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How popular is “Lita” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lita” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lita” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lita” 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
1888 6 0.000020035 6 100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 100%
1906 10 0.00002334 10 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 100%
1910 14 0.0000237 14 100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 100%
1913 19 0.000016709 19 100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 100%
1915 24 0.000013097 24 100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 100%
1917 22 0.000010963 22 100%
1918 23 0.000010594 23 100%
1919 18 0.00000853 18 100%
1920 21 0.000009281 21 100%
1921 29 0.000012422 29 100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 100%
1923 23 0.000009989 23 100%
1924 32 0.000013436 32 100%
1925 42 0.000018 42 100%
1926 44 0.000019165 44 100%
1927 109 0.000046996 109 100%
1928 63 0.000027865 63 100%
1929 59 0.000026914 59 100%
1930 74 0.000033284 74 100%
1931 85 0.000040392 85 100%
1932 74 0.00003505 74 100%
1933 63 0.000031509 63 100%
1934 48 0.000023112 48 100%
1935 42 0.000020097 42 100%
1936 49 0.000023585 49 100%
1937 53 0.000024875 53 100%
1938 36 0.000016271 36 100%
1939 31 0.000014069 31 100%
1940 30 0.000013028 30 100%
1941 32 0.000013134 32 100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 100%
1943 29 0.000010274 29 100%
1944 30 0.000011152 30 100%
1945 42 0.000015832 42 100%
1946 21 0.000006572 21 100%
1947 37 0.000010271 37 100%
1948 39 0.000011296 39 100%
1949 50 0.000014348 50 100%
1950 47 0.000013416 47 100%
1951 36 0.000009773 36 100%
1952 57 0.000015008 57 100%
1953 65 0.000016867 65 100%
1954 75 0.000018841 75 100%
1955 96 0.00002391 96 100%
1956 88 0.000021343 88 100%
1957 112 0.000026653 112 100%
1958 104 0.000025158 104 100%
1959 99 0.00002381 99 100%
1960 135 0.0000325 135 100%
1961 90 0.000021727 90 100%
1962 79 0.000019577 79 100%
1963 82 0.000020716 82 100%
1964 72 0.00001852 72 100%
1965 59 0.000016274 59 100%
1966 47 0.000013523 47 100%
1967 41 0.000012077 41 100%
1968 35 0.00001036 35 100%
1969 34 0.000009783 34 100%
1970 34 0.000009427 34 100%
1971 39 0.000011362 39 100%
1972 28 0.000008909 28 100%
1973 30 0.000009944 30 100%
1974 17 0.000005592 17 100%
1975 31 0.000010267 31 100%
1976 13 0.000004284 13 100%
1977 19 0.000005981 19 100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 100%
1982 16 0.000004561 16 100%
1983 13 0.000003754 13 100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 100%
1985 15 0.000004203 15 100%
1986 18 0.00000506 18 100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 100%
1988 37 0.000010013 37 100%
1989 49 0.000012746 49 100%
1990 53 0.000013409 53 100%
1991 38 0.000009755 38 100%
1992 30 0.00000781 30 100%
1993 33 0.000008753 33 100%
1994 24 0.000006456 24 100%
1995 24 0.000006554 24 100%
1996 14 0.000003839 14 100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 100%
1998 15 0.000004078 15 100%
1999 15 0.000004061 15 100%
2000 31 0.000008201 31 100%
2001 80 0.000021371 80 100%
2002 55 0.000014713 55 100%
2003 53 0.000013939 53 100%
2004 58 0.00001518 58 100%
2005 63 0.000016386 63 100%
2006 28 0.000007078 28 100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 100%
2008 22 0.000005597 22 100%
2009 24 0.000006282 24 100%
2010 13 0.000003518 13 100%
2011 19 0.000005194 19 100%
2012 22 0.000006015 22 100%
2013 29 0.000007955 29 100%
2014 25 0.000006745 25 100%
2015 14 0.000003783 14 100%
2016 18 0.000004906 18 100%
2017 31 0.000008668 31 100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 100%
2019 20 0.000005762 20 100%
2020 19 0.000005688 19 100%
2021 23 0.000006789 23 100%
2022 28 0.000008276 28 100%
2023 15 0.00000453 15 100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 100%

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