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How popular is “Nils” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nils” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nils” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nils” 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
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 -100%
1914 16 0.000011297 16 -100%
1915 23 0.000012552 23 -100%
1916 22 0.000011373 22 -100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 -100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 -100%
1919 20 0.000009478 20 -100%
1920 18 0.000007955 18 -100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 -100%
1922 14 0.000006116 14 -100%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1924 23 0.000009657 23 -100%
1925 17 0.000007286 17 -100%
1926 20 0.000008711 20 -100%
1927 13 0.000005605 13 -100%
1928 26 0.0000115 26 -100%
1929 31 0.000014141 31 -100%
1930 25 0.000011245 25 -100%
1931 26 0.000012355 26 -100%
1932 33 0.00001563 33 -100%
1933 31 0.000015504 31 -100%
1934 40 0.00001926 40 -100%
1935 27 0.000012919 27 -100%
1936 26 0.000012515 26 -100%
1937 25 0.000011733 25 -100%
1938 31 0.000014011 31 -100%
1939 22 0.000009984 22 -100%
1940 28 0.00001216 28 -100%
1941 25 0.000010261 25 -100%
1942 27 0.000009884 27 -100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 -100%
1944 31 0.000011524 31 -100%
1945 23 0.00000867 23 -100%
1946 28 0.000008763 28 -100%
1947 25 0.00000694 25 -100%
1948 37 0.000010717 37 -100%
1949 32 0.000009183 32 -100%
1950 35 0.00000999 35 -100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 -100%
1952 33 0.000008689 33 -100%
1953 27 0.000007006 27 -100%
1954 42 0.000010551 42 -100%
1955 34 0.000008468 34 -100%
1956 32 0.000007761 32 -100%
1957 36 0.000008567 36 -100%
1958 29 0.000007015 29 -100%
1959 30 0.000007215 30 -100%
1960 29 0.000006982 29 -100%
1961 36 0.000008691 36 -100%
1962 36 0.000008921 36 -100%
1963 39 0.000009853 39 -100%
1964 33 0.000008489 33 -100%
1965 31 0.000008551 31 -100%
1966 44 0.000012659 44 -100%
1967 30 0.000008837 30 -100%
1968 32 0.000009472 32 -100%
1969 41 0.000011797 41 -100%
1970 48 0.000013309 48 -100%
1971 34 0.000009906 34 -100%
1972 25 0.000007954 25 -100%
1973 23 0.000007624 23 -100%
1974 32 0.000010526 32 -100%
1975 30 0.000009936 30 -100%
1976 26 0.000008569 26 -100%
1977 23 0.000007241 23 -100%
1978 31 0.000009767 31 -100%
1979 38 0.000011422 38 -100%
1980 38 0.000011032 38 -100%
1981 24 0.000006938 24 -100%
1982 24 0.000006842 24 -100%
1983 27 0.000007796 27 -100%
1984 26 0.000007453 26 -100%
1985 32 0.000008966 32 -100%
1986 32 0.000008996 32 -100%
1987 23 0.000006379 23 -100%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 -100%
1989 26 0.000006763 26 -100%
1990 35 0.000008855 35 -100%
1991 28 0.000007188 28 -100%
1992 31 0.00000807 31 -100%
1993 35 0.000009283 35 -100%
1994 35 0.000009415 35 -100%
1995 26 0.0000071 26 -100%
1996 34 0.000009322 34 -100%
1997 29 0.000007998 29 -100%
1998 23 0.000006253 23 -100%
1999 39 0.000010558 39 -100%
2000 29 0.000007672 29 -100%
2001 39 0.000010418 39 -100%
2002 30 0.000008025 30 -100%
2003 23 0.000006049 23 -100%
2004 18 0.000004711 18 -100%
2005 25 0.000006502 25 -100%
2006 31 0.000007836 31 -100%
2007 23 0.000005753 23 -100%
2008 24 0.000006106 24 -100%
2009 23 0.000006021 23 -100%
2010 31 0.000008388 31 -100%
2011 18 0.000004921 18 -100%
2012 26 0.000007109 26 -100%
2013 25 0.000006857 25 -100%
2014 22 0.000005936 22 -100%
2015 20 0.000005404 20 -100%
2016 21 0.000005724 21 -100%
2017 18 0.000005033 18 -100%
2018 25 0.000007111 25 -100%
2019 20 0.000005762 20 -100%
2020 20 0.000005987 20 -100%
2021 14 0.000004132 14 -100%
2022 15 0.000004434 15 -100%
2023 24 0.000007248 24 -100%
2024 20 0.000006009 20 -100%

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