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How popular is “Niles” in the USA?

Number of people named “Niles” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Niles” by birth year

This chart shows how “Niles” 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
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 23 0.000020227 23 -100%
1914 15 0.000010591 15 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 26 0.000013441 26 -100%
1917 38 0.000018936 38 -100%
1918 29 0.000013357 29 -100%
1919 23 0.000010899 23 -100%
1920 27 0.000011933 27 -100%
1921 31 0.000013279 31 -100%
1922 24 0.000010484 24 -100%
1923 25 0.000010858 25 -100%
1924 24 0.000010077 24 -100%
1925 25 0.000010714 25 -100%
1926 22 0.000009582 22 -100%
1927 27 0.000011641 27 -100%
1928 35 0.00001548 35 -100%
1929 42 0.000019159 42 -100%
1930 29 0.000013044 29 -100%
1931 43 0.000020433 43 -100%
1932 29 0.000013736 29 -100%
1933 30 0.000015004 30 -100%
1934 30 0.000014445 30 -100%
1935 27 0.000012919 27 -100%
1936 26 0.000012515 26 -100%
1937 33 0.000015488 33 -100%
1938 33 0.000014915 33 -100%
1939 28 0.000012707 28 -100%
1940 35 0.0000152 35 -100%
1941 35 0.000014365 35 -100%
1942 55 0.000020133 55 -100%
1943 46 0.000016297 46 -100%
1944 44 0.000016356 44 -100%
1945 36 0.00001357 36 -100%
1946 37 0.000011579 37 -100%
1947 44 0.000012214 44 -100%
1948 55 0.00001593 55 -100%
1949 47 0.000013487 47 -100%
1950 57 0.00001627 57 -100%
1951 45 0.000012216 45 -100%
1952 44 0.000011585 44 -100%
1953 42 0.000010899 42 -100%
1954 32 0.000008039 32 -100%
1955 42 0.000010461 42 -100%
1956 38 0.000009217 38 -100%
1957 30 0.000007139 30 -100%
1958 31 0.000007499 31 -100%
1959 29 0.000006975 29 -100%
1960 35 0.000008426 35 -100%
1961 34 0.000008208 34 -100%
1962 31 0.000007682 31 -100%
1963 28 0.000007074 28 -100%
1964 29 0.00000746 29 -100%
1965 28 0.000007723 28 -100%
1966 22 0.00000633 22 -100%
1967 21 0.000006186 21 -100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 -100%
1969 30 0.000008632 30 -100%
1970 21 0.000005823 21 -100%
1971 24 0.000006992 24 -100%
1972 18 0.000005727 18 -100%
1973 35 0.000011601 35 -100%
1974 38 0.0000125 38 -100%
1975 45 0.000014904 45 -100%
1976 33 0.000010876 33 -100%
1977 23 0.000007241 23 -100%
1978 38 0.000011973 38 -100%
1979 42 0.000012624 42 -100%
1980 37 0.000010742 37 -100%
1981 38 0.000010985 38 -100%
1982 33 0.000009407 33 -100%
1983 48 0.000013859 48 -100%
1984 31 0.000008886 31 -100%
1985 45 0.000012608 45 -100%
1986 46 0.000012932 46 -100%
1987 47 0.000013035 47 -100%
1988 45 0.000012178 45 -100%
1989 53 0.000013786 53 -100%
1990 45 0.000011385 45 -100%
1991 48 0.000012323 48 -100%
1992 43 0.000011194 43 -100%
1993 42 0.00001114 42 -100%
1994 57 0.000015332 57 -100%
1995 70 0.000019114 70 -100%
1996 49 0.000013435 49 -100%
1997 56 0.000015445 56 -100%
1998 80 0.00002175 80 -100%
1999 68 0.000018409 68 -100%
2000 64 0.000016932 64 -100%
2001 54 0.000014425 54 -100%
2002 41 0.000010968 41 -100%
2003 41 0.000010783 41 -100%
2004 43 0.000011254 43 -100%
2005 36 0.000009363 36 -100%
2006 38 0.000009605 38 -100%
2007 50 0.000012507 50 -100%
2008 37 0.000009413 37 -100%
2009 47 0.000012303 47 -100%
2010 29 0.000007847 29 -100%
2011 41 0.000011209 41 -100%
2012 45 0.000012304 45 -100%
2013 39 0.000010698 39 -100%
2014 53 0.0000143 53 -100%
2015 49 0.00001324 49 -100%
2016 54 0.000014719 54 -100%
2017 65 0.000018176 65 -100%
2018 49 0.000013937 49 -100%
2019 64 0.000018439 64 -100%
2020 70 0.000020954 70 -100%
2021 64 0.00001889 64 -100%
2022 59 0.000017439 59 -100%
2023 53 0.000016006 53 -100%
2024 38 0.000011417 38 -100%

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