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How popular is “Lyla” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lyla” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lyla” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lyla” 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
1884 7 0.000028752 7 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 100%
1893 14 0.000043047 14 100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 100%
1895 11 0.000031337 11 100%
1896 15 0.00004196 15 100%
1897 12 0.000034586 12 100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 100%
1900 14 0.000031093 14 100%
1901 9 0.000026026 9 100%
1902 11 0.000028443 11 100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 100%
1905 10 0.000023589 10 100%
1906 16 0.000037344 16 100%
1907 11 0.000023636 11 100%
1908 20 0.000040929 20 100%
1909 10 0.000019561 10 100%
1910 21 0.00003555 21 100%
1911 13 0.000020178 13 100%
1912 35 0.000035423 35 100%
1913 35 0.00003078 35 100%
1914 43 0.00003036 43 100%
1915 52 0.000028378 52 100%
1916 60 0.000031017 60 100%
1917 51 0.000025414 51 100%
1918 67 0.00003086 67 100%
1919 50 0.000023694 50 100%
1920 69 0.000030495 69 100%
1921 86 0.000036839 86 100%
1922 78 0.000034074 78 100%
1923 82 0.000035614 82 100%
1924 103 0.000043248 103 100%
1925 117 0.000050144 117 100%
1926 89 0.000038765 89 100%
1927 79 0.000034061 79 100%
1928 73 0.000032287 73 100%
1929 80 0.000036494 80 100%
1930 75 0.000033734 75 100%
1931 66 0.000031363 66 100%
1932 64 0.000030313 64 100%
1933 64 0.000032009 64 100%
1934 66 0.000031779 66 100%
1935 62 0.000029666 62 100%
1936 61 0.000029361 61 100%
1937 50 0.000023467 50 100%
1938 61 0.00002757 61 100%
1939 65 0.000029499 65 100%
1940 74 0.000032136 74 100%
1941 53 0.000021753 53 100%
1942 70 0.000025624 70 100%
1943 81 0.000028697 81 100%
1944 43 0.000015985 43 100%
1945 61 0.000022994 61 100%
1946 61 0.00001909 61 100%
1947 49 0.000013602 49 100%
1948 66 0.000019116 66 100%
1949 51 0.000014635 51 100%
1950 50 0.000014272 50 100%
1951 62 0.000016831 62 100%
1952 48 0.000012638 48 100%
1953 50 0.000012975 50 100%
1954 46 0.000011556 46 100%
1955 37 0.000009215 37 100%
1956 51 0.00001237 51 100%
1957 40 0.000009519 40 100%
1958 26 0.000006289 26 100%
1959 31 0.000007456 31 100%
1960 29 0.000006982 29 100%
1961 30 0.000007242 30 100%
1962 33 0.000008178 33 100%
1963 28 0.000007074 28 100%
1964 20 0.000005145 20 100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 100%
1969 17 0.000004892 17 100%
1970 17 0.000004714 17 100%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 100%
1972 18 0.000005727 18 100%
1973 19 0.000006298 19 100%
1974 18 0.000005921 18 100%
1975 22 0.000007286 22 100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 100%
1977 28 0.000008815 28 100%
1978 15 0.000004726 15 100%
1979 20 0.000006011 20 100%
1980 18 0.000005226 18 100%
1981 20 0.000005781 20 100%
1982 21 0.000005986 21 100%
1983 17 0.000004909 17 100%
1984 21 0.000006019 21 100%
1985 27 0.000007565 27 100%
1986 23 0.000006466 23 100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 100%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 100%
1989 29 0.000007543 29 100%
1990 34 0.000008602 34 100%
1991 30 0.000007702 30 100%
1992 26 0.000006769 26 100%
1993 29 0.000007692 29 100%
1994 20 0.00000538 20 100%
1995 26 0.0000071 26 100%
1996 29 0.000007951 29 100%
1997 34 0.000009377 34 100%
1998 64 0.0000174 64 100%
1999 84 0.00002274 84 100%
2000 98 0.000025927 98 100%
2001 119 0.000031789 119 100%
2002 139 0.000037183 139 100%
2003 196 0.000051547 196 100%
2004 208 0.000054437 208 100%
2005 293 0.000076206 293 100%
2006 449 0.000113493 449 100%
2007 887 0.000221879 887 100%
2008 1508 0.00038365 1508 100%
2009 2070 0.00054186 2070 100%
2010 2290 0.000619632 2290 100%
2011 2416 0.000660508 2416 100%
2012 2225 0.000608361 2225 100%
2013 2083 0.000571363 2083 100%
2014 2383 0.000642946 2383 100%
2015 2276 0.000614984 2276 100%
2016 2224 0.00060621 2224 100%
2017 2268 0.000634194 2268 100%
2018 2305 0.000655594 2305 100%
2019 2449 0.000705574 2449 100%
2020 2307 0.000690599 2307 100%
2021 2525 0.000745289 2520 5 100%
2022 2664 0.000787435 2664 100%
2023 2655 0.000801825 2655 100%
2024 2944 0.000884482 2944 100%

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