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How popular is “Nell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nell” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nell” 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 77 0.000382164 77 100%
1881 75 0.00038923 75 100%
1882 103 0.000464942 103 100%
1883 116 0.000534695 116 100%
1884 120 0.000492892 120 100%
1885 151 0.000626936 151 100%
1886 175 0.000685425 175 100%
1887 146 0.000590157 146 100%
1888 188 0.000627767 188 100%
1889 194 0.000671406 194 100%
1890 221 0.000733242 221 100%
1891 190 0.000662776 190 100%
1892 216 0.000645983 216 100%
1893 187 0.00057499 187 100%
1894 215 0.000634799 215 100%
1895 247 0.000703664 247 100%
1896 215 0.000601426 215 100%
1897 209 0.00060238 209 100%
1898 246 0.000644899 246 100%
1899 192 0.000565981 192 100%
1900 261 0.000579668 256 5 96%
1901 205 0.000592808 205 100%
1902 247 0.000638684 247 100%
1903 206 0.000540399 206 100%
1904 226 0.00056012 226 100%
1905 229 0.000540194 229 100%
1906 241 0.000562491 241 100%
1907 261 0.00056082 261 100%
1908 288 0.00058938 288 100%
1909 277 0.000541837 277 100%
1910 324 0.000548492 318 6 96%
1911 322 0.000499784 322 100%
1912 422 0.000427099 422 100%
1913 499 0.000438832 491 8 97%
1914 530 0.000374203 530 100%
1915 689 0.000376004 689 100%
1916 729 0.000376858 722 7 98%
1917 766 0.000381712 766 100%
1918 696 0.000320573 687 9 97%
1919 674 0.000319394 666 8 98%
1920 661 0.000292136 661 100%
1921 760 0.000325551 760 100%
1922 654 0.000285695 647 7 98%
1923 629 0.000273184 624 5 98%
1924 640 0.000268726 635 5 98%
1925 627 0.000268718 627 100%
1926 531 0.000231281 531 100%
1927 568 0.000244895 562 6 98%
1928 504 0.000222916 498 6 98%
1929 489 0.000223068 489 100%
1930 511 0.00022984 511 100%
1931 456 0.00021669 456 100%
1932 483 0.00022877 483 100%
1933 452 0.000226063 443 9 96%
1934 427 0.000205603 427 100%
1935 396 0.000189483 390 6 97%
1936 351 0.000168947 351 100%
1937 321 0.000150657 321 100%
1938 331 0.0001496 331 100%
1939 276 0.000125259 271 5 96%
1940 296 0.000128546 296 100%
1941 240 0.000098505 240 100%
1942 261 0.000095541 261 100%
1943 225 0.000079715 225 100%
1944 176 0.000065426 176 100%
1945 184 0.000069358 184 100%
1946 197 0.000061653 197 100%
1947 181 0.000050245 181 100%
1948 182 0.000052715 182 100%
1949 132 0.000037879 132 100%
1950 157 0.000044814 157 100%
1951 140 0.000038005 140 100%
1952 128 0.000033702 128 100%
1953 137 0.000035551 137 100%
1954 110 0.000027633 110 100%
1955 97 0.000024159 97 100%
1956 106 0.000025709 106 100%
1957 81 0.000019276 81 100%
1958 88 0.000021287 88 100%
1959 78 0.000018759 78 100%
1960 85 0.000020463 85 100%
1961 67 0.000016175 67 100%
1962 42 0.000010408 42 100%
1963 53 0.00001339 53 100%
1964 49 0.000012604 49 100%
1965 37 0.000010206 37 100%
1966 30 0.000008631 30 100%
1967 29 0.000008542 29 100%
1968 32 0.000009472 32 100%
1969 38 0.000010934 38 100%
1970 36 0.000009982 36 100%
1971 35 0.000010197 35 100%
1972 34 0.000010818 34 100%
1973 42 0.000013922 42 100%
1974 43 0.000014145 43 100%
1975 34 0.000011261 34 100%
1976 28 0.000009228 28 100%
1977 32 0.000010074 26 6 63%
1978 26 0.000008192 26 100%
1979 36 0.000010821 36 100%
1980 40 0.000011613 40 100%
1981 22 0.00000636 22 100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 100%
1983 29 0.000008373 29 100%
1984 28 0.000008026 28 100%
1985 24 0.000006724 24 100%
1986 22 0.000006185 22 100%
1987 29 0.000008043 29 100%
1988 25 0.000006766 25 100%
1989 24 0.000006243 24 100%
1990 31 0.000007843 31 100%
1991 21 0.000005391 21 100%
1992 20 0.000005207 20 100%
1993 19 0.000005039 19 100%
1994 19 0.000005111 19 100%
1995 18 0.000004915 18 100%
1996 36 0.000009871 36 100%
1997 32 0.000008826 32 100%
1998 32 0.0000087 32 100%
1999 31 0.000008392 31 100%
2000 28 0.000007408 28 100%
2001 35 0.00000935 35 100%
2002 23 0.000006153 23 100%
2003 23 0.000006049 23 100%
2004 19 0.000004973 19 100%
2005 27 0.000007022 27 100%
2006 30 0.000007583 30 100%
2007 24 0.000006003 24 100%
2008 20 0.000005088 20 100%
2009 30 0.000007853 30 100%
2010 24 0.000006494 24 100%
2011 32 0.000008748 32 100%
2012 32 0.000008749 32 100%
2013 44 0.000012069 44 100%
2014 42 0.000011332 42 100%
2015 61 0.000016482 61 100%
2016 70 0.00001908 70 100%
2017 87 0.000024328 87 100%
2018 72 0.000020478 72 100%
2019 115 0.000033132 115 100%
2020 79 0.000023649 79 100%
2021 96 0.000028336 96 100%
2022 119 0.000035174 119 100%
2023 123 0.000037147 123 100%
2024 150 0.000045065 150 100%

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