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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Mabel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mabel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Mabel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mabel” 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 808 0.004010244 808 100%
1881 893 0.004634435 893 100%
1882 997 0.004500458 997 100%
1883 1092 0.005033511 1086 6 99%
1884 1270 0.005216441 1270 100%
1885 1356 0.005629967 1349 7 99%
1886 1428 0.005593069 1422 6 99%
1887 1499 0.00605921 1494 5 99%
1888 1830 0.006110714 1830 100%
1889 1954 0.006762509 1947 7 99%
1890 2066 0.006854655 2058 8 99%
1891 2037 0.007105657 2029 8 99%
1892 2170 0.006489739 2170 100%
1893 2201 0.006767664 2191 10 99%
1894 2227 0.006575334 2221 6 99%
1895 2359 0.006720415 2359 100%
1896 2283 0.0063863 2283 100%
1897 2232 0.006433074 2222 10 99%
1898 2338 0.006129163 2331 7 99%
1899 2133 0.006287695 2127 6 99%
1900 2517 0.005590128 2509 8 99%
1901 2109 0.00609869 2097 12 99%
1902 2292 0.005926569 2280 12 99%
1903 2171 0.005695173 2163 8 99%
1904 2184 0.005412841 2172 12 99%
1905 2185 0.00515425 2178 7 99%
1906 2064 0.004817354 2054 10 99%
1907 2080 0.00446937 2069 11 99%
1908 2108 0.004313935 2096 12 99%
1909 2018 0.003947389 2007 11 99%
1910 2133 0.003610903 2123 10 99%
1911 2181 0.003385185 2171 10 99%
1912 2729 0.002761972 2714 15 99%
1913 2749 0.002417532 2741 8 99%
1914 3143 0.002219094 3131 12 99%
1915 3696 0.002016998 3683 13 99%
1916 3686 0.001905484 3680 6 100%
1917 3516 0.001752087 3499 17 99%
1918 3645 0.001678864 3636 9 100%
1919 3412 0.001616874 3405 7 100%
1920 3373 0.001490735 3364 9 99%
1921 3341 0.001431138 3336 5 100%
1922 2900 0.001266842 2894 6 100%
1923 2703 0.001173951 2696 7 99%
1924 2657 0.001115632 2652 5 100%
1925 2300 0.000985728 2292 8 99%
1926 2084 0.000907703 2076 8 99%
1927 1959 0.00084463 1954 5 99%
1928 1749 0.000773573 1742 7 99%
1929 1525 0.000695661 1516 9 99%
1930 1378 0.000619803 1369 9 99%
1931 1066 0.000506561 1060 6 99%
1932 1117 0.00052906 1111 6 99%
1933 882 0.000441122 875 7 98%
1934 856 0.000412169 850 6 99%
1935 826 0.000395234 826 100%
1936 743 0.000357628 743 100%
1937 702 0.000329474 697 5 99%
1938 674 0.000304623 674 100%
1939 593 0.000269124 593 100%
1940 553 0.000240154 548 5 98%
1941 507 0.000208092 507 100%
1942 513 0.000187787 513 100%
1943 478 0.00016935 478 100%
1944 387 0.000143862 387 100%
1945 344 0.000129669 344 100%
1946 334 0.000104528 334 100%
1947 345 0.000095772 345 100%
1948 311 0.000090079 311 100%
1949 253 0.000072602 253 100%
1950 228 0.00006508 228 100%
1951 200 0.000054293 200 100%
1952 216 0.000056872 216 100%
1953 197 0.00005112 197 100%
1954 173 0.00004346 173 100%
1955 194 0.000048318 194 100%
1956 181 0.0000439 181 100%
1957 175 0.000041645 175 100%
1958 132 0.000031931 132 100%
1959 140 0.00003367 140 100%
1960 134 0.00003226 134 100%
1961 140 0.000033798 140 100%
1962 126 0.000031224 126 100%
1963 122 0.000030822 122 100%
1964 124 0.000031896 124 100%
1965 94 0.000025928 94 100%
1966 84 0.000024168 84 100%
1967 72 0.000021208 72 100%
1968 71 0.000021016 71 100%
1969 86 0.000024746 86 100%
1970 60 0.000016637 60 100%
1971 75 0.000021851 75 100%
1972 68 0.000021635 68 100%
1973 65 0.000021545 65 100%
1974 82 0.000026974 82 100%
1975 68 0.000022521 68 100%
1976 76 0.000025047 76 100%
1977 64 0.000020148 64 100%
1978 62 0.000019535 62 100%
1979 70 0.00002104 70 100%
1980 76 0.000022064 76 100%
1981 86 0.00002486 86 100%
1982 75 0.00002138 75 100%
1983 73 0.000021078 73 100%
1984 75 0.000021498 75 100%
1985 67 0.000018772 67 100%
1986 72 0.000020241 72 100%
1987 86 0.000023852 86 100%
1988 105 0.000028416 105 100%
1989 64 0.000016647 64 100%
1990 78 0.000019734 78 100%
1991 75 0.000019254 75 100%
1992 80 0.000020826 80 100%
1993 65 0.00001724 65 100%
1994 76 0.000020443 76 100%
1995 53 0.000014472 53 100%
1996 58 0.000015903 58 100%
1997 42 0.000011584 42 100%
1998 77 0.000020934 77 100%
1999 90 0.000024365 90 100%
2000 75 0.000019842 75 100%
2001 83 0.000022172 83 100%
2002 93 0.000024878 93 100%
2003 97 0.000025511 97 100%
2004 90 0.000023555 90 100%
2005 106 0.000027569 106 100%
2006 116 0.000029321 116 100%
2007 127 0.000031768 127 100%
2008 139 0.000035363 139 100%
2009 147 0.00003848 147 100%
2010 177 0.000047893 177 100%
2011 196 0.000053584 196 100%
2012 241 0.000065894 241 100%
2013 393 0.000107799 393 100%
2014 427 0.000115207 427 100%
2015 529 0.000142938 529 100%
2016 605 0.000164909 605 100%
2017 703 0.000196578 703 100%
2018 727 0.000206775 727 100%
2019 712 0.000205132 712 100%
2020 717 0.000214634 717 100%
2021 831 0.000245281 831 100%
2022 1026 0.000303269 1026 100%
2023 1130 0.000341266 1130 100%
2024 1380 0.000414601 1380 100%

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