Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ly” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ly” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ly” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ly” 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
1973 5 0.000001657 5 100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 100%
1980 24 0.000006968 17 7 42%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 100%
1982 30 0.000008552 22 8 47%
1983 28 0.000008085 15 13 7%
1984 32 0.000009172 24 8 50%
1985 22 0.000006164 16 6 45%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 -100%
1987 19 0.00000527 11 8 16%
1988 19 0.000005142 12 7 26%
1989 18 0.000004682 13 5 44%
1990 21 0.000005313 11 10 5%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 100%
1992 17 0.000004426 12 5 41%
1993 19 0.000005039 11 8 16%
1994 16 0.000004304 11 5 38%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 100%
1996 12 0.00000329 7 5 17%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 100%

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