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How popular is “Ursula” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ursula” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ursula” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ursula” 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 9 0.000040626 9 100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 100%
1885 19 0.000078886 19 100%
1886 19 0.000074418 19 100%
1887 20 0.000080843 20 100%
1888 14 0.000046749 14 100%
1889 18 0.000062295 18 100%
1890 26 0.000086264 26 100%
1891 21 0.000073254 21 100%
1892 21 0.000062804 21 100%
1893 18 0.000055347 18 100%
1894 22 0.000064956 22 100%
1895 39 0.000111105 39 100%
1896 31 0.000086717 31 100%
1897 32 0.00009223 32 100%
1898 40 0.000104862 40 100%
1899 29 0.000085487 29 100%
1900 41 0.000091059 41 100%
1901 45 0.000130129 45 100%
1902 35 0.000090502 35 100%
1903 46 0.000120672 46 100%
1904 37 0.000091701 37 100%
1905 50 0.000117946 50 100%
1906 55 0.000128369 55 100%
1907 42 0.000090247 42 100%
1908 48 0.00009823 48 100%
1909 61 0.000119321 61 100%
1910 55 0.000093108 55 100%
1911 66 0.00010244 66 100%
1912 79 0.000079954 79 100%
1913 99 0.000087063 99 100%
1914 119 0.000084019 119 100%
1915 144 0.000078584 144 100%
1916 147 0.000075992 147 100%
1917 135 0.000067273 135 100%
1918 155 0.000071392 155 100%
1919 142 0.000067291 142 100%
1920 160 0.000070714 160 100%
1921 143 0.000061255 143 100%
1922 159 0.000069458 159 100%
1923 181 0.000078611 181 100%
1924 152 0.000063822 152 100%
1925 144 0.000061715 144 100%
1926 122 0.000053138 122 100%
1927 131 0.000056481 131 100%
1928 122 0.00005396 122 100%
1929 127 0.000057934 127 100%
1930 141 0.00006342 141 100%
1931 104 0.000049421 104 100%
1932 101 0.000047838 101 100%
1933 132 0.000066018 132 100%
1934 107 0.000051521 107 100%
1935 115 0.000055027 115 100%
1936 114 0.000054872 114 100%
1937 100 0.000046934 100 100%
1938 104 0.000047004 104 100%
1939 108 0.000049014 108 100%
1940 86 0.000037348 86 100%
1941 90 0.000036939 90 100%
1942 83 0.000030383 83 100%
1943 71 0.000025154 71 100%
1944 85 0.000031598 85 100%
1945 78 0.000029402 78 100%
1946 72 0.000022533 72 100%
1947 87 0.000024151 87 100%
1948 65 0.000018827 65 100%
1949 68 0.000019513 68 100%
1950 77 0.000021979 77 100%
1951 82 0.00002226 82 100%
1952 93 0.000024487 93 100%
1953 89 0.000023095 89 100%
1954 119 0.000029894 119 100%
1955 144 0.000035865 144 100%
1956 134 0.0000325 134 100%
1957 109 0.000025939 109 100%
1958 121 0.00002927 121 100%
1959 119 0.00002862 119 100%
1960 134 0.00003226 134 100%
1961 182 0.000043937 182 100%
1962 194 0.000048075 194 100%
1963 203 0.000051286 203 100%
1964 236 0.000060706 236 100%
1965 355 0.000097919 355 100%
1966 368 0.000105879 368 100%
1967 400 0.000117824 400 100%
1968 354 0.000104783 354 100%
1969 384 0.000110493 384 100%
1970 335 0.000092887 335 100%
1971 395 0.000115081 395 100%
1972 377 0.000119949 377 100%
1973 297 0.000098446 297 100%
1974 268 0.000088158 268 100%
1975 261 0.000086441 261 100%
1976 230 0.0000758 230 100%
1977 217 0.000068314 217 100%
1978 179 0.000056398 179 100%
1979 181 0.000054403 181 100%
1980 166 0.000048193 166 100%
1981 170 0.000049142 170 100%
1982 160 0.000045611 160 100%
1983 148 0.000042733 148 100%
1984 132 0.000037836 132 100%
1985 131 0.000036704 131 100%
1986 127 0.000035703 127 100%
1987 130 0.000036055 130 100%
1988 128 0.000034641 128 100%
1989 106 0.000027572 106 100%
1990 97 0.000024542 97 100%
1991 80 0.000020538 80 100%
1992 62 0.00001614 62 100%
1993 47 0.000012466 47 100%
1994 62 0.000016677 62 100%
1995 49 0.00001338 49 100%
1996 37 0.000010145 37 100%
1997 39 0.000010756 39 100%
1998 66 0.000017944 66 100%
1999 52 0.000014077 52 100%
2000 44 0.000011641 44 100%
2001 44 0.000011754 44 100%
2002 31 0.000008293 31 100%
2003 47 0.000012361 47 100%
2004 34 0.000008898 34 100%
2005 26 0.000006762 26 100%
2006 30 0.000007583 30 100%
2007 38 0.000009506 38 100%
2008 24 0.000006106 24 100%
2009 39 0.000010209 39 100%
2010 32 0.000008659 32 100%
2011 26 0.000007108 26 100%
2012 27 0.000007382 27 100%
2013 30 0.000008229 30 100%
2014 24 0.000006475 24 100%
2015 41 0.000011078 41 100%
2016 30 0.000008177 30 100%
2017 33 0.000009228 33 100%
2018 29 0.000008248 29 100%
2019 23 0.000006626 23 100%
2020 28 0.000008382 28 100%
2021 34 0.000010036 34 100%
2022 25 0.00000739 25 100%
2023 39 0.000011778 39 100%
2024 25 0.000007511 25 100%

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