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How popular is “Mable” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mable” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Mable” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mable” 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 83 0.000411943 83 100%
1881 88 0.000456697 88 100%
1882 125 0.00056425 125 100%
1883 120 0.000553133 120 100%
1884 139 0.000570933 139 100%
1885 180 0.000747341 180 100%
1886 187 0.000732426 187 100%
1887 182 0.000735675 182 100%
1888 209 0.00069789 209 100%
1889 231 0.000799457 231 100%
1890 247 0.000819506 247 100%
1891 268 0.000934863 268 100%
1892 279 0.000834395 279 100%
1893 294 0.000903995 294 100%
1894 332 0.000980247 332 100%
1895 331 0.000942966 331 100%
1896 367 0.001026619 367 100%
1897 371 0.001069297 371 100%
1898 356 0.000933269 356 100%
1899 339 0.00099931 339 100%
1900 506 0.0011238 506 100%
1901 425 0.001228991 425 100%
1902 483 0.001248924 478 5 98%
1903 461 0.001209339 461 100%
1904 485 0.001202027 485 100%
1905 562 0.001325716 562 100%
1906 510 0.001190334 510 100%
1907 574 0.001233374 569 5 98%
1908 566 0.001158296 566 100%
1909 586 0.001146269 586 100%
1910 684 0.001157927 679 5 99%
1911 659 0.00102285 659 100%
1912 919 0.000930104 919 100%
1913 913 0.000802913 907 6 99%
1914 1081 0.000763233 1081 100%
1915 1299 0.000708896 1287 12 98%
1916 1527 0.000789385 1520 7 99%
1917 1463 0.000729039 1463 100%
1918 1602 0.000737871 1593 9 99%
1919 1610 0.000762945 1610 100%
1920 1589 0.000702276 1579 10 99%
1921 1573 0.000673804 1566 7 99%
1922 1629 0.000711616 1620 9 99%
1923 1479 0.000642351 1472 7 99%
1924 1521 0.000638644 1516 5 99%
1925 1415 0.000606437 1408 7 99%
1926 1399 0.000609346 1389 10 99%
1927 1258 0.000542391 1249 9 99%
1928 1164 0.000514831 1152 12 98%
1929 1069 0.000487647 1060 9 98%
1930 989 0.000444837 976 13 97%
1931 907 0.000431004 897 10 98%
1932 918 0.000434805 909 9 98%
1933 811 0.000405612 804 7 98%
1934 766 0.000368834 758 8 98%
1935 730 0.000349299 724 6 98%
1936 719 0.000346076 712 7 98%
1937 699 0.000328066 691 8 98%
1938 641 0.000289708 641 100%
1939 646 0.000293178 639 7 98%
1940 589 0.000255788 589 100%
1941 539 0.000221226 539 100%
1942 577 0.000211215 577 100%
1943 546 0.000193441 540 6 98%
1944 436 0.000162077 436 100%
1945 451 0.000170002 451 100%
1946 474 0.000148343 474 100%
1947 471 0.000130749 471 100%
1948 419 0.000121361 419 100%
1949 425 0.000121959 425 100%
1950 356 0.000101617 356 100%
1951 356 0.000096641 356 100%
1952 323 0.000085045 323 100%
1953 265 0.000068766 265 100%
1954 247 0.000062049 247 100%
1955 330 0.00008219 330 100%
1956 249 0.000060392 249 100%
1957 174 0.000041407 174 100%
1958 196 0.000047413 196 100%
1959 163 0.000039202 163 100%
1960 162 0.000039 162 100%
1961 124 0.000029935 124 100%
1962 131 0.000032463 131 100%
1963 104 0.000026275 104 100%
1964 106 0.000027266 106 100%
1965 84 0.00002317 84 100%
1966 80 0.000023017 80 100%
1967 59 0.000017379 59 100%
1968 52 0.000015392 52 100%
1969 48 0.000013812 48 100%
1970 45 0.000012477 45 100%
1971 40 0.000011654 40 100%
1972 34 0.000010818 34 100%
1973 35 0.000011601 35 100%
1974 34 0.000011184 34 100%
1975 27 0.000008942 27 100%
1976 26 0.000008569 26 100%
1977 23 0.000007241 23 100%
1978 20 0.000006301 20 100%
1979 24 0.000007214 24 100%
1980 29 0.000008419 29 100%
1981 20 0.000005781 20 100%
1982 27 0.000007697 27 100%
1983 18 0.000005197 18 100%
1984 15 0.0000043 15 100%
1985 20 0.000005604 20 100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 100%
1987 21 0.000005824 21 100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 100%
1992 13 0.000003384 13 100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 100%
1995 13 0.00000355 13 100%
1996 12 0.00000329 12 100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 100%
1999 16 0.000004332 16 100%
2000 31 0.000008201 31 100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 100%
2006 21 0.000005308 21 100%
2007 19 0.000004753 19 100%
2008 18 0.000004579 18 100%
2009 15 0.000003927 15 100%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 100%
2011 10 0.000002734 10 100%
2012 23 0.000006289 23 100%
2013 23 0.000006309 23 100%
2014 22 0.000005936 22 100%
2015 22 0.000005944 22 100%
2016 31 0.00000845 31 100%
2017 38 0.000010626 38 100%
2018 38 0.000010808 38 100%
2019 37 0.00001066 37 100%
2020 46 0.00001377 46 100%
2021 49 0.000014463 49 100%
2022 46 0.000013597 46 100%
2023 61 0.000018422 61 100%
2024 73 0.000021932 73 100%

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