007 6562 0.001641451 6552 10 100%
2008 6826 0.001736602 6817 9 100%
2009 6867 0.001797562 6861 6 100%
2010 6957 0.001882438 6957 100%
2011 6941 0.001897593 6932 9 100%
2012 7176 0.001962067 7171 5 100%
2013 7088 0.001944226 7083 5 100%
2014 6924 0.001868132 6924 100%
2015 6630 0.00179145 6625 5 100%
2016 6395 0.001743125 6385 10 100%
2017 6186 0.001729771 6179 7 100%
2018 5566 0.001583095 5566 100%
2019 5126 0.001476836 5126 100%
2020 4516 0.001351862 4511 5 100%
2021 4327 0.001277174 4327 100%
2022 4256 0.001258005 4256 100%
2023 3937 0.001188996 3937 100%
2024 3882 0.001166291 3882 100%

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