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How popular is “Nile” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nile” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nile” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nile” 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
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 -100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 -100%
1915 30 0.000016372 30 -100%
1916 28 0.000014475 28 -100%
1917 24 0.00001196 24 -100%
1918 26 0.000011975 26 -100%
1919 26 0.000012321 26 -100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 23 0.000010047 23 -100%
1923 30 0.000013029 30 -100%
1924 30 0.000012597 30 -100%
1925 31 0.000013286 31 -100%
1926 29 0.000012631 29 -100%
1927 29 0.000012503 29 -100%
1928 27 0.000011942 27 -100%
1929 14 0.000006386 14 -100%
1930 26 0.000011694 26 -100%
1931 27 0.00001283 27 -100%
1932 27 0.000012788 27 -100%
1933 24 0.000012003 24 -100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 -100%
1935 12 0.000005742 12 -100%
1936 22 0.000010589 22 -100%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 -100%
1938 21 0.000009491 21 -100%
1939 28 0.000012707 28 -100%
1940 39 0.000016937 39 -100%
1941 25 0.000010261 25 -100%
1942 25 0.000009151 25 -100%
1943 25 0.000008857 25 -100%
1944 30 0.000011152 30 -100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 -100%
1946 22 0.000006885 22 -100%
1947 17 0.000004719 17 -100%
1948 20 0.000005793 20 -100%
1949 16 0.000004591 16 -100%
1950 24 0.000006851 24 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 19 0.000005003 19 -100%
1953 26 0.000006747 26 -100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 -100%
1955 16 0.000003985 16 -100%
1956 19 0.000004608 19 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 15 0.000003629 15 -100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 -100%
1960 16 0.000003852 16 -100%
1961 14 0.00000338 14 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 15 0.00000379 15 -100%
1964 18 0.00000463 18 -100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1966 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 -100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 -100%
1969 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 -100%
1973 14 0.000004641 14 -100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 -100%
1975 19 0.000006293 5 14 -47%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 -100%
1977 12 0.000003778 12 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 22 0.000006613 22 -100%
1980 26 0.000007548 26 -100%
1981 23 0.000006649 23 -100%
1982 17 0.000004846 6 11 -29%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 -100%
1984 23 0.000006593 23 -100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 -100%
1986 20 0.000005623 20 -100%
1987 24 0.000006656 24 -100%
1988 30 0.000008119 7 23 -53%
1989 30 0.000007803 30 -100%
1990 34 0.000008602 6 28 -65%
1991 37 0.000009499 6 31 -68%
1992 45 0.000011715 45 -100%
1993 53 0.000014057 5 48 -81%
1994 56 0.000015063 9 47 -68%
1995 62 0.00001693 6 56 -81%
1996 50 0.000013709 50 -100%
1997 61 0.000016824 11 50 -64%
1998 60 0.000016312 10 50 -67%
1999 58 0.000015702 7 51 -76%
2000 54 0.000014286 10 44 -63%
2001 65 0.000017364 11 54 -66%
2002 51 0.000013643 7 44 -73%
2003 55 0.000014465 8 47 -71%
2004 45 0.000011777 17 28 -24%
2005 55 0.000014305 10 45 -64%
2006 55 0.000013902 7 48 -75%
2007 67 0.00001676 14 53 -58%
2008 55 0.000013993 7 48 -75%
2009 51 0.00001335 8 43 -69%
2010 65 0.000017588 65 -100%
2011 60 0.000016403 9 51 -70%
2012 73 0.00001996 7 66 -81%
2013 62 0.000017006 13 49 -58%
2014 87 0.000023473 15 72 -66%
2015 72 0.000019455 16 56 -56%
2016 94 0.000025622 13 81 -72%
2017 72 0.000020133 14 58 -61%
2018 90 0.000025598 15 75 -67%
2019 85 0.000024489 10 75 -76%
2020 96 0.000028738 10 86 -79%
2021 159 0.000046931 30 129 -62%
2022 125 0.000036948 16 109 -74%
2023 99 0.000029899 7 92 -86%
2024 91 0.00002734 10 81 -78%

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