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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Viola” in the USA?

Number of people named “Viola” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Viola” by birth year

This chart shows how “Viola” 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 229 0.001136567 229 100%
1881 237 0.001229968 237 100%
1882 310 0.00139934 310 100%
1883 331 0.001525725 331 100%
1884 362 0.001486891 362 100%
1885 345 0.001432403 345 100%
1886 440 0.001723355 440 100%
1887 420 0.00169771 420 100%
1888 596 0.001990156 596 100%
1889 541 0.001872322 536 5 98%
1890 697 0.002312534 697 100%
1891 614 0.002141813 609 5 98%
1892 833 0.002491222 833 100%
1893 839 0.002579768 839 100%
1894 906 0.002675012 906 100%
1895 1010 0.002877329 1010 100%
1896 1047 0.002928803 1047 100%
1897 1017 0.002931199 1017 100%
1898 1272 0.0033346 1272 100%
1899 1163 0.003428312 1156 7 99%
1900 1679 0.003728973 1674 5 99%
1901 1336 0.003863371 1331 5 99%
1902 1458 0.003770043 1447 11 98%
1903 1501 0.003937566 1495 6 99%
1904 1551 0.003844009 1545 6 99%
1905 1703 0.004017248 1697 6 99%
1906 1681 0.003923436 1675 6 99%
1907 1805 0.003878467 1805 100%
1908 1973 0.004037663 1964 9 99%
1909 1936 0.00378699 1926 10 99%
1910 2098 0.003551652 2090 8 99%
1911 2088 0.003240837 2083 5 100%
1912 2550 0.00258081 2550 100%
1913 2857 0.00251251 2847 10 99%
1914 3204 0.002262162 3204 100%
1915 3866 0.002109771 3855 11 99%
1916 3957 0.002045578 3948 9 100%
1917 4053 0.002019684 4040 13 99%
1918 4342 0.001999898 4331 11 99%
1919 4143 0.001963279 4129 14 99%
1920 4310 0.001904852 4292 18 99%
1921 4174 0.001787959 4160 14 99%
1922 3809 0.001663932 3793 16 99%
1923 3546 0.001540078 3534 12 99%
1924 3588 0.001506544 3577 11 99%
1925 3351 0.001436162 3336 15 99%
1926 2894 0.001260505 2876 18 99%
1927 2779 0.001198176 2769 10 99%
1928 2638 0.001166772 2623 15 99%
1929 2307 0.001052386 2291 16 99%
1930 2167 0.000974683 2161 6 99%
1931 1843 0.000875789 1823 20 98%
1932 1678 0.000794774 1668 10 99%
1933 1490 0.000745206 1478 12 98%
1934 1441 0.000693851 1435 6 99%
1935 1326 0.00063448 1326 100%
1936 1196 0.00057567 1187 9 98%
1937 1165 0.000546776 1158 7 99%
1938 1048 0.000473656 1040 8 98%
1939 991 0.000449751 980 11 98%
1940 976 0.000423853 966 10 98%
1941 907 0.000372267 901 6 99%
1942 941 0.000344459 941 100%
1943 893 0.00031638 893 100%
1944 805 0.000299248 800 5 99%
1945 771 0.000290624 765 6 98%
1946 786 0.000245986 781 5 99%
1947 813 0.000225688 813 100%
1948 730 0.00021144 724 6 98%
1949 685 0.000196569 685 100%
1950 624 0.000178115 624 100%
1951 636 0.000172651 636 100%
1952 634 0.00016693 634 100%
1953 571 0.000148171 571 100%
1954 574 0.000144195 574 100%
1955 512 0.000127519 512 100%
1956 528 0.000128061 528 100%
1957 448 0.000106612 448 100%
1958 452 0.00010934 452 100%
1959 407 0.000097884 407 100%
1960 428 0.000103038 428 100%
1961 421 0.000101634 421 100%
1962 320 0.000079299 320 100%
1963 308 0.000077813 308 100%
1964 294 0.000075625 294 100%
1965 249 0.000068681 249 100%
1966 206 0.000059269 206 100%
1967 204 0.00006009 204 100%
1968 163 0.000048248 163 100%
1969 139 0.000039996 139 100%
1970 151 0.000041869 151 100%
1971 130 0.000037875 130 100%
1972 128 0.000040725 128 100%
1973 113 0.000037456 113 100%
1974 117 0.000038487 117 100%
1975 88 0.000029145 88 100%
1976 99 0.000032627 99 100%
1977 84 0.000026444 84 100%
1978 62 0.000019535 62 100%
1979 86 0.000025849 86 100%
1980 106 0.000030774 106 100%
1981 84 0.000024282 84 100%
1982 87 0.000024801 87 100%
1983 75 0.000021655 75 100%
1984 84 0.000024077 84 100%
1985 64 0.000017932 64 100%
1986 59 0.000016587 59 100%
1987 71 0.000019692 71 100%
1988 71 0.000019215 71 100%
1989 63 0.000016387 63 100%
1990 58 0.000014674 58 100%
1991 60 0.000015403 60 100%
1992 49 0.000012756 49 100%
1993 50 0.000013262 50 100%
1994 44 0.000011835 44 100%
1995 41 0.000011196 41 100%
1996 47 0.000012887 47 100%
1997 44 0.000012135 44 100%
1998 43 0.00001169 43 100%
1999 52 0.000014077 52 100%
2000 45 0.000011905 45 100%
2001 44 0.000011754 44 100%
2002 58 0.000015515 58 100%
2003 60 0.00001578 60 100%
2004 53 0.000013871 53 100%
2005 61 0.000015865 61 100%
2006 99 0.000025024 99 100%
2007 101 0.000025265 101 100%
2008 97 0.000024678 97 100%
2009 116 0.000030365 116 100%
2010 117 0.000031658 117 100%
2011 135 0.000036908 135 100%
2012 168 0.000045935 168 100%
2013 181 0.000049648 181 100%
2014 194 0.000052342 194 100%
2015 192 0.000051879 192 100%
2016 223 0.000060785 223 100%
2017 212 0.000059281 212 100%
2018 214 0.000060866 214 100%
2019 234 0.000067417 234 100%
2020 216 0.000064659 216 100%
2021 210 0.000061984 210 100%
2022 248 0.000073305 248 100%
2023 232 0.000070065 232 100%
2024 199 0.000059787 199 100%

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