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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Nila” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nila” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nila” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nila” 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
1890 6 0.000019907 6 100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 100%
1901 9 0.000026026 9 100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 100%
1904 14 0.000034698 14 100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1908 18 0.000036836 18 100%
1909 11 0.000021517 11 100%
1910 21 0.00003555 21 100%
1911 14 0.00002173 14 100%
1912 22 0.000022266 22 100%
1913 24 0.000021106 24 100%
1914 38 0.00002683 38 100%
1915 43 0.000023466 43 100%
1916 38 0.000019644 38 100%
1917 45 0.000022424 45 100%
1918 49 0.000022569 49 100%
1919 53 0.000025116 53 100%
1920 62 0.000027402 62 100%
1921 61 0.00002613 61 100%
1922 64 0.000027958 64 100%
1923 73 0.000031705 73 100%
1924 73 0.000030652 73 100%
1925 66 0.000028286 66 100%
1926 68 0.000029618 68 100%
1927 86 0.000037079 86 100%
1928 72 0.000031845 72 100%
1929 88 0.000040143 88 100%
1930 86 0.000038681 86 100%
1931 68 0.000032313 68 100%
1932 73 0.000034576 73 100%
1933 94 0.000047013 94 100%
1934 118 0.000056818 118 100%
1935 128 0.000061247 128 100%
1936 101 0.000048614 101 100%
1937 86 0.000040363 86 100%
1938 87 0.000039321 87 100%
1939 103 0.000046745 103 100%
1940 85 0.000036913 85 100%
1941 92 0.00003776 92 100%
1942 106 0.000038802 106 100%
1943 92 0.000032595 92 100%
1944 72 0.000026765 72 100%
1945 72 0.00002714 72 100%
1946 86 0.000026914 86 100%
1947 78 0.000021653 78 100%
1948 78 0.000022592 78 100%
1949 93 0.000026688 93 100%
1950 78 0.000022264 78 100%
1951 101 0.000027418 101 100%
1952 83 0.000021854 83 100%
1953 98 0.00002543 98 100%
1954 95 0.000023865 95 100%
1955 79 0.000019676 79 100%
1956 92 0.000022314 92 100%
1957 75 0.000017848 75 100%
1958 71 0.000017175 71 100%
1959 61 0.000014671 61 100%
1960 66 0.000015889 66 100%
1961 51 0.000012312 51 100%
1962 43 0.000010656 43 100%
1963 38 0.0000096 38 100%
1964 31 0.000007974 31 100%
1965 28 0.000007723 28 100%
1966 37 0.000010645 37 100%
1967 37 0.000010899 37 100%
1968 21 0.000006216 21 100%
1969 25 0.000007194 25 100%
1970 19 0.000005268 19 100%
1971 20 0.000005827 20 100%
1972 28 0.000008909 28 100%
1973 19 0.000006298 19 100%
1974 22 0.000007237 22 100%
1975 19 0.000006293 19 100%
1976 20 0.000006591 20 100%
1977 16 0.000005037 16 100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 100%
1979 21 0.000006312 21 100%
1980 18 0.000005226 18 100%
1981 18 0.000005203 18 100%
1982 25 0.000007127 25 100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 100%
1984 17 0.000004873 17 100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 100%
1986 18 0.00000506 18 100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 100%
1988 18 0.000004871 18 100%
1989 14 0.000003642 14 100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 100%
1991 19 0.000004878 19 100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 100%
1994 18 0.000004842 18 100%
1995 31 0.000008465 31 100%
1996 28 0.000007677 28 100%
1997 20 0.000005516 20 100%
1998 33 0.000008972 33 100%
1999 39 0.000010558 39 100%
2000 38 0.000010053 38 100%
2001 35 0.00000935 35 100%
2002 46 0.000012305 46 100%
2003 50 0.00001315 50 100%
2004 50 0.000013086 50 100%
2005 56 0.000014565 56 100%
2006 66 0.000016683 66 100%
2007 63 0.000015759 63 100%
2008 67 0.000017045 67 100%
2009 83 0.000021727 83 100%
2010 61 0.000016505 61 100%
2011 91 0.000024878 91 100%
2012 100 0.000027342 100 100%
2013 107 0.00002935 107 100%
2014 110 0.000029679 110 100%
2015 117 0.000031614 117 100%
2016 105 0.000028621 105 100%
2017 127 0.000035513 127 100%
2018 119 0.000033846 119 100%
2019 125 0.000036013 125 100%
2020 110 0.000032928 110 100%
2021 108 0.000031878 108 100%
2022 144 0.000042564 144 100%
2023 103 0.000031107 103 100%
2024 122 0.000036653 122 100%

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