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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Niels” in the USA?

Number of people named “Niels” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Niels” by birth year

This chart shows how “Niels” 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
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 14 0.00000764 14 -100%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 -100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 -100%
1920 11 0.000004862 11 -100%
1921 13 0.000005569 13 -100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 17 0.00000733 17 -100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 -100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 -100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 -100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 -100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 -100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 -100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 -100%
1948 15 0.000004345 15 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1950 20 0.000005709 20 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 14 0.000003686 14 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 -100%
1954 19 0.000004773 19 -100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 -100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 -100%
1957 31 0.000007377 31 -100%
1958 17 0.000004112 17 -100%
1959 17 0.000004089 17 -100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 -100%
1961 17 0.000004104 17 -100%
1962 17 0.000004213 17 -100%
1963 15 0.00000379 15 -100%
1964 20 0.000005145 20 -100%
1965 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 -100%
1967 15 0.000004418 15 -100%
1968 19 0.000005624 19 -100%
1969 18 0.000005179 18 -100%
1970 20 0.000005546 20 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 15 0.000004773 15 -100%
1973 17 0.000005635 17 -100%
1974 13 0.000004276 13 -100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 -100%
1976 11 0.000003625 11 -100%
1977 12 0.000003778 12 -100%
1978 15 0.000004726 15 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 -100%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 -100%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 -100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 -100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 -100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 -100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 -100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
1990 17 0.000004301 17 -100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 -100%
1992 13 0.000003384 13 -100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 -100%
1994 14 0.000003766 14 -100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 14 0.000003839 14 -100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 -100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 -100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 -100%
2000 13 0.000003439 13 -100%
2001 21 0.00000561 21 -100%
2002 15 0.000004013 15 -100%
2003 13 0.000003419 13 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 -100%
2007 14 0.000003502 14 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 -100%
2011 14 0.000003827 14 -100%
2012 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 -100%
2014 17 0.000004587 17 -100%
2015 18 0.000004864 18 -100%
2016 21 0.000005724 21 -100%
2017 14 0.000003915 14 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2019 14 0.000004033 14 -100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 -100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 -100%
2022 18 0.000005321 18 -100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 -100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 -100%

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