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How popular is “Nella” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nella” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nella” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nella” 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 10 0.000049632 10 100%
1881 19 0.000098605 19 100%
1882 11 0.000049654 11 100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 100%
1884 19 0.000078041 19 100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 100%
1886 11 0.000043084 11 100%
1887 12 0.000048506 12 100%
1888 17 0.000056766 17 100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 100%
1891 15 0.000052324 15 100%
1892 18 0.000053832 18 100%
1893 16 0.000049197 16 100%
1894 19 0.000056098 19 100%
1895 18 0.000051279 18 100%
1896 14 0.000039163 14 100%
1897 17 0.000048997 17 100%
1898 11 0.000028837 11 100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 100%
1900 14 0.000031093 14 100%
1901 13 0.000037593 13 100%
1902 15 0.000038786 15 100%
1903 20 0.000052466 20 100%
1904 14 0.000034698 14 100%
1905 22 0.000051896 22 100%
1906 12 0.000028008 12 100%
1907 22 0.000047272 22 100%
1908 26 0.000053208 26 100%
1909 18 0.00003521 18 100%
1910 34 0.000057558 34 100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 100%
1912 44 0.000044532 44 100%
1913 36 0.000031659 36 100%
1914 44 0.000031066 44 100%
1915 48 0.000026195 48 100%
1916 57 0.000029466 57 100%
1917 47 0.000023421 47 100%
1918 74 0.000034084 74 100%
1919 61 0.000028907 61 100%
1920 57 0.000025192 57 100%
1921 79 0.00003384 79 100%
1922 74 0.000032326 74 100%
1923 58 0.00002519 58 100%
1924 70 0.000029392 70 100%
1925 74 0.000031715 74 100%
1926 58 0.000025262 58 100%
1927 81 0.000034923 81 100%
1928 57 0.000025211 57 100%
1929 48 0.000021896 48 100%
1930 68 0.000030585 68 100%
1931 56 0.000026611 56 100%
1932 66 0.00003126 66 100%
1933 58 0.000029008 58 100%
1934 81 0.000039002 81 100%
1935 59 0.000028231 59 100%
1936 65 0.000031286 65 100%
1937 68 0.000031915 68 100%
1938 52 0.000023502 52 100%
1939 46 0.000020876 46 100%
1940 61 0.000026491 61 100%
1941 54 0.000022164 54 100%
1942 38 0.00001391 38 100%
1943 43 0.000015234 43 100%
1944 38 0.000014126 38 100%
1945 33 0.000012439 33 100%
1946 38 0.000011892 38 100%
1947 38 0.000010549 38 100%
1948 28 0.00000811 28 100%
1949 41 0.000011765 41 100%
1950 31 0.000008849 31 100%
1951 39 0.000010587 39 100%
1952 37 0.000009742 37 100%
1953 33 0.000008563 33 100%
1954 32 0.000008039 32 100%
1955 23 0.000005728 23 100%
1956 25 0.000006063 25 100%
1957 22 0.000005235 22 100%
1958 24 0.000005806 24 100%
1959 19 0.00000457 19 100%
1960 26 0.000006259 26 100%
1961 20 0.000004828 20 100%
1962 25 0.000006195 25 100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 100%
1964 25 0.000006431 25 100%
1965 18 0.000004965 18 100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 100%
1967 16 0.000004713 16 100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 100%
1969 17 0.000004892 17 100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 100%
2002 12 0.00000321 12 100%
2004 15 0.000003926 15 100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 100%
2006 25 0.000006319 25 100%
2007 22 0.000005503 22 100%
2008 32 0.000008141 32 100%
2009 48 0.000012565 48 100%
2010 39 0.000010553 39 100%
2011 39 0.000010662 39 100%
2012 58 0.000015858 58 100%
2013 51 0.000013989 51 100%
2014 63 0.000016998 63 100%
2015 60 0.000016212 60 100%
2016 58 0.000015809 58 100%
2017 75 0.000020972 75 100%
2018 80 0.000022754 80 100%
2019 74 0.00002132 74 100%
2020 66 0.000019757 66 100%
2021 72 0.000021252 72 100%
2022 81 0.000023942 81 100%
2023 61 0.000018422 61 100%
2024 61 0.000018327 61 100%

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