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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Del” in the USA?

Number of people named “Del” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Del” by birth year

This chart shows how “Del” 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
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 8 0.000008097 8 -100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 33 0.000018009 5 28 -70%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 19 0.000008751 6 13 -37%
1919 21 0.000009951 6 15 -43%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1921 13 0.000005569 13 -100%
1922 21 0.000009174 12 9 14%
1923 29 0.000012595 11 18 -24%
1924 26 0.000010917 9 17 -31%
1925 22 0.000009429 6 16 -45%
1926 25 0.000010889 6 19 -52%
1927 27 0.000011641 7 20 -48%
1928 27 0.000011942 8 19 -41%
1929 35 0.000015966 10 25 -43%
1930 31 0.000013943 9 22 -42%
1931 36 0.000017107 9 27 -50%
1932 36 0.000017051 14 22 -22%
1933 48 0.000024007 14 34 -42%
1934 42 0.000020223 10 32 -52%
1935 40 0.00001914 11 29 -45%
1936 54 0.000025992 13 41 -52%
1937 55 0.000025813 14 41 -49%
1938 58 0.000026214 15 43 -48%
1939 56 0.000025415 14 42 -50%
1940 56 0.000024319 11 45 -61%
1941 47 0.000019291 10 37 -57%
1942 62 0.000022696 12 50 -61%
1943 58 0.000020549 9 49 -69%
1944 48 0.000017843 11 37 -54%
1945 56 0.000021109 15 41 -46%
1946 72 0.000022533 8 64 -78%
1947 99 0.000027482 12 87 -76%
1948 94 0.000027227 11 83 -77%
1949 73 0.000020948 10 63 -73%
1950 93 0.000026546 21 72 -55%
1951 100 0.000027146 17 83 -66%
1952 113 0.000029752 23 90 -59%
1953 112 0.000029063 22 90 -61%
1954 144 0.000036174 21 123 -71%
1955 132 0.000032876 20 112 -70%
1956 143 0.000034683 31 112 -57%
1957 154 0.000036648 24 130 -69%
1958 168 0.00004064 25 143 -70%
1959 152 0.000036556 12 140 -84%
1960 152 0.000036593 17 135 -78%
1961 116 0.000028004 26 90 -55%
1962 120 0.000029737 11 109 -82%
1963 139 0.000035117 17 122 -76%
1964 100 0.000025723 100 -100%
1965 118 0.000032548 13 105 -78%
1966 87 0.000025031 11 76 -75%
1967 80 0.000023565 8 72 -80%
1968 96 0.000028416 15 81 -69%
1969 85 0.000024458 8 77 -81%
1970 87 0.000024123 7 80 -84%
1971 61 0.000017772 61 -100%
1972 50 0.000015908 50 -100%
1973 35 0.000011601 5 30 -71%
1974 43 0.000014145 43 -100%
1975 38 0.000012585 38 -100%
1976 33 0.000010876 33 -100%
1977 24 0.000007555 24 -100%
1978 31 0.000009767 31 -100%
1979 37 0.000011121 37 -100%
1980 20 0.000005806 20 -100%
1981 21 0.00000607 21 -100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 -100%
1984 27 0.000007739 27 -100%
1985 25 0.000007005 25 -100%
1986 18 0.00000506 18 -100%
1987 25 0.000006934 25 -100%
1988 18 0.000004871 18 -100%
1989 21 0.000005462 21 -100%
1990 22 0.000005566 22 -100%
1991 27 0.000006931 27 -100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 -100%
1993 18 0.000004774 18 -100%
1994 15 0.000004035 15 -100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 -100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 -100%
1997 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 -100%
1999 17 0.000004602 17 -100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 -100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 15 0.000003901 15 -100%
2006 13 0.000003286 13 -100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2013 15 0.000004114 15 -100%
2014 11 0.000002968 11 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2016 12 0.000003271 12 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 -100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%
2020 15 0.00000449 15 -100%
2021 12 0.000003542 12 -100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 -100%
2023 14 0.000004228 14 -100%
2024 12 0.000003605 12 -100%

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