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How popular is “Nels” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nels” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nels” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nels” 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 12 0.000059558 12 -100%
1881 18 0.000093415 18 -100%
1882 26 0.000117364 26 -100%
1883 19 0.000087579 19 -100%
1884 32 0.000131438 32 -100%
1885 20 0.000083038 20 -100%
1886 15 0.000058751 15 -100%
1887 19 0.000076801 19 -100%
1888 32 0.000106854 32 -100%
1889 17 0.000058835 17 -100%
1890 15 0.000049768 15 -100%
1891 18 0.000062789 18 -100%
1892 19 0.000056823 19 -100%
1893 32 0.000098394 32 -100%
1894 20 0.000059051 20 -100%
1895 20 0.000056977 20 -100%
1896 21 0.000058744 21 -100%
1897 14 0.000040351 14 -100%
1898 19 0.000049809 19 -100%
1899 14 0.000041269 14 -100%
1900 8 0.000017768 8 -100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 -100%
1902 14 0.000036201 14 -100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 -100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1905 14 0.000033025 14 -100%
1906 11 0.000025674 11 -100%
1907 16 0.00003438 16 -100%
1908 13 0.000026604 13 -100%
1909 11 0.000021517 11 -100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 -100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 -100%
1912 30 0.000030362 30 -100%
1913 39 0.000034297 39 -100%
1914 45 0.000031772 45 -100%
1915 56 0.000030561 56 -100%
1916 58 0.000029983 58 -100%
1917 46 0.000022923 46 -100%
1918 65 0.000029939 65 -100%
1919 34 0.000016112 34 -100%
1920 44 0.000019446 44 -100%
1921 45 0.000019276 45 -100%
1922 38 0.0000166 38 -100%
1923 38 0.000016504 38 -100%
1924 37 0.000015536 37 -100%
1925 47 0.000020143 47 -100%
1926 39 0.000016987 39 -100%
1927 52 0.00002242 52 -100%
1928 32 0.000014153 32 -100%
1929 26 0.00001186 26 -100%
1930 26 0.000011694 26 -100%
1931 42 0.000019958 42 -100%
1932 24 0.000011367 24 -100%
1933 40 0.000020006 40 -100%
1934 32 0.000015408 32 -100%
1935 26 0.000012441 26 -100%
1936 30 0.00001444 30 -100%
1937 38 0.000017835 38 -100%
1938 28 0.000012655 28 -100%
1939 31 0.000014069 31 -100%
1940 35 0.0000152 35 -100%
1941 23 0.00000944 23 -100%
1942 35 0.000012812 35 -100%
1943 36 0.000012754 36 -100%
1944 35 0.000013011 35 -100%
1945 26 0.000009801 26 -100%
1946 46 0.000014396 46 -100%
1947 36 0.000009994 36 -100%
1948 36 0.000010427 36 -100%
1949 41 0.000011765 41 -100%
1950 45 0.000012845 45 -100%
1951 45 0.000012216 45 -100%
1952 46 0.000012112 46 -100%
1953 48 0.000012456 48 -100%
1954 36 0.000009044 36 -100%
1955 55 0.000013698 55 -100%
1956 51 0.00001237 51 -100%
1957 43 0.000010233 43 -100%
1958 42 0.00001016 42 -100%
1959 43 0.000010342 43 -100%
1960 38 0.000009148 38 -100%
1961 46 0.000011105 46 -100%
1962 31 0.000007682 31 -100%
1963 38 0.0000096 38 -100%
1964 27 0.000006945 27 -100%
1965 32 0.000008826 32 -100%
1966 41 0.000011796 41 -100%
1967 33 0.00000972 33 -100%
1968 24 0.000007104 24 -100%
1969 33 0.000009496 33 -100%
1970 29 0.000008041 29 -100%
1971 28 0.000008158 28 -100%
1972 23 0.000007318 23 -100%
1973 32 0.000010607 32 -100%
1974 29 0.000009539 29 -100%
1975 21 0.000006955 21 -100%
1976 37 0.000012194 37 -100%
1977 27 0.0000085 27 -100%
1978 22 0.000006932 22 -100%
1979 28 0.000008416 28 -100%
1980 43 0.000012484 43 -100%
1981 31 0.000008961 31 -100%
1982 41 0.000011688 41 -100%
1983 20 0.000005775 20 -100%
1984 27 0.000007739 27 -100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 -100%
1986 22 0.000006185 22 -100%
1987 22 0.000006102 22 -100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
1989 25 0.000006503 25 -100%
1990 23 0.000005819 23 -100%
1991 17 0.000004364 17 -100%
1992 17 0.000004426 17 -100%
1993 18 0.000004774 18 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 -100%
1996 19 0.000005209 19 -100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 -100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 -100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 14 0.000003704 14 -100%
2001 14 0.00000374 14 -100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 -100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 -100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2005 15 0.000003901 15 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 16 0.000004188 16 -100%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 -100%
2011 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 21 0.000005666 21 -100%
2015 14 0.000003783 14 -100%
2016 15 0.000004089 15 -100%
2017 16 0.000004474 16 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2019 13 0.000003745 13 -100%
2020 16 0.00000479 16 -100%
2021 23 0.000006789 23 -100%
2022 19 0.000005616 19 -100%
2023 19 0.000005738 19 -100%
2024 18 0.000005408 18 -100%

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