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How popular is “Nellie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nellie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nellie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nellie” 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 1001 0.004968137 995 6 99%
1881 1103 0.00572428 1096 7 99%
1882 1144 0.005164016 1138 6 99%
1883 1246 0.005743365 1246 100%
1884 1426 0.005857201 1417 9 99%
1885 1438 0.005970422 1432 6 99%
1886 1497 0.005863322 1492 5 99%
1887 1467 0.00592986 1457 10 99%
1888 1744 0.005823544 1736 8 99%
1889 1760 0.006091103 1752 8 99%
1890 1830 0.006071645 1821 9 99%
1891 1656 0.005776617 1647 9 99%
1892 1747 0.005224688 1738 9 99%
1893 1786 0.005491617 1770 16 98%
1894 1778 0.005249638 1767 11 99%
1895 1842 0.005247564 1833 9 99%
1896 1702 0.004761052 1696 6 99%
1897 1699 0.004896861 1693 6 99%
1898 1816 0.004760719 1810 6 99%
1899 1516 0.004468892 1510 6 99%
1900 1862 0.004135407 1850 12 99%
1901 1463 0.004230622 1454 9 99%
1902 1572 0.00406482 1566 6 99%
1903 1491 0.003911333 1491 100%
1904 1560 0.003866315 1560 100%
1905 1633 0.003852124 1626 7 99%
1906 1603 0.003741385 1596 7 99%
1907 1678 0.003605578 1671 7 99%
1908 1764 0.003609953 1757 7 99%
1909 1768 0.003458366 1768 100%
1910 1934 0.003274021 1928 6 99%
1911 1872 0.002905578 1866 6 99%
1912 2375 0.002403695 2365 10 99%
1913 2651 0.002331349 2645 6 100%
1914 2959 0.002089182 2952 7 100%
1915 3690 0.002013724 3679 11 99%
1916 3871 0.00200112 3862 9 100%
1917 3821 0.001904074 3808 13 99%
1918 4057 0.001868629 4048 9 100%
1919 3738 0.001771358 3726 12 99%
1920 3775 0.001668403 3762 13 99%
1921 3524 0.001509528 3513 11 99%
1922 3282 0.001433716 3274 8 100%
1923 3192 0.001386331 3184 8 99%
1924 3094 0.001299121 3075 19 99%
1925 2947 0.001263017 2937 10 99%
1926 2740 0.001193429 2722 18 99%
1927 2689 0.001159373 2678 11 99%
1928 2360 0.001043815 2346 14 99%
1929 2214 0.001009962 2198 16 99%
1930 2228 0.001002119 2213 15 99%
1931 2003 0.000951821 1987 16 98%
1932 1996 0.000945393 1979 17 98%
1933 1880 0.00094026 1867 13 99%
1934 1851 0.000891268 1837 14 98%
1935 1753 0.000838796 1738 15 98%
1936 1674 0.000805746 1665 9 99%
1937 1600 0.000750937 1590 10 99%
1938 1467 0.000663029 1454 13 98%
1939 1383 0.000627654 1373 10 99%
1940 1307 0.000567598 1300 7 99%
1941 1292 0.000530285 1284 8 99%
1942 1218 0.000445857 1207 11 98%
1943 1077 0.000381569 1077 100%
1944 1011 0.000375825 1011 100%
1945 938 0.000353574 933 5 99%
1946 885 0.000276969 885 100%
1947 882 0.000244842 876 6 99%
1948 891 0.000258073 891 100%
1949 743 0.000213213 743 100%
1950 757 0.000216078 757 100%
1951 604 0.000163964 604 100%
1952 637 0.00016772 637 100%
1953 606 0.000157254 606 100%
1954 550 0.000138166 550 100%
1955 521 0.000129761 521 100%
1956 487 0.000118117 487 100%
1957 433 0.000103043 433 100%
1958 381 0.000092165 381 100%
1959 385 0.000092593 385 100%
1960 363 0.00008739 363 100%
1961 335 0.000080873 335 100%
1962 266 0.000065917 266 100%
1963 259 0.000065434 259 100%
1964 262 0.000067394 262 100%
1965 202 0.000055717 202 100%
1966 213 0.000061283 213 100%
1967 197 0.000058028 197 100%
1968 165 0.000048839 165 100%
1969 147 0.000042298 147 100%
1970 159 0.000044087 159 100%
1971 164 0.000047781 164 100%
1972 151 0.000048043 151 100%
1973 136 0.00004508 136 100%
1974 156 0.000051316 156 100%
1975 151 0.00005001 151 100%
1976 131 0.000043173 131 100%
1977 134 0.000042185 134 100%
1978 143 0.000045055 143 100%
1979 154 0.000046288 154 100%
1980 138 0.000040064 138 100%
1981 135 0.000039024 135 100%
1982 127 0.000036203 127 100%
1983 129 0.000037247 129 100%
1984 114 0.000032676 114 100%
1985 106 0.000029699 106 100%
1986 96 0.000026988 96 100%
1987 72 0.000019969 72 100%
1988 97 0.000026251 97 100%
1989 98 0.000025491 98 100%
1990 118 0.000029855 118 100%
1991 81 0.000020794 81 100%
1992 82 0.000021347 82 100%
1993 71 0.000018831 71 100%
1994 76 0.000020443 76 100%
1995 87 0.000023757 87 100%
1996 76 0.000020838 76 100%
1997 76 0.000020961 76 100%
1998 86 0.000023381 86 100%
1999 85 0.000023011 85 100%
2000 68 0.00001799 68 100%
2001 85 0.000022707 85 100%
2002 93 0.000024878 93 100%
2003 88 0.000023144 88 100%
2004 97 0.000025387 97 100%
2005 84 0.000021847 84 100%
2006 99 0.000025024 99 100%
2007 119 0.000029767 119 100%
2008 113 0.000028748 113 100%
2009 125 0.000032721 125 100%
2010 118 0.000031929 118 100%
2011 116 0.000031713 116 100%
2012 139 0.000038005 139 100%
2013 158 0.000043339 158 100%
2014 183 0.000049374 183 100%
2015 197 0.00005323 197 100%
2016 202 0.00005506 202 100%
2017 196 0.000054807 196 100%
2018 239 0.000067977 239 100%
2019 311 0.000089601 311 100%
2020 325 0.000097289 325 100%
2021 384 0.000113343 384 100%
2022 445 0.000131535 445 100%
2023 485 0.000146473 485 100%
2024 591 0.000177557 591 100%

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