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How popular is “Olga” in the USA?

Number of people named “Olga” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Olga” by birth year

This chart shows how “Olga” 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 50 0.000248159 50 100%
1881 31 0.000160882 31 100%
1882 64 0.000288896 64 100%
1883 81 0.000373365 81 100%
1884 99 0.000406636 99 100%
1885 121 0.000502379 121 100%
1886 151 0.000591424 151 100%
1887 153 0.000618452 153 100%
1888 172 0.00057434 172 100%
1889 194 0.000671406 194 100%
1890 225 0.000746514 225 100%
1891 237 0.000826726 237 100%
1892 301 0.00090019 301 100%
1893 262 0.000805601 262 100%
1894 303 0.000894623 303 100%
1895 329 0.000937269 329 100%
1896 355 0.000993051 355 100%
1897 364 0.001049121 364 100%
1898 329 0.000862487 329 100%
1899 292 0.000860763 292 100%
1900 376 0.000835077 376 100%
1901 273 0.000789446 273 100%
1902 321 0.00083003 321 100%
1903 281 0.000737146 281 100%
1904 298 0.000738565 298 100%
1905 288 0.00067937 288 100%
1906 317 0.000739875 317 100%
1907 314 0.000674703 314 100%
1908 345 0.000706028 345 100%
1909 359 0.000702236 359 100%
1910 381 0.000644985 381 100%
1911 489 0.000758989 489 100%
1912 696 0.000704409 696 100%
1913 810 0.000712332 810 100%
1914 1114 0.000786532 1107 7 99%
1915 1537 0.000838779 1532 5 99%
1916 1690 0.000873648 1685 5 99%
1917 1655 0.000824717 1655 100%
1918 1691 0.000778864 1691 100%
1919 1687 0.000799433 1687 100%
1920 1595 0.000704928 1590 5 99%
1921 1572 0.000673376 1572 100%
1922 1542 0.000673611 1535 7 99%
1923 1372 0.000595879 1366 6 99%
1924 1467 0.00061597 1462 5 99%
1925 1173 0.000502721 1173 100%
1926 1157 0.000503941 1157 100%
1927 1109 0.00047815 1101 8 99%
1928 943 0.000417084 934 9 98%
1929 907 0.000413747 897 10 98%
1930 781 0.000351282 774 7 98%
1931 679 0.000322659 674 5 99%
1932 613 0.000290344 613 100%
1933 512 0.000256071 512 100%
1934 490 0.000235938 482 8 97%
1935 392 0.000187569 385 7 96%
1936 388 0.000186756 388 100%
1937 367 0.000172246 362 5 97%
1938 391 0.000176717 386 5 97%
1939 362 0.000164288 356 6 97%
1940 333 0.000144614 333 100%
1941 338 0.000138728 333 5 97%
1942 355 0.00012995 346 9 95%
1943 359 0.00012719 359 100%
1944 352 0.000130851 352 100%
1945 313 0.000117984 313 100%
1946 438 0.000137076 438 100%
1947 486 0.000134913 481 5 98%
1948 576 0.000166835 571 5 98%
1949 490 0.000140612 490 100%
1950 538 0.000153567 538 100%
1951 587 0.000159349 587 100%
1952 589 0.000155081 589 100%
1953 576 0.000149469 576 100%
1954 624 0.000156756 624 100%
1955 601 0.000149686 601 100%
1956 547 0.000132669 547 100%
1957 562 0.000133741 562 100%
1958 488 0.000118048 488 100%
1959 548 0.000131794 548 100%
1960 607 0.000146131 607 100%
1961 555 0.000133983 550 5 98%
1962 548 0.000135799 543 5 98%
1963 498 0.000125815 498 100%
1964 477 0.000122698 477 100%
1965 398 0.00010978 393 5 97%
1966 407 0.0001171 407 100%
1967 422 0.000124304 422 100%
1968 446 0.000132015 446 100%
1969 399 0.000114809 394 5 97%
1970 392 0.000108692 392 100%
1971 421 0.000122656 421 100%
1972 360 0.00011454 360 100%
1973 408 0.000135239 400 8 96%
1974 407 0.000133882 401 6 97%
1975 366 0.000121216 366 100%
1976 367 0.00012095 367 100%
1977 325 0.000102314 320 5 97%
1978 313 0.000098618 313 100%
1979 288 0.000086564 288 100%
1980 324 0.000094063 324 100%
1981 314 0.000090768 314 100%
1982 288 0.000082099 288 100%
1983 260 0.000075072 260 100%
1984 253 0.000072519 253 100%
1985 250 0.000070045 250 100%
1986 236 0.000066347 231 5 96%
1987 234 0.000064899 229 5 96%
1988 260 0.000070365 255 5 96%
1989 271 0.000070491 266 5 96%
1990 263 0.000066541 258 5 96%
1991 239 0.000061357 239 100%
1992 241 0.00006274 241 100%
1993 241 0.000063921 241 100%
1994 242 0.000065095 242 100%
1995 176 0.000048059 176 100%
1996 198 0.000054288 198 100%
1997 163 0.000044956 163 100%
1998 157 0.000042684 157 100%
1999 197 0.000053332 197 100%
2000 160 0.000042329 160 100%
2001 178 0.00004755 178 100%
2002 153 0.000040928 153 100%
2003 137 0.000036031 137 100%
2004 139 0.000036379 139 100%
2005 131 0.000034072 131 100%
2006 122 0.000030838 122 100%
2007 111 0.000027766 111 100%
2008 132 0.000033582 132 100%
2009 118 0.000030889 118 100%
2010 60 0.000016235 60 100%
2011 63 0.000017224 63 100%
2012 86 0.000023514 86 100%
2013 55 0.000015086 55 100%
2014 79 0.000021315 79 100%
2015 61 0.000016482 61 100%
2016 47 0.000012811 47 100%
2017 58 0.000016218 58 100%
2018 53 0.000015074 53 100%
2019 48 0.000013829 48 100%
2020 54 0.000016165 54 100%
2021 56 0.000016529 56 100%
2022 54 0.000015962 54 100%
2023 54 0.000016308 54 100%
2024 48 0.000014421 48 100%

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