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How popular is “Delight” in the USA?

Number of people named “Delight” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Delight” by birth year

This chart shows how “Delight” 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
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 100%
1915 12 0.000006549 12 100%
1916 19 0.000009822 19 100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 100%
1918 9 0.000004145 9 100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 100%
1920 17 0.000007513 17 100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 100%
1922 14 0.000006116 14 100%
1923 19 0.000008252 19 100%
1924 16 0.000006718 16 100%
1925 12 0.000005143 12 100%
1926 24 0.000010453 24 100%
1927 12 0.000005174 12 100%
1928 20 0.000008846 20 100%
1929 18 0.000008211 18 100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 100%
1931 18 0.000008554 18 100%
1932 20 0.000009473 20 100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 100%
1934 25 0.000012038 25 100%
1935 21 0.000010048 21 100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 100%
1937 19 0.000008917 19 100%
1938 15 0.000006779 15 100%
1939 20 0.000009077 20 100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 100%
1943 10 0.000003543 10 100%
1944 17 0.00000632 17 100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 100%
1946 32 0.000010015 32 100%
1947 28 0.000007773 28 100%
1948 15 0.000004345 15 100%
1949 19 0.000005452 19 100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 100%
1951 10 0.000002715 10 100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 100%
1953 20 0.00000519 20 100%
1954 19 0.000004773 19 100%
1955 29 0.000007223 29 100%
1956 17 0.000004123 17 100%
1957 25 0.000005949 25 100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 100%
1959 11 0.000002646 11 100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 100%
1961 12 0.000002897 12 100%
1962 10 0.000002478 10 100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 100%
2017 10 0.000002796 10 100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 100%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 100%

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