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How popular is “Loraine” in the USA?

Number of people named “Loraine” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Loraine” by birth year

This chart shows how “Loraine” 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
1883 8 0.000036876 8 100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 100%
1886 11 0.000043084 11 100%
1888 14 0.000046749 14 100%
1889 15 0.000051913 15 100%
1890 18 0.000059721 18 100%
1891 15 0.000052324 15 100%
1892 22 0.000065795 22 100%
1893 26 0.000079945 26 100%
1894 22 0.000064956 22 100%
1895 26 0.00007407 26 100%
1896 30 0.00008392 30 100%
1897 29 0.000083584 29 100%
1898 36 0.000094375 36 100%
1899 34 0.000100226 34 100%
1900 42 0.00009328 42 100%
1901 37 0.000106995 37 100%
1902 46 0.000118945 46 100%
1903 55 0.000144281 55 100%
1904 66 0.000163575 66 100%
1905 60 0.000141535 60 100%
1906 63 0.000147041 63 100%
1907 77 0.000165453 77 100%
1908 73 0.000149391 73 100%
1909 90 0.000176048 90 100%
1910 111 0.000187909 111 100%
1911 121 0.000187807 116 5 92%
1912 169 0.000171042 163 6 93%
1913 193 0.000169729 186 7 93%
1914 257 0.000181453 250 7 95%
1915 317 0.000172995 296 21 87%
1916 328 0.00016956 307 21 87%
1917 382 0.000190358 365 17 91%
1918 410 0.000188843 387 23 89%
1919 427 0.000202346 414 13 94%
1920 406 0.000179436 389 17 92%
1921 427 0.000182908 407 20 91%
1922 439 0.000191774 424 15 93%
1923 436 0.000189361 412 24 89%
1924 401 0.000168373 386 15 93%
1925 434 0.000186002 421 13 94%
1926 420 0.000182934 396 24 89%
1927 395 0.000170306 381 14 93%
1928 401 0.00017736 393 8 96%
1929 366 0.000166959 355 11 94%
1930 343 0.000154276 335 8 95%
1931 285 0.000135431 278 7 95%
1932 291 0.00013783 281 10 93%
1933 241 0.000120533 241 100%
1934 223 0.000107376 214 9 92%
1935 218 0.000104311 211 7 94%
1936 170 0.000081826 164 6 93%
1937 179 0.000084011 179 100%
1938 158 0.00007141 158 100%
1939 170 0.000077152 163 7 92%
1940 166 0.00007209 161 5 94%
1941 180 0.000073879 180 100%
1942 232 0.000084925 232 100%
1943 203 0.000071921 203 100%
1944 162 0.000060221 162 100%
1945 221 0.000083305 221 100%
1946 240 0.00007511 240 100%
1947 236 0.000065513 236 100%
1948 212 0.000061404 212 100%
1949 184 0.000052801 184 100%
1950 181 0.000051665 181 100%
1951 208 0.000056464 208 100%
1952 196 0.000051606 196 100%
1953 186 0.000048266 186 100%
1954 230 0.000057779 230 100%
1955 218 0.000054295 218 100%
1956 216 0.000052389 216 100%
1957 227 0.00005402 227 100%
1958 233 0.000056363 233 100%
1959 233 0.000056037 233 100%
1960 220 0.000052963 220 100%
1961 228 0.000055042 228 100%
1962 203 0.000050305 203 100%
1963 176 0.000044465 176 100%
1964 140 0.000036012 140 100%
1965 132 0.000036409 132 100%
1966 110 0.000031649 110 100%
1967 100 0.000029456 100 100%
1968 112 0.000033152 112 100%
1969 123 0.000035392 123 100%
1970 93 0.000025787 93 100%
1971 99 0.000028843 99 100%
1972 80 0.000025453 80 100%
1973 63 0.000020882 63 100%
1974 70 0.000023026 70 100%
1975 54 0.000017884 54 100%
1976 64 0.000021092 64 100%
1977 63 0.000019833 63 100%
1978 53 0.000016699 53 100%
1979 49 0.000014728 49 100%
1980 54 0.000015677 54 100%
1981 45 0.000013008 45 100%
1982 55 0.000015679 55 100%
1983 33 0.000009528 33 100%
1984 46 0.000013185 46 100%
1985 42 0.000011768 42 100%
1986 39 0.000010964 39 100%
1987 28 0.000007766 28 100%
1988 34 0.000009202 34 100%
1989 37 0.000009624 37 100%
1990 38 0.000009614 38 100%
1991 38 0.000009755 38 100%
1992 34 0.000008851 34 100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 100%
1995 18 0.000004915 18 100%
1996 15 0.000004113 15 100%
1997 24 0.000006619 24 100%
1998 23 0.000006253 23 100%
1999 35 0.000009475 35 100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 100%
2001 22 0.000005877 22 100%
2002 20 0.00000535 20 100%
2003 18 0.000004734 18 100%
2004 19 0.000004973 19 100%
2005 23 0.000005982 23 100%
2006 24 0.000006066 24 100%
2007 29 0.000007254 29 100%
2008 18 0.000004579 18 100%
2009 16 0.000004188 16 100%
2010 22 0.000005953 22 100%
2011 16 0.000004374 16 100%
2012 22 0.000006015 22 100%
2013 21 0.00000576 21 100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 100%
2015 15 0.000004053 15 100%
2016 22 0.000005997 22 100%
2017 21 0.000005872 21 100%
2018 20 0.000005688 20 100%
2019 15 0.000004322 15 100%
2020 16 0.00000479 16 100%
2021 18 0.000005313 18 100%
2022 19 0.000005616 19 100%
2023 29 0.000008758 29 100%
2024 17 0.000005107 17 100%

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