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How popular is “Lyle” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lyle” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lyle” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lyle” 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 7 0.000034742 7 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 12 0.000049289 12 -100%
1885 13 0.000053975 13 -100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 -100%
1887 17 0.000068717 17 -100%
1888 29 0.000096836 7 22 -52%
1889 18 0.000062295 18 -100%
1890 27 0.000089582 5 22 -63%
1891 31 0.000108137 31 -100%
1892 34 0.000101683 5 29 -71%
1893 36 0.000110693 7 29 -61%
1894 56 0.000165343 8 48 -71%
1895 40 0.000113954 40 -100%
1896 45 0.00012588 10 35 -56%
1897 49 0.000141228 10 39 -59%
1898 65 0.0001704 9 56 -72%
1899 42 0.000123808 42 -100%
1900 55 0.000122152 6 49 -78%
1901 65 0.000187963 5 60 -85%
1902 55 0.000142217 7 48 -75%
1903 66 0.000173137 66 -100%
1904 74 0.000183402 74 -100%
1905 71 0.000167484 10 61 -72%
1906 98 0.000228731 5 93 -90%
1907 84 0.000180494 8 76 -81%
1908 82 0.00016781 7 75 -83%
1909 72 0.000140838 72 -100%
1910 125 0.000211609 8 117 -87%
1911 140 0.000217298 12 128 -83%
1912 340 0.000344108 15 325 -91%
1913 358 0.000314833 16 342 -91%
1914 522 0.000368555 27 495 -90%
1915 736 0.000401653 17 719 -95%
1916 822 0.000424934 16 806 -96%
1917 882 0.000439517 27 855 -94%
1918 1010 0.0004652 17 993 -97%
1919 901 0.000426965 24 877 -95%
1920 996 0.000440193 29 967 -94%
1921 1039 0.000445062 32 1007 -94%
1922 1071 0.000467858 16 1055 -97%
1923 1031 0.000447778 20 1011 -96%
1924 1023 0.000429541 23 1000 -96%
1925 1034 0.000443149 22 1012 -96%
1926 1073 0.000467354 22 1051 -96%
1927 1071 0.000461766 17 1054 -97%
1928 1015 0.000448929 16 999 -97%
1929 1021 0.00046575 14 1007 -97%
1930 966 0.000434492 19 947 -96%
1931 965 0.000458566 21 944 -96%
1932 985 0.000466539 16 969 -97%
1933 925 0.000462628 9 916 -98%
1934 954 0.000459357 15 939 -97%
1935 943 0.000451218 9 934 -98%
1936 924 0.000444749 14 910 -97%
1937 887 0.000416301 12 875 -97%
1938 796 0.000359762 6 790 -98%
1939 843 0.000382583 9 834 -98%
1940 874 0.000379557 10 864 -98%
1941 951 0.000390326 12 939 -97%
1942 899 0.000329085 9 890 -98%
1943 900 0.00031886 16 884 -96%
1944 825 0.000306682 12 813 -97%
1945 774 0.000291755 8 766 -98%
1946 870 0.000272274 11 859 -97%
1947 912 0.00025317 8 904 -98%
1948 877 0.000254018 13 864 -97%
1949 842 0.000241622 7 835 -98%
1950 843 0.000240626 15 828 -96%
1951 830 0.000225315 15 815 -96%
1952 914 0.000240653 17 897 -96%
1953 907 0.000235362 16 891 -96%
1954 900 0.00022609 11 889 -98%
1955 829 0.000206472 8 821 -98%
1956 809 0.000196215 15 794 -96%
1957 846 0.000201326 8 838 -98%
1958 779 0.000188442 9 770 -98%
1959 768 0.000184705 7 761 -98%
1960 737 0.000177427 7 730 -98%
1961 668 0.000161263 9 659 -97%
1962 654 0.000162067 10 644 -97%
1963 575 0.000145268 575 -100%
1964 522 0.000134273 7 515 -97%
1965 454 0.000125226 454 -100%
1966 435 0.000125156 435 -100%
1967 377 0.000111049 377 -100%
1968 434 0.000128463 434 -100%
1969 441 0.000126895 6 435 -97%
1970 474 0.000131429 9 465 -96%
1971 400 0.000116538 5 395 -98%
1972 319 0.000101496 6 313 -96%
1973 287 0.000095131 287 -100%
1974 271 0.000089145 271 -100%
1975 247 0.000081804 247 -100%
1976 221 0.000072834 221 -100%
1977 279 0.000087833 279 -100%
1978 241 0.000075933 6 235 -95%
1979 251 0.000075443 5 246 -96%
1980 268 0.000077805 268 -100%
1981 246 0.000071111 246 -100%
1982 230 0.000065565 6 224 -95%
1983 247 0.000071318 247 -100%
1984 255 0.000073092 255 -100%
1985 246 0.000068925 246 -100%
1986 297 0.000083495 297 -100%
1987 253 0.000070168 253 -100%
1988 248 0.000067117 248 -100%
1989 252 0.000065549 252 -100%
1990 257 0.000065022 257 -100%
1991 179 0.000045953 179 -100%
1992 189 0.000049202 189 -100%
1993 159 0.000042172 159 -100%
1994 149 0.000040079 149 -100%
1995 143 0.000039048 143 -100%
1996 118 0.000032354 118 -100%
1997 122 0.000033648 122 -100%
1998 97 0.000026372 97 -100%
1999 100 0.000027072 7 93 -86%
2000 102 0.000026985 102 -100%
2001 100 0.000026714 100 -100%
2002 107 0.000028623 107 -100%
2003 117 0.000030771 117 -100%
2004 79 0.000020676 79 -100%
2005 88 0.000022888 5 83 -89%
2006 104 0.000026288 104 -100%
2007 86 0.000021512 86 -100%
2008 78 0.000019844 78 -100%
2009 86 0.000022512 86 -100%
2010 101 0.000027329 101 -100%
2011 137 0.000037454 137 -100%
2012 133 0.000036365 133 -100%
2013 178 0.000048825 10 168 -89%
2014 182 0.000049105 10 172 -89%
2015 183 0.000049447 183 -100%
2016 214 0.000058331 6 208 -94%
2017 205 0.000057323 205 -100%
2018 225 0.000063995 5 220 -96%
2019 242 0.000069722 7 235 -94%
2020 207 0.000061965 207 -100%
2021 225 0.000066412 8 217 -93%
2022 219 0.000064733 10 209 -91%
2023 200 0.000060401 8 192 -92%
2024 218 0.000065495 218 -100%

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