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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ruel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ruel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ruel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ruel” 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
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 -100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1903 11 0.000028856 11 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1906 9 0.000021006 9 -100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 21 0.000021254 21 -100%
1913 29 0.000025503 5 24 -66%
1914 28 0.000019769 28 -100%
1915 49 0.000026741 49 -100%
1916 32 0.000016542 32 -100%
1917 29 0.000014451 29 -100%
1918 29 0.000013357 29 -100%
1919 34 0.000016112 34 -100%
1920 30 0.000013259 30 -100%
1921 38 0.000016278 38 -100%
1922 38 0.0000166 38 -100%
1923 38 0.000016504 38 -100%
1924 47 0.000019735 47 -100%
1925 46 0.000019715 46 -100%
1926 33 0.000014373 33 -100%
1927 42 0.000018108 42 -100%
1928 28 0.000012384 28 -100%
1929 32 0.000014597 32 -100%
1930 31 0.000013943 31 -100%
1931 24 0.000011405 24 -100%
1932 26 0.000012315 26 -100%
1933 37 0.000018505 37 -100%
1934 26 0.000012519 26 -100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 -100%
1936 30 0.00001444 30 -100%
1937 20 0.000009387 20 -100%
1938 21 0.000009491 21 -100%
1939 30 0.000013615 30 -100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 -100%
1941 17 0.000006977 17 -100%
1942 22 0.000008053 22 -100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 -100%
1944 19 0.000007063 19 -100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 -100%
1946 25 0.000007824 25 -100%
1947 17 0.000004719 17 -100%
1948 15 0.000004345 15 -100%
1949 15 0.000004304 15 -100%
1950 23 0.000006565 23 -100%
1951 16 0.000004343 16 -100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 -100%
1953 15 0.000003892 15 -100%
1954 14 0.000003517 14 -100%
1955 16 0.000003985 16 -100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 -100%
1957 16 0.000003808 16 -100%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 -100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 -100%
1960 17 0.000004093 17 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1967 15 0.000004418 15 -100%
1968 16 0.000004736 16 -100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 -100%
1970 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
1989 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 -100%
1993 13 0.000003448 13 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 11 0.000002976 11 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 -100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 -100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 -100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 -100%
2024 11 0.000003305 11 -100%

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