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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Nelia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nelia” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nelia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nelia” 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 5 0.000024816 5 100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 100%
1888 17 0.000056766 17 100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 100%
1898 11 0.000028837 11 100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 100%
1900 8 0.000017768 8 100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 100%
1902 14 0.000036201 14 100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 100%
1905 10 0.000023589 10 100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 100%
1908 10 0.000020465 10 100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 100%
1915 22 0.000012006 22 100%
1916 15 0.000007754 15 100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 100%
1919 14 0.000006634 14 100%
1920 21 0.000009281 21 100%
1921 14 0.000005997 14 100%
1922 10 0.000004368 10 100%
1923 14 0.00000608 14 100%
1924 17 0.000007138 17 100%
1925 12 0.000005143 12 100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 100%
1927 12 0.000005174 12 100%
1928 12 0.000005308 12 100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 100%
1933 17 0.000008502 17 100%
1934 15 0.000007223 15 100%
1935 12 0.000005742 12 100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 100%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 100%
1941 13 0.000005336 13 100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 100%
1948 15 0.000004345 15 100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 100%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 100%
1953 13 0.000003373 13 100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 100%
1955 15 0.000003736 15 100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 100%
1957 16 0.000003808 16 100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 100%
1962 13 0.000003222 13 100%
1963 13 0.000003284 13 100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 100%
1970 19 0.000005268 19 100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 100%
1972 15 0.000004773 15 100%
1973 14 0.000004641 14 100%
1974 18 0.000005921 18 100%
1975 17 0.00000563 17 100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 100%
2009 13 0.000003403 13 100%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 100%
2011 14 0.000003827 14 100%
2012 15 0.000004101 15 100%
2013 19 0.000005212 19 100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 100%
2015 24 0.000006485 24 100%
2016 16 0.000004361 16 100%
2017 22 0.000006152 22 100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 100%
2020 19 0.000005688 19 100%
2021 9 0.000002656 9 100%
2022 17 0.000005025 17 100%
2023 13 0.000003926 13 100%
2024 19 0.000005708 19 100%

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