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How popular is “Velva” in the USA?

Number of people named “Velva” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Velva” by birth year

This chart shows how “Velva” 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
1888 6 0.000020035 6 100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 100%
1892 15 0.00004486 15 100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 100%
1895 13 0.000037035 13 100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 100%
1897 12 0.000034586 12 100%
1898 22 0.000057674 22 100%
1899 16 0.000047165 16 100%
1900 27 0.000059966 27 100%
1901 13 0.000037593 13 100%
1902 24 0.000062058 24 100%
1903 15 0.000039349 15 100%
1904 26 0.000064439 26 100%
1905 39 0.000091998 39 100%
1906 37 0.000086358 37 100%
1907 31 0.000066611 31 100%
1908 39 0.000079812 39 100%
1909 34 0.000066507 34 100%
1910 56 0.000094801 56 100%
1911 56 0.000086919 56 100%
1912 85 0.000086027 85 100%
1913 96 0.000084425 96 100%
1914 93 0.000065662 93 100%
1915 123 0.000067124 123 100%
1916 139 0.000071856 139 100%
1917 108 0.000053818 108 100%
1918 126 0.000058035 126 100%
1919 115 0.000054496 115 100%
1920 118 0.000052151 118 100%
1921 122 0.000052259 122 100%
1922 102 0.000044558 102 100%
1923 104 0.000045169 104 100%
1924 102 0.000042828 102 100%
1925 84 0.000036 84 100%
1926 83 0.000036151 83 100%
1927 109 0.000046996 109 100%
1928 72 0.000031845 72 100%
1929 55 0.000025089 55 100%
1930 76 0.000034184 76 100%
1931 69 0.000032789 69 100%
1932 83 0.000039312 83 100%
1933 77 0.000038511 77 100%
1934 73 0.00003515 73 100%
1935 71 0.000033973 71 100%
1936 60 0.00002888 60 100%
1937 74 0.000034731 74 100%
1938 55 0.000024858 55 100%
1939 59 0.000026776 59 100%
1940 64 0.000027794 64 100%
1941 54 0.000022164 54 100%
1942 51 0.000018669 51 100%
1943 48 0.000017006 48 100%
1944 43 0.000015985 43 100%
1945 51 0.000019224 51 100%
1946 38 0.000011892 38 100%
1947 49 0.000013602 49 100%
1948 54 0.000015641 54 100%
1949 53 0.000015209 53 100%
1950 43 0.000012274 43 100%
1951 32 0.000008687 32 100%
1952 50 0.000013165 50 100%
1953 44 0.000011418 44 100%
1954 32 0.000008039 32 100%
1955 36 0.000008966 36 100%
1956 27 0.000006549 27 100%
1957 36 0.000008567 36 100%
1958 43 0.000010402 43 100%
1959 35 0.000008418 35 100%
1960 32 0.000007704 32 100%
1961 34 0.000008208 34 100%
1962 21 0.000005204 21 100%
1963 27 0.000006821 27 100%
1964 23 0.000005916 23 100%
1965 20 0.000005517 20 100%
1966 24 0.000006905 24 100%
1967 16 0.000004713 16 100%
1968 16 0.000004736 16 100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 100%
1970 17 0.000004714 17 100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 100%

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