Name Trends

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How popular is “Amelia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Amelia” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Amelia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Amelia” 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 221 0.001096861 221 100%
1881 235 0.001219588 235 100%
1882 252 0.001137528 252 100%
1883 262 0.001207674 262 100%
1884 315 0.001293842 315 100%
1885 298 0.001237264 298 100%
1886 326 0.001276849 326 100%
1887 344 0.001390506 344 100%
1888 358 0.001195429 358 100%
1889 346 0.001197456 346 100%
1890 368 0.001220965 368 100%
1891 353 0.001231368 353 100%
1892 385 0.001151405 385 100%
1893 385 0.001183803 385 100%
1894 390 0.001151495 390 100%
1895 379 0.001079711 379 100%
1896 365 0.001021025 365 100%
1897 408 0.001175938 408 100%
1898 360 0.000943755 360 100%
1899 332 0.000978675 332 100%
1900 398 0.000883938 398 100%
1901 350 0.001012111 350 100%
1902 355 0.000917946 355 100%
1903 347 0.000910283 347 100%
1904 353 0.000874878 353 100%
1905 365 0.000861007 365 100%
1906 358 0.000835568 358 100%
1907 380 0.000816519 380 100%
1908 370 0.00075719 370 100%
1909 388 0.000758963 388 100%
1910 449 0.000760101 449 100%
1911 430 0.000667414 430 100%
1912 672 0.000680119 672 100%
1913 721 0.000634064 721 100%
1914 926 0.000653796 926 100%
1915 1115 0.000608483 1115 100%
1916 1159 0.000599147 1159 100%
1917 1160 0.000578049 1160 100%
1918 1115 0.000513562 1115 100%
1919 1085 0.000514158 1085 100%
1920 1054 0.000465827 1054 100%
1921 1002 0.000429213 995 7 99%
1922 1032 0.000450821 1032 100%
1923 965 0.000419113 965 100%
1924 910 0.000382094 910 100%
1925 894 0.000383148 889 5 99%
1926 753 0.000327975 746 7 98%
1927 760 0.000327677 754 6 98%
1928 755 0.000333932 755 100%
1929 692 0.00031567 687 5 99%
1930 691 0.000310801 679 12 97%
1931 598 0.000284168 591 7 98%
1932 646 0.000305974 637 9 97%
1933 608 0.000304084 608 100%
1934 553 0.000266273 553 100%
1935 611 0.000292358 604 7 98%
1936 585 0.000281578 580 5 98%
1937 647 0.00030366 647 100%
1938 570 0.000257618 570 100%
1939 489 0.000221926 489 100%
1940 504 0.000218875 504 100%
1941 535 0.000219584 529 6 98%
1942 543 0.000198769 543 100%
1943 559 0.000198047 559 100%
1944 476 0.000176946 476 100%
1945 474 0.000178672 474 100%
1946 547 0.000171189 547 100%
1947 539 0.000149626 539 100%
1948 570 0.000165097 564 6 98%
1949 589 0.000169021 589 100%
1950 483 0.000137868 483 100%
1951 532 0.000144418 532 100%
1952 549 0.00014455 549 100%
1953 552 0.000143241 552 100%
1954 511 0.000128369 511 100%
1955 530 0.000132002 530 100%
1956 526 0.000127576 526 100%
1957 520 0.000123746 520 100%
1958 484 0.000117081 484 100%
1959 502 0.000120731 502 100%
1960 542 0.000130482 542 100%
1961 576 0.000139053 571 5 98%
1962 493 0.00012217 493 100%
1963 504 0.000127331 504 100%
1964 503 0.000129386 503 100%
1965 476 0.000131294 476 100%
1966 431 0.000124005 431 100%
1967 450 0.000132552 450 100%
1968 390 0.000115439 390 100%
1969 465 0.000133801 465 100%
1970 493 0.000136697 493 100%
1971 481 0.000140137 481 100%
1972 406 0.000129176 406 100%
1973 442 0.000146509 442 100%
1974 507 0.000166776 507 100%
1975 523 0.000173214 523 100%
1976 523 0.000172363 523 100%
1977 601 0.000189202 601 100%
1978 643 0.000202592 643 100%
1979 707 0.000212504 702 5 99%
1980 768 0.000222964 768 100%
1981 849 0.00024542 849 100%
1982 832 0.000237175 832 100%
1983 768 0.000221751 762 6 98%
1984 1100 0.000315299 1094 6 99%
1985 1015 0.000284385 1015 100%
1986 1024 0.000287877 1019 5 99%
1987 1011 0.000280396 1006 5 99%
1988 1130 0.000305815 1130 100%
1989 1273 0.000331127 1265 8 99%
1990 1513 0.000382798 1513 100%
1991 1541 0.000395609 1536 5 99%
1992 1345 0.000350144 1345 100%
1993 1253 0.000332336 1248 5 99%
1994 1255 0.000337579 1255 100%
1995 1207 0.000329587 1207 100%
1996 1292 0.000354245 1292 100%
1997 1317 0.000363235 1317 100%
1998 1425 0.000387417 1425 100%
1999 1421 0.000384692 1421 100%
2000 1531 0.000405037 1531 100%
2001 1638 0.000437571 1638 100%
2002 2444 0.000653775 2444 100%
2003 3096 0.00081424 3096 100%
2004 3366 0.000880939 3352 14 99%
2005 3917 0.001018767 3911 6 100%
2006 4070 0.001028768 4065 5 100%
2007 4201 0.001050859 4194 7 100%
2008 4351 0.001106937 4351 100%
2009 4710 0.001232928 4705 5 100%
2010 5464 0.001478459 5464 100%
2011 6381 0.001744495 6374 7 100%
2012 7248 0.001981754 7248 100%
2013 8059 0.002210569 8051 8 100%
2014 8813 0.002377794 8804 9 100%
2015 9875 0.002668261 9875 100%
2016 10815 0.002947912 10808 7 100%
2017 11880 0.003321966 11868 12 100%
2018 12411 0.003529967 12402 9 100%
2019 12954 0.003732138 12940 14 100%
2020 12805 0.00383317 12799 6 100%
2021 13040 0.003848936 13032 8 100%
2022 12422 0.003671742 12409 13 100%
2023 12359 0.003732488 12352 7 100%
2024 12749 0.003830253 12740 9 100%