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How popular is “Nola” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nola” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nola” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nola” 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
1880 23 0.000114153 23 100%
1881 32 0.000166072 32 100%
1882 37 0.000167018 37 100%
1883 30 0.000138283 30 100%
1884 34 0.000139653 34 100%
1885 39 0.000161924 39 100%
1886 51 0.000199752 51 100%
1887 55 0.000222319 55 100%
1888 54 0.000180316 54 100%
1889 69 0.000238799 69 100%
1890 60 0.00019907 60 100%
1891 78 0.000272087 78 100%
1892 62 0.000185421 62 100%
1893 90 0.000276733 90 100%
1894 118 0.000348401 118 100%
1895 111 0.000316221 111 100%
1896 108 0.000302111 108 100%
1897 74 0.000213283 74 100%
1898 122 0.000319828 122 100%
1899 106 0.000312469 106 100%
1900 129 0.000286502 129 100%
1901 93 0.000268932 93 100%
1902 131 0.000338735 131 100%
1903 131 0.000343652 131 100%
1904 140 0.000346977 140 100%
1905 127 0.000299583 127 100%
1906 125 0.000291749 125 100%
1907 142 0.00030512 142 100%
1908 144 0.00029469 144 100%
1909 172 0.000336447 172 100%
1910 158 0.000267474 158 100%
1911 168 0.000260757 168 100%
1912 211 0.000213549 211 100%
1913 205 0.000180282 205 100%
1914 227 0.000160272 227 100%
1915 320 0.000174632 320 100%
1916 301 0.000155602 301 100%
1917 307 0.000152984 307 100%
1918 390 0.000179632 390 100%
1919 343 0.00016254 343 100%
1920 306 0.00013524 306 100%
1921 324 0.000138787 324 100%
1922 335 0.000146342 335 100%
1923 312 0.000135506 312 100%
1924 320 0.000134363 320 100%
1925 279 0.000119573 279 100%
1926 277 0.00012065 268 9 94%
1927 361 0.000155647 361 100%
1928 330 0.000145957 330 100%
1929 328 0.000149624 328 100%
1930 322 0.000144831 322 100%
1931 300 0.000142559 300 100%
1932 301 0.000142567 301 100%
1933 281 0.000140539 281 100%
1934 307 0.000147822 307 100%
1935 286 0.000136849 286 100%
1936 300 0.000144399 300 100%
1937 294 0.000137985 294 100%
1938 337 0.000152311 337 100%
1939 273 0.000123897 273 100%
1940 259 0.000112477 259 100%
1941 279 0.000114512 279 100%
1942 263 0.000096273 263 100%
1943 291 0.000103098 291 100%
1944 245 0.000091075 245 100%
1945 231 0.000087074 231 100%
1946 222 0.000069477 222 100%
1947 252 0.000069955 252 100%
1948 210 0.000060825 210 100%
1949 223 0.000063993 223 100%
1950 247 0.000070504 247 100%
1951 249 0.000067594 249 100%
1952 240 0.000063191 240 100%
1953 255 0.000066171 255 100%
1954 236 0.000059286 236 100%
1955 195 0.000048567 195 100%
1956 206 0.000049963 206 100%
1957 159 0.000037838 159 100%
1958 144 0.000034834 144 100%
1959 252 0.000060606 252 100%
1960 168 0.000040445 168 100%
1961 155 0.000037419 155 100%
1962 148 0.000036676 148 100%
1963 118 0.000029812 118 100%
1964 137 0.00003524 137 100%
1965 92 0.000025376 92 100%
1966 99 0.000028484 99 100%
1967 65 0.000019146 65 100%
1968 68 0.000020128 68 100%
1969 80 0.000023019 80 100%
1970 66 0.0000183 66 100%
1971 69 0.000020103 69 100%
1972 37 0.000011772 37 100%
1973 33 0.000010938 33 100%
1974 39 0.000012829 39 100%
1975 40 0.000013248 40 100%
1976 47 0.00001549 47 100%
1977 65 0.000020463 65 100%
1978 62 0.000019535 62 100%
1979 58 0.000017433 58 100%
1980 38 0.000011032 38 100%
1981 53 0.000015321 53 100%
1982 65 0.000018529 65 100%
1983 61 0.000017613 61 100%
1984 42 0.000012039 42 100%
1985 34 0.000009526 34 100%
1986 30 0.000008434 30 100%
1987 38 0.000010539 38 100%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 100%
1989 37 0.000009624 37 100%
1990 24 0.000006072 24 100%
1991 25 0.000006418 25 100%
1992 25 0.000006508 25 100%
1993 32 0.000008487 32 100%
1994 32 0.000008608 32 100%
1995 29 0.000007919 29 100%
1996 34 0.000009322 34 100%
1997 36 0.000009929 36 100%
1998 31 0.000008428 31 100%
1999 37 0.000010017 37 100%
2000 50 0.000013228 50 100%
2001 44 0.000011754 44 100%
2002 59 0.000015783 59 100%
2003 80 0.00002104 80 100%
2004 86 0.000022508 86 100%
2005 104 0.000027049 104 100%
2006 202 0.000051059 202 100%
2007 257 0.000064287 257 100%
2008 299 0.000076069 299 100%
2009 280 0.000073295 280 100%
2010 314 0.000084963 314 100%
2011 292 0.00007983 292 100%
2012 334 0.000091323 334 100%
2013 350 0.000096004 350 100%
2014 347 0.000093622 347 100%
2015 368 0.000099435 368 100%
2016 350 0.000095402 350 100%
2017 379 0.000105979 379 100%
2018 461 0.000131119 461 100%
2019 500 0.000144053 500 100%
2020 537 0.000160751 537 100%
2021 503 0.000148467 503 100%
2022 472 0.000139516 472 100%
2023 380 0.000114762 380 100%
2024 367 0.00011026 367 100%

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