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How popular is “Priscilla” in the USA?

Number of people named “Priscilla” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Priscilla” by birth year

This chart shows how “Priscilla” 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 26 0.000129042 26 100%
1881 27 0.000140123 27 100%
1882 35 0.00015799 35 100%
1883 27 0.000124455 27 100%
1884 40 0.000164297 40 100%
1885 32 0.000132861 32 100%
1886 42 0.000164502 42 100%
1887 51 0.000206151 51 100%
1888 56 0.000186995 56 100%
1889 39 0.000134973 39 100%
1890 40 0.000132714 40 100%
1891 51 0.000177903 51 100%
1892 50 0.000149533 50 100%
1893 51 0.000156815 51 100%
1894 59 0.000174201 59 100%
1895 63 0.000179477 63 100%
1896 72 0.000201408 72 100%
1897 73 0.000210401 73 100%
1898 71 0.000186129 71 100%
1899 59 0.000173921 59 100%
1900 110 0.000244304 110 100%
1901 72 0.000208206 72 100%
1902 79 0.000204275 79 100%
1903 79 0.00020724 79 100%
1904 80 0.000198273 80 100%
1905 88 0.000207585 88 100%
1906 107 0.000249737 107 100%
1907 117 0.000251402 117 100%
1908 106 0.000216925 106 100%
1909 99 0.000193653 99 100%
1910 142 0.000240388 142 100%
1911 148 0.000229714 148 100%
1912 205 0.000207477 205 100%
1913 241 0.000211941 241 100%
1914 279 0.000196986 279 100%
1915 392 0.000213924 392 100%
1916 440 0.000227459 440 100%
1917 456 0.000227233 456 100%
1918 518 0.000238588 518 100%
1919 557 0.00026395 557 100%
1920 637 0.000281529 637 100%
1921 723 0.000309702 723 100%
1922 761 0.000332437 761 100%
1923 817 0.000354835 811 6 99%
1924 861 0.00036152 861 100%
1925 830 0.000355719 830 100%
1926 834 0.000363255 834 100%
1927 903 0.000389332 898 5 99%
1928 887 0.000392315 887 100%
1929 842 0.000384096 842 100%
1930 829 0.000372871 824 5 99%
1931 749 0.000355923 749 100%
1932 728 0.000344813 728 100%
1933 676 0.000338093 676 100%
1934 664 0.00031972 664 100%
1935 774 0.000370353 774 100%
1936 758 0.000364848 758 100%
1937 797 0.000374061 797 100%
1938 1026 0.000463713 1026 100%
1939 1549 0.000702991 1542 7 99%
1940 1978 0.000858997 1970 8 99%
1941 1982 0.000813487 1971 11 99%
1942 1998 0.000731381 1988 10 99%
1943 1839 0.000651536 1834 5 99%
1944 1576 0.000585856 1576 100%
1945 1412 0.000532246 1412 100%
1946 1665 0.000521077 1659 6 99%
1947 1933 0.000536598 1933 100%
1948 1847 0.000534972 1847 100%
1949 1935 0.000555272 1935 100%
1950 1672 0.000477256 1672 100%
1951 1590 0.000431627 1590 100%
1952 1552 0.000408636 1547 5 99%
1953 1385 0.0003594 1379 6 99%
1954 1307 0.000328334 1307 100%
1955 1280 0.000318798 1280 100%
1956 1350 0.000327429 1350 100%
1957 1454 0.000346014 1449 5 99%
1958 1396 0.000337695 1396 100%
1959 1271 0.000305676 1271 100%
1960 1223 0.000294428 1215 8 99%
1961 1095 0.000264346 1089 6 99%
1962 1211 0.000300096 1211 100%
1963 1257 0.000317569 1248 9 99%
1964 1138 0.000292725 1138 100%
1965 945 0.000260657 945 100%
1966 846 0.000243407 846 100%
1967 871 0.000256562 871 100%
1968 857 0.000253669 857 100%
1969 919 0.000264436 919 100%
1970 941 0.000260917 934 7 99%
1971 904 0.000263376 904 100%
1972 766 0.000243717 766 100%
1973 832 0.000275781 826 6 99%
1974 914 0.000300658 905 9 98%
1975 722 0.000239121 722 100%
1976 789 0.000260027 789 100%
1977 913 0.000287424 913 100%
1978 1105 0.000348155 1099 6 99%
1979 1256 0.000377517 1256 100%
1980 1439 0.000417767 1432 7 99%
1981 1544 0.000446323 1539 5 99%
1982 1494 0.000425888 1488 6 99%
1983 1518 0.000438305 1508 10 99%
1984 1609 0.000461196 1601 8 99%
1985 1715 0.000480512 1701 14 98%
1986 1544 0.000434064 1536 8 99%
1987 1659 0.000460116 1648 11 99%
1988 1812 0.000490387 1812 100%
1989 1748 0.000454682 1740 8 99%
1990 1761 0.000445543 1754 7 99%
1991 1793 0.000460302 1779 14 98%
1992 1731 0.000450632 1726 5 99%
1993 1596 0.000423311 1596 100%
1994 1512 0.000406708 1507 5 99%
1995 1307 0.000356894 1307 100%
1996 1093 0.000299682 1093 100%
1997 1162 0.000320486 1156 6 99%
1998 1284 0.000349083 1284 100%
1999 1291 0.000349498 1291 100%
2000 1170 0.000309532 1170 100%
2001 1130 0.000301865 1130 100%
2002 1090 0.000291577 1090 100%
2003 1080 0.000284037 1080 100%
2004 921 0.000241041 921 100%
2005 909 0.00023642 909 100%
2006 874 0.00022092 874 100%
2007 876 0.000219127 876 100%
2008 777 0.000197676 777 100%
2009 772 0.000202085 772 100%
2010 621 0.000168031 621 100%
2011 612 0.000167314 612 100%
2012 631 0.000172528 631 100%
2013 637 0.000174728 637 100%
2014 652 0.000175913 652 100%
2015 635 0.000171579 635 100%
2016 669 0.000182354 669 100%
2017 592 0.000165539 592 100%
2018 535 0.000152166 535 100%
2019 487 0.000140308 487 100%
2020 523 0.00015656 523 100%
2021 477 0.000140793 477 100%
2022 411 0.000121485 411 100%
2023 451 0.000136205 451 100%
2024 484 0.000145411 484 100%

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