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How popular is “Ola” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ola” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ola” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ola” 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 67 0.000332533 67 100%
1881 98 0.000508594 90 8 84%
1882 113 0.000510082 113 100%
1883 126 0.00058079 126 100%
1884 129 0.000529859 121 8 88%
1885 139 0.000577113 139 100%
1886 193 0.000755926 186 7 93%
1887 175 0.000707379 170 5 94%
1888 208 0.000694551 200 8 92%
1889 219 0.000757927 209 10 91%
1890 246 0.000816188 239 7 94%
1891 219 0.000763937 219 100%
1892 259 0.000774582 259 100%
1893 264 0.000811751 264 100%
1894 270 0.000797189 264 6 96%
1895 261 0.000743547 261 100%
1896 282 0.000788847 273 9 94%
1897 271 0.000781077 266 5 96%
1898 327 0.000857244 327 100%
1899 286 0.000843076 280 6 96%
1900 357 0.000792879 352 5 97%
1901 331 0.000957167 324 7 96%
1902 367 0.000948975 362 5 97%
1903 309 0.000810598 309 100%
1904 335 0.000830266 335 100%
1905 352 0.000830341 344 8 95%
1906 341 0.00079589 341 100%
1907 360 0.000773545 350 10 94%
1908 375 0.000767422 368 7 96%
1909 325 0.000635729 325 100%
1910 432 0.000731322 422 10 95%
1911 364 0.000564974 364 100%
1912 517 0.000523247 509 8 97%
1913 483 0.000424761 471 12 95%
1914 586 0.000413741 571 15 95%
1915 634 0.000345989 611 23 93%
1916 694 0.000358764 672 22 94%
1917 738 0.000367759 723 15 96%
1918 704 0.000324258 689 15 96%
1919 758 0.0003592 735 23 94%
1920 772 0.000341194 748 24 94%
1921 770 0.000329834 755 15 96%
1922 719 0.00031409 698 21 94%
1923 644 0.000279698 630 14 96%
1924 695 0.000291819 679 16 95%
1925 687 0.000294433 678 9 97%
1926 630 0.000274402 616 14 96%
1927 647 0.000278957 631 16 95%
1928 548 0.000242377 527 21 92%
1929 534 0.000243595 523 11 96%
1930 544 0.000244683 529 15 94%
1931 475 0.000225719 459 16 93%
1932 510 0.000241558 498 12 95%
1933 424 0.000212059 414 10 95%
1934 453 0.000218122 445 8 96%
1935 415 0.000198574 407 8 96%
1936 388 0.000186756 375 13 93%
1937 374 0.000175532 363 11 94%
1938 334 0.000150955 324 10 94%
1939 344 0.000156119 337 7 96%
1940 355 0.000154168 349 6 97%
1941 320 0.00013134 309 11 93%
1942 292 0.000106889 292 100%
1943 343 0.000121521 335 8 95%
1944 310 0.000115238 301 9 94%
1945 242 0.000091221 242 100%
1946 258 0.000080743 252 6 95%
1947 279 0.00007745 279 100%
1948 241 0.000069804 232 9 93%
1949 238 0.000068297 238 100%
1950 221 0.000063082 216 5 95%
1951 201 0.000054564 195 6 94%
1952 203 0.000053449 203 100%
1953 176 0.000045671 170 6 93%
1954 172 0.000043208 167 5 94%
1955 130 0.000032378 130 100%
1956 121 0.000029347 121 100%
1957 109 0.000025939 109 100%
1958 104 0.000025158 104 100%
1959 107 0.000025734 107 100%
1960 75 0.000018056 75 100%
1961 89 0.000021486 89 100%
1962 72 0.000017842 72 100%
1963 58 0.000014653 58 100%
1964 47 0.00001209 47 100%
1965 36 0.00000993 36 100%
1966 48 0.00001381 48 100%
1967 27 0.000007953 27 100%
1968 31 0.000009176 31 100%
1969 25 0.000007194 25 100%
1970 39 0.000010814 33 6 69%
1971 24 0.000006992 24 100%
1972 28 0.000008909 28 100%
1973 37 0.000012264 37 100%
1974 25 0.000008224 25 100%
1975 23 0.000007617 23 100%
1976 23 0.00000758 16 7 39%
1977 23 0.000007241 23 100%
1978 21 0.000006617 21 100%
1979 18 0.00000541 18 100%
1980 23 0.000006677 18 5 57%
1981 15 0.000004336 15 100%
1982 30 0.000008552 30 100%
1983 23 0.000006641 23 100%
1984 29 0.000008312 29 100%
1985 15 0.000004203 15 100%
1986 22 0.000006185 22 100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 100%
1988 22 0.000005954 22 100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 100%
1993 14 0.000003713 14 100%
1994 20 0.00000538 20 100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 100%
1997 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1998 15 0.000004078 15 100%
1999 16 0.000004332 16 100%
2000 17 0.000004497 17 100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 100%
2004 13 0.000003402 13 100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 100%
2006 15 0.000003792 15 100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 100%
2008 15 0.000003816 15 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 100%
2011 14 0.000003827 14 100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 100%
2015 18 0.000004864 18 100%
2016 19 0.000005179 19 100%
2017 17 0.000004754 17 100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 100%
2019 13 0.000003745 13 100%
2020 14 0.000004191 14 100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 100%
2022 12 0.000003547 12 100%
2023 17 0.000005134 17 100%
2024 16 0.000004807 16 100%

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