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How popular is “Loretta” in the USA?

Number of people named “Loretta” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Loretta” by birth year

This chart shows how “Loretta” 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 41 0.00020349 41 100%
1881 58 0.000301005 58 100%
1882 72 0.000325008 72 100%
1883 76 0.000350318 76 100%
1884 94 0.000386099 94 100%
1885 91 0.000377822 91 100%
1886 141 0.000552257 141 100%
1887 134 0.000541651 134 100%
1888 157 0.000524253 157 100%
1889 172 0.000595267 172 100%
1890 228 0.000756467 228 100%
1891 212 0.000739519 212 100%
1892 263 0.000786544 263 100%
1893 323 0.000993165 323 100%
1894 330 0.000974342 330 100%
1895 365 0.001039827 365 100%
1896 391 0.001093755 391 100%
1897 406 0.001170174 406 100%
1898 454 0.00119018 454 100%
1899 410 0.001208605 410 100%
1900 535 0.001188208 535 100%
1901 438 0.001266584 438 100%
1902 461 0.001192037 461 100%
1903 505 0.001324764 505 100%
1904 506 0.001254074 506 100%
1905 527 0.001243153 527 100%
1906 520 0.001213674 520 100%
1907 520 0.001117343 520 100%
1908 566 0.001158296 566 100%
1909 573 0.001120839 573 100%
1910 655 0.001108833 655 100%
1911 746 0.001157885 739 7 98%
1912 984 0.000995889 978 6 99%
1913 1074 0.0009445 1074 100%
1914 1329 0.000938331 1323 6 99%
1915 1815 0.00099049 1810 5 99%
1916 1910 0.000987378 1903 7 99%
1917 1970 0.000981687 1970 100%
1918 2051 0.000944678 2051 100%
1919 2073 0.00098235 2067 6 99%
1920 2122 0.000937841 2122 100%
1921 2139 0.000916254 2134 5 100%
1922 2101 0.000917806 2095 6 99%
1923 2143 0.000930735 2143 100%
1924 2269 0.000952717 2261 8 99%
1925 2264 0.000970299 2255 9 99%
1926 2114 0.00092077 2108 6 99%
1927 2023 0.000872224 2018 5 100%
1928 2006 0.000887242 1996 10 99%
1929 1952 0.000890446 1939 13 99%
1930 2495 0.001122212 2482 13 99%
1931 2590 0.001230762 2581 9 99%
1932 2756 0.001305362 2746 10 99%
1933 2726 0.001363377 2705 21 98%
1934 2992 0.001440667 2978 14 99%
1935 3379 0.001616824 3365 14 99%
1936 3342 0.001608604 3325 17 99%
1937 3686 0.001729972 3673 13 99%
1938 3931 0.001776664 3913 18 99%
1939 3785 0.001717767 3769 16 99%
1940 3513 0.00152561 3502 11 99%
1941 3115 0.001278513 3100 15 99%
1942 3417 0.001250815 3406 11 99%
1943 3174 0.001124511 3169 5 100%
1944 2755 0.001024134 2746 9 99%
1945 2668 0.001005688 2660 8 99%
1946 2902 0.000908207 2892 10 99%
1947 3009 0.000835295 3001 8 99%
1948 2874 0.000832436 2868 6 100%
1949 2776 0.000796608 2776 100%
1950 2727 0.000778396 2720 7 99%
1951 2497 0.000677844 2489 8 99%
1952 2622 0.000690362 2616 6 100%
1953 2666 0.000691813 2666 100%
1954 3252 0.00081694 3245 7 100%
1955 3442 0.000857268 3431 11 99%
1956 3416 0.000828516 3407 9 99%
1957 3359 0.000799354 3350 9 99%
1958 3321 0.000803357 3314 7 100%
1959 3172 0.000762868 3156 16 99%
1960 3204 0.000771339 3191 13 99%
1961 2929 0.000707095 2922 7 100%
1962 2525 0.000625717 2514 11 99%
1963 2511 0.000634379 2506 5 100%
1964 2236 0.000575161 2228 8 99%
1965 1844 0.000508627 1839 5 99%
1966 1910 0.000549537 1899 11 99%
1967 1808 0.000532564 1803 5 99%
1968 1635 0.000483955 1627 8 99%
1969 1548 0.000445426 1541 7 99%
1970 1369 0.000379591 1364 5 99%
1971 1309 0.000381371 1304 5 99%
1972 1047 0.000333122 1047 100%
1973 972 0.000322186 972 100%
1974 956 0.000314474 956 100%
1975 778 0.000257668 778 100%
1976 671 0.000221138 671 100%
1977 571 0.000179758 571 100%
1978 481 0.00015155 481 100%
1979 496 0.000149083 496 100%
1980 418 0.000121353 418 100%
1981 492 0.000142222 487 5 98%
1982 413 0.000117732 413 100%
1983 347 0.000100192 347 100%
1984 309 0.00008857 309 100%
1985 287 0.000080412 287 100%
1986 297 0.000083495 297 100%
1987 269 0.000074606 269 100%
1988 251 0.000067929 251 100%
1989 201 0.000052283 201 100%
1990 207 0.000052372 207 100%
1991 184 0.000047237 184 100%
1992 141 0.000036707 141 100%
1993 137 0.000036337 137 100%
1994 135 0.000036313 135 100%
1995 124 0.00003386 124 100%
1996 139 0.000038111 139 100%
1997 109 0.000030063 109 100%
1998 102 0.000027731 102 100%
1999 102 0.000027613 102 100%
2000 92 0.000024339 92 100%
2001 77 0.00002057 77 100%
2002 76 0.00002033 76 100%
2003 80 0.00002104 80 100%
2004 90 0.000023555 90 100%
2005 103 0.000026789 103 100%
2006 113 0.000028563 113 100%
2007 105 0.000026265 105 100%
2008 110 0.000027985 110 100%
2009 84 0.000021989 84 100%
2010 97 0.000026246 97 100%
2011 111 0.000030346 111 100%
2012 124 0.000033904 124 100%
2013 121 0.00003319 121 100%
2014 179 0.000048295 179 100%
2015 219 0.000059175 219 100%
2016 240 0.000065418 240 100%
2017 229 0.000064035 229 100%
2018 231 0.000065702 231 100%
2019 252 0.000072603 252 100%
2020 272 0.000081423 272 100%
2021 300 0.000088549 300 100%
2022 345 0.000101976 345 100%
2023 370 0.000111742 370 100%
2024 422 0.000126784 422 100%

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