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How popular is “Lorelei” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lorelei” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lorelei” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lorelei” 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
1916 5 0.000002585 5 100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 100%
1925 7 0.000003 7 100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 100%
1927 18 0.000007761 18 100%
1928 56 0.000024768 56 100%
1929 36 0.000016422 36 100%
1930 27 0.000012144 27 100%
1931 17 0.000008078 17 100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 100%
1933 18 0.000009002 18 100%
1934 19 0.000009149 19 100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 100%
1936 11 0.000005295 11 100%
1937 26 0.000012203 26 100%
1938 121 0.000054687 121 100%
1939 83 0.000037668 83 100%
1940 58 0.000025188 58 100%
1941 82 0.000033656 82 100%
1942 79 0.000028918 79 100%
1943 43 0.000015234 43 100%
1944 38 0.000014126 38 100%
1945 48 0.000018093 48 100%
1946 44 0.00001377 44 100%
1947 59 0.000016378 59 100%
1948 67 0.000019406 67 100%
1949 69 0.0000198 69 100%
1950 81 0.000023121 81 100%
1951 111 0.000030132 111 100%
1952 114 0.000030016 114 100%
1953 141 0.000036589 141 100%
1954 176 0.000044213 176 100%
1955 143 0.000035616 143 100%
1956 137 0.000033228 137 100%
1957 142 0.000033792 142 100%
1958 114 0.000027577 114 100%
1959 110 0.000026455 110 100%
1960 115 0.000027685 115 100%
1961 111 0.000026797 111 100%
1962 109 0.000027011 109 100%
1963 117 0.000029559 117 100%
1964 97 0.000024951 97 100%
1965 113 0.000031169 113 100%
1966 102 0.000029347 102 100%
1967 97 0.000028572 97 100%
1968 73 0.000021608 73 100%
1969 86 0.000024746 86 100%
1970 75 0.000020796 75 100%
1971 53 0.000015441 53 100%
1972 52 0.000016545 52 100%
1973 48 0.00001591 48 100%
1974 62 0.000020395 62 100%
1975 63 0.000020865 63 100%
1976 71 0.000023399 71 100%
1977 64 0.000020148 64 100%
1978 77 0.000024261 77 100%
1979 68 0.000020439 68 100%
1980 53 0.000015387 53 100%
1981 56 0.000016188 56 100%
1982 54 0.000015394 54 100%
1983 41 0.000011838 41 100%
1984 44 0.000012612 44 100%
1985 54 0.00001513 54 100%
1986 41 0.000011526 41 100%
1987 32 0.000008875 32 100%
1988 23 0.000006225 23 100%
1989 31 0.000008064 31 100%
1990 41 0.000010373 41 100%
1991 44 0.000011296 44 100%
1992 40 0.000010413 40 100%
1993 40 0.000010609 40 100%
1994 30 0.00000807 30 100%
1995 24 0.000006554 24 100%
1996 39 0.000010693 39 100%
1997 39 0.000010756 39 100%
1998 34 0.000009244 34 100%
1999 44 0.000011912 44 100%
2000 63 0.000016667 63 100%
2001 99 0.000026447 99 100%
2002 202 0.000054035 202 100%
2003 226 0.000059437 226 100%
2004 248 0.000064906 248 100%
2005 320 0.000083228 320 100%
2006 380 0.000096052 380 100%
2007 431 0.000107812 431 100%
2008 446 0.000113467 446 100%
2009 504 0.000131931 504 100%
2010 548 0.000148279 548 100%
2011 585 0.000159933 585 100%
2012 573 0.00015667 573 100%
2013 604 0.000165676 604 100%
2014 653 0.000176183 653 100%
2015 704 0.000190223 704 100%
2016 716 0.000195165 716 100%
2017 683 0.000190985 683 100%
2018 659 0.000187434 659 100%
2019 682 0.000196489 682 100%
2020 601 0.000179909 601 100%
2021 700 0.000206615 700 100%
2022 715 0.000211342 715 100%
2023 630 0.000190264 630 100%
2024 684 0.000205498 684 100%

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