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 0.001207679 262 100%
1884 315 0.001293842 315 100%
1885 298 0.001237264 298 100%
1886 326 0.001276844 326 100%
1887 344 0.0013905 344 100%
1888 358 0.001195429 358 100%
1889 346 0.001197456 346 100%
1890 368 0.001220965 368 100%
1891 353 0.001231372 353 100%
1892 385 0.001151405 385 100%
1893 385 0.001183803 385 100%
1894 390 0.001151495 390 100%
1895 379 0.001079708 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 0.000883936 398 100%
1901 350 0.001012111 350 100%
1902 355 0.000917946 355 100%
1903 347 0.000910279 347 100%
1904 353 0.000874878 353 100%
1905 365 0.000861003 365 100%
1906 358 0.000835568 358 100%
1907 380 0.000816518 380 100%
1908 370 0.000757188 370 100%
1909 388 0.000758963 388 100%
1910 449 0.000760101 449 100%
1911 430 0.000667414 430 100%
1912 672 0.00068012 672 100%
1913 721 0.000634063 721 100%
1914 926 0.000653795 926 100%
1915 1115 0.000608482 1115 100%
1916 1159 0.000599148 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 0.000327976 746 7 98%
1927 760 0.000327676 754 6 98%
1928 755 0.000333934 755 100%
1929 692 0.000315672 687 5 99%
1930 691 0.000310801 679 12 97%
1931 598 0.000284171 591 7 98%
1932 646 0.000305976 637 9 97%
1933 608 0.000304086 608 100%
1934 553 0.000266275 553 100%
1935 611 0.000292362 604 7 98%
1936 585 0.00028158 580 5 98%
1937 647 0.000303666 647 100%
1938 570 0.000257619 570 100%
1939 489 0.000221927 489 100%
1940 504 0.000218879 504 100%
1941 535 0.000219588 529 6 98%
1942 542 0.000198407 542 100%
1943 560 0.000198402 560 100%
1944 476 0.000176948 476 100%
1945 474 0.000178674 474 100%
1946 547 0.00017119 547 100%
1947 539 0.000149628 539 100%
1948 570 0.000165097 564 6 98%
1949 589 0.000169023 589 100%
1950 483 0.000137867 483 100%
1951 532 0.000144419 532 100%
1952 549 0.00014455 549 100%
1953 552 0.000143242 552 100%
1954 511 0.00012837 511 100%
1955 530 0.000132004 530 100%
1956 526 0.000127576 526 100%
1957 520 0.000123749 520 100%
1958 484 0.000117071 484 100%
1959 502 0.000120768 502 100%
1960 542 0.000130479 542 100%
1961 576 0.000139065 571 5 98%
1962 493 0.000122186 493 100%
1963 504 0.000127326 504 100%
1964 503 0.000129387 503 100%
1965 476 0.000131293 476 100%
1966 431 0.000124008 431 100%
1967 450 0.000132552 450 100%
1968 390 0.000115441 390 100%
1969 465 0.0001338 465 100%
1970 493 0.000136698 493 100%
1971 481 0.00014014 481 100%
1972 406 0.000129175 406 100%
1973 442 0.00014651 442 100%
1974 507 0.000166776 507 100%
1975 523 0.000173215 523 100%
1976 523 0.000172362 523 100%
1977 601 0.000189207 601 100%
1978 643 0.000202595 643 100%
1979 707 0.000212506 702 5 99%
1980 768 0.000222965 768 100%
1981 849 0.000245423 849 100%
1982 832 0.000237176 832 100%
1983 768 0.000221755 762 6 98%
1984 1100 0.000315308 1094 6 99%
1985 1014 0.000284115 1014 100%
1986 1023 0.000287606 1018 5 99%
1987 1011 0.000280406 1006 5 99%
1988 1130 0.00030583 1130 100%
1989 1273 0.000331137 1265 8 99%
1990 1513 0.00038282 1513 100%
1991 1541 0.000395626 1536 5 99%
1992 1345 0.000350162 1345 100%
1993 1253 0.000332349 1248 5 99%
1994 1255 0.000337594 1255 100%
1995 1207 0.0003296 1207 100%
1996 1291 0.000353985 1291 100%
1997 1317 0.000363247 1317 100%
1998 1425 0.00038743 1425 100%
1999 1421 0.000384704 1421 100%
2000 1531 0.000405049 1531 100%
2001 1636 0.000437051 1636 100%
2002 2444 0.000653802 2444 100%
2003 3096 0.000814305 3096 100%
2004 3366 0.000881006 3352 14 99%
2005 3917 0.001018846 3911 6 100%
2006 4070 0.00102887 4065 5 100%
2007 4201 0.001050971 4194 7 100%
2008 4351 0.001107097 4351 100%
2009 4709 0.001232886 4704 5 100%
2010 5464 0.001478697 5464 100%
2011 6380 0.001744526 6373 7 100%
2012 7247 0.00198187 7247 100%
2013 8056 0.002210271 8048 8 100%
2014 8812 0.002378141 8803 9 100%
2015 9873 0.002668487 9873 100%
2016 10814 0.002948585 10807 7 100%
2017 11875 0.003321941 11863 12 100%
2018 12406 0.003530299 12397 9 100%
2019 12952 0.003733866 12938 14 100%
2020 12798 0.00383421 12792 6 100%
2021 13032 0.003850282 13024 8 100%
2022 12413 0.003673995 12400 13 100%
2023 12318 0.003735845 12311 7 100%