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How popular is “Sybil” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sybil” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Sybil” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sybil” 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
1881 6 0.000031138 6 100%
1882 11 0.000049654 11 100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 100%
1886 9 0.00003525 9 100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 100%
1888 16 0.000053427 16 100%
1889 14 0.000048452 14 100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 100%
1891 25 0.000087207 25 100%
1892 18 0.000053832 18 100%
1893 18 0.000055347 18 100%
1894 22 0.000064956 22 100%
1895 29 0.000082616 29 100%
1896 31 0.000086717 31 100%
1897 37 0.000106641 37 100%
1898 39 0.00010224 39 100%
1899 51 0.000150339 51 100%
1900 64 0.000142141 64 100%
1901 52 0.000150371 52 100%
1902 56 0.000144803 56 100%
1903 54 0.000141658 54 100%
1904 58 0.000143748 58 100%
1905 60 0.000141535 60 100%
1906 84 0.000196055 84 100%
1907 55 0.00011818 55 100%
1908 76 0.000155531 76 100%
1909 81 0.000158443 81 100%
1910 106 0.000179445 106 100%
1911 96 0.000149004 96 100%
1912 117 0.000118414 117 100%
1913 165 0.000145105 165 100%
1914 206 0.000145445 206 100%
1915 269 0.0001468 269 100%
1916 287 0.000148365 287 100%
1917 288 0.000143516 288 100%
1918 460 0.000211873 460 100%
1919 515 0.000244047 515 100%
1920 483 0.000213467 483 100%
1921 541 0.000231741 541 100%
1922 463 0.000202258 463 100%
1923 455 0.000197613 455 100%
1924 484 0.000203224 479 5 98%
1925 442 0.000189431 442 100%
1926 381 0.000165948 381 100%
1927 436 0.000187983 436 100%
1928 419 0.000185321 419 100%
1929 338 0.000154186 338 100%
1930 318 0.000143031 318 100%
1931 274 0.000130204 274 100%
1932 268 0.000126937 268 100%
1933 286 0.00014304 286 100%
1934 271 0.000130488 271 100%
1935 287 0.000137327 287 100%
1936 370 0.000178092 370 100%
1937 322 0.000151126 322 100%
1938 357 0.000161351 357 100%
1939 366 0.000166104 366 100%
1940 368 0.000159813 368 100%
1941 305 0.000125183 305 100%
1942 292 0.000106889 292 100%
1943 287 0.000101681 287 100%
1944 256 0.000095164 256 100%
1945 241 0.000090844 241 100%
1946 277 0.00008669 277 100%
1947 249 0.000069122 249 100%
1948 220 0.000063722 220 100%
1949 214 0.00006141 214 100%
1950 208 0.000059372 208 100%
1951 224 0.000060808 224 100%
1952 215 0.000056609 215 100%
1953 203 0.000052677 203 100%
1954 194 0.000048735 194 100%
1955 178 0.000044333 178 100%
1956 168 0.000040747 168 100%
1957 169 0.000040218 169 100%
1958 182 0.000044026 182 100%
1959 146 0.000035113 146 100%
1960 165 0.000039723 165 100%
1961 129 0.000031142 129 100%
1962 181 0.000044853 181 100%
1963 210 0.000053054 210 100%
1964 143 0.000036784 143 100%
1965 153 0.000042202 153 100%
1966 144 0.000041431 144 100%
1967 103 0.00003034 103 100%
1968 89 0.000026344 89 100%
1969 79 0.000022732 79 100%
1970 76 0.000021073 76 100%
1971 83 0.000024182 83 100%
1972 88 0.000027999 88 100%
1973 103 0.000034141 103 100%
1974 117 0.000038487 117 100%
1975 119 0.000039412 119 100%
1976 104 0.000034275 104 100%
1977 89 0.000028018 89 100%
1978 61 0.000019219 61 100%
1979 91 0.000027352 91 100%
1980 93 0.000027 93 100%
1981 70 0.000020235 70 100%
1982 47 0.000013398 47 100%
1983 33 0.000009528 33 100%
1984 39 0.000011179 39 100%
1985 32 0.000008966 32 100%
1986 53 0.0000149 53 100%
1987 40 0.000011094 40 100%
1988 33 0.000008931 33 100%
1989 31 0.000008064 31 100%
1990 33 0.000008349 33 100%
1991 26 0.000006675 26 100%
1992 29 0.00000755 29 100%
1993 18 0.000004774 18 100%
1994 24 0.000006456 24 100%
1995 20 0.000005461 20 100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 100%
1997 15 0.000004137 15 100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 100%
2001 18 0.000004808 18 100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 100%
2004 15 0.000003926 15 100%
2005 20 0.000005202 20 100%
2006 19 0.000004803 19 100%
2007 15 0.000003752 15 100%
2008 18 0.000004579 18 100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 100%
2010 12 0.000003247 12 100%
2011 13 0.000003554 13 100%
2012 16 0.000004375 16 100%
2013 67 0.000018378 67 100%
2014 86 0.000023203 86 100%
2015 91 0.000024589 91 100%
2016 106 0.000028893 106 100%
2017 111 0.000031039 111 100%
2018 109 0.000031002 109 100%
2019 123 0.000035437 123 100%
2020 101 0.000030234 101 100%
2021 123 0.000036305 123 100%
2022 145 0.00004286 145 100%
2023 154 0.000046509 154 100%
2024 136 0.000040859 136 100%

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