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How popular is “Nelly” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nelly” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nelly” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nelly” 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
1882 10 0.00004514 10 100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 100%
1901 9 0.000026026 9 100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 100%
1913 14 0.000012312 14 100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 100%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 100%
1917 24 0.00001196 24 100%
1918 20 0.000009212 20 100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 100%
1920 21 0.000009281 21 100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 100%
1923 22 0.000009555 22 100%
1924 19 0.000007978 19 100%
1925 26 0.000011143 26 100%
1926 28 0.000012196 28 100%
1927 17 0.00000733 17 100%
1928 24 0.000010615 24 100%
1929 15 0.000006843 15 100%
1930 26 0.000011694 26 100%
1931 20 0.000009504 20 100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 100%
1933 14 0.000007002 14 100%
1934 17 0.000008186 17 100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 100%
1937 19 0.000008917 19 100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 100%
1939 21 0.000009531 21 100%
1940 22 0.000009554 22 100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 100%
1942 20 0.000007321 20 100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 100%
1945 15 0.000005654 15 100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 100%
1947 28 0.000007773 28 100%
1948 17 0.000004924 17 100%
1949 21 0.000006026 21 100%
1950 21 0.000005994 21 100%
1951 19 0.000005158 19 100%
1952 28 0.000007372 28 100%
1953 30 0.000007785 30 100%
1954 35 0.000008792 35 100%
1955 57 0.000014196 57 100%
1956 55 0.00001334 55 100%
1957 37 0.000008805 37 100%
1958 46 0.000011127 46 100%
1959 56 0.000013468 56 100%
1960 62 0.000014926 62 100%
1961 39 0.000009415 39 100%
1962 45 0.000011151 45 100%
1963 42 0.000010611 42 100%
1964 44 0.000011318 44 100%
1965 35 0.000009654 35 100%
1966 38 0.000010933 38 100%
1967 42 0.000012372 42 100%
1968 44 0.000013024 44 100%
1969 37 0.000010646 37 100%
1970 48 0.000013309 48 100%
1971 48 0.000013985 48 100%
1972 47 0.000014954 47 100%
1973 54 0.000017899 54 100%
1974 77 0.000025329 77 100%
1975 62 0.000020534 62 100%
1976 78 0.000025706 78 100%
1977 73 0.000022981 73 100%
1978 85 0.000026781 85 100%
1979 62 0.000018635 62 100%
1980 70 0.000020322 70 100%
1981 81 0.000023415 81 100%
1982 85 0.000024231 85 100%
1983 69 0.000019923 69 100%
1984 69 0.000019778 69 100%
1985 83 0.000023255 83 100%
1986 69 0.000019398 69 100%
1987 79 0.00002191 79 100%
1988 92 0.000024898 92 100%
1989 73 0.000018988 73 100%
1990 103 0.00002606 103 100%
1991 91 0.000023362 91 100%
1992 126 0.000032802 126 100%
1993 97 0.000025728 97 100%
1994 107 0.000028782 107 100%
1995 97 0.000026487 97 100%
1996 104 0.000028515 104 100%
1997 84 0.000023168 84 100%
1998 79 0.000021478 79 100%
1999 85 0.000023011 85 100%
2000 113 0.000029895 113 100%
2001 119 0.000031789 119 100%
2002 149 0.000039858 144 5 93%
2003 166 0.000043658 159 7 92%
2004 156 0.000040828 156 100%
2005 157 0.000040834 150 7 91%
2006 165 0.000041707 158 7 92%
2007 213 0.000053281 208 5 95%
2008 195 0.00004961 195 100%
2009 194 0.000050783 194 100%
2010 168 0.000045458 161 7 92%
2011 147 0.000040188 147 100%
2012 159 0.000043474 159 100%
2013 130 0.000035659 130 100%
2014 139 0.000037503 139 100%
2015 128 0.000034586 122 6 91%
2016 104 0.000028348 104 100%
2017 128 0.000035792 128 100%
2018 99 0.000028158 99 100%
2019 152 0.000043792 146 6 92%
2020 92 0.00002754 92 100%
2021 144 0.000042504 135 9 88%
2022 158 0.000046702 158 100%
2023 147 0.000044395 142 5 93%
2024 174 0.000052276 168 6 93%

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