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How popular is “Delilah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Delilah” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Delilah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Delilah” 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 10 0.000049632 10 100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 100%
1883 11 0.000050704 11 100%
1884 17 0.000069826 17 100%
1885 12 0.000049823 12 100%
1886 15 0.000058751 15 100%
1887 14 0.00005659 14 100%
1888 19 0.000063445 19 100%
1889 20 0.000069217 20 100%
1890 20 0.000066357 20 100%
1891 28 0.000097672 28 100%
1892 20 0.000059813 20 100%
1893 19 0.000058421 19 100%
1894 21 0.000062004 21 100%
1895 15 0.000042733 15 100%
1896 18 0.000050352 18 100%
1897 16 0.000046115 16 100%
1898 28 0.000073403 28 100%
1899 24 0.000070748 24 100%
1900 21 0.00004664 21 100%
1901 16 0.000046268 16 100%
1902 22 0.000056887 22 100%
1903 18 0.000047219 18 100%
1904 20 0.000049568 20 100%
1905 22 0.000051896 22 100%
1906 14 0.000032676 14 100%
1907 12 0.000025785 12 100%
1908 21 0.000042976 21 100%
1909 29 0.000056727 29 100%
1910 30 0.000050786 30 100%
1911 24 0.000037251 24 100%
1912 33 0.000033399 33 100%
1913 49 0.000043092 49 100%
1914 50 0.000035302 50 100%
1915 52 0.000028378 52 100%
1916 65 0.000033602 65 100%
1917 62 0.000030896 62 100%
1918 72 0.000033163 72 100%
1919 64 0.000030328 64 100%
1920 63 0.000027844 63 100%
1921 61 0.00002613 61 100%
1922 61 0.000026647 61 100%
1923 64 0.000027796 64 100%
1924 71 0.000029812 71 100%
1925 50 0.000021429 50 100%
1926 77 0.000033538 77 100%
1927 46 0.000019833 46 100%
1928 59 0.000026095 59 100%
1929 53 0.000024177 53 100%
1930 63 0.000028336 63 100%
1931 53 0.000025185 53 100%
1932 52 0.000024629 52 100%
1933 54 0.000027007 54 100%
1934 53 0.00002552 53 100%
1935 63 0.000030145 63 100%
1936 57 0.000027436 57 100%
1937 55 0.000025813 55 100%
1938 48 0.000021694 48 100%
1939 41 0.000018607 41 100%
1940 40 0.000017371 40 100%
1941 80 0.000032835 80 100%
1942 142 0.00005198 142 100%
1943 78 0.000027634 78 100%
1944 62 0.000023048 62 100%
1945 45 0.000016963 45 100%
1946 52 0.000016274 52 100%
1947 55 0.000015268 55 100%
1948 90 0.000026068 90 100%
1949 96 0.000027548 96 100%
1950 131 0.000037393 131 100%
1951 184 0.000049949 184 100%
1952 228 0.000060032 228 100%
1953 214 0.000055532 214 100%
1954 156 0.000039189 156 100%
1955 148 0.000036861 148 100%
1956 172 0.000041717 172 100%
1957 158 0.0000376 158 100%
1958 131 0.000031689 131 100%
1959 111 0.000026696 111 100%
1960 140 0.000033704 140 100%
1961 108 0.000026072 108 100%
1962 110 0.000027259 110 100%
1963 80 0.000020211 80 100%
1964 66 0.000016977 66 100%
1965 54 0.000014895 54 100%
1966 41 0.000011796 41 100%
1967 53 0.000015612 53 100%
1968 59 0.000017464 59 100%
1969 90 0.000025897 90 100%
1970 170 0.000047137 170 100%
1971 131 0.000038166 131 100%
1972 104 0.000033089 104 100%
1973 156 0.000051709 156 100%
1974 147 0.000048355 147 100%
1975 132 0.000043717 132 100%
1976 136 0.000044821 136 100%
1977 151 0.000047537 151 100%
1978 154 0.000048521 154 100%
1979 196 0.000058912 196 100%
1980 159 0.00004616 159 100%
1981 115 0.000033243 115 100%
1982 159 0.000045325 159 100%
1983 252 0.000072762 252 100%
1984 225 0.000064493 225 100%
1985 236 0.000066123 236 100%
1986 185 0.000052009 185 100%
1987 219 0.000060739 219 100%
1988 192 0.000051962 192 100%
1989 153 0.000039798 153 100%
1990 136 0.000034409 136 100%
1991 151 0.000038765 151 100%
1992 128 0.000033322 128 100%
1993 138 0.000036602 138 100%
1994 133 0.000035775 133 100%
1995 155 0.000042325 155 100%
1996 159 0.000043595 159 100%
1997 225 0.000062056 225 100%
1998 242 0.000065793 242 100%
1999 355 0.000096105 355 100%
2000 358 0.000094711 358 100%
2001 379 0.000101245 379 100%
2002 354 0.000094696 354 100%
2003 438 0.000115193 438 100%
2004 473 0.000123792 473 100%
2005 487 0.000126663 487 100%
2006 539 0.000136242 539 100%
2007 1136 0.000284165 1136 100%
2008 1741 0.000442928 1741 100%
2009 1705 0.000446315 1705 100%
2010 1671 0.000452142 1671 100%
2011 1837 0.000502216 1837 100%
2012 2096 0.00057309 2096 100%
2013 2345 0.000643229 2345 100%
2014 2513 0.000678021 2513 100%
2015 2739 0.000740088 2739 100%
2016 2742 0.000747404 2742 100%
2017 2897 0.000810079 2897 100%
2018 3011 0.000856396 3011 100%
2019 3156 0.000909266 3156 100%
2020 3420 0.001023775 3420 100%
2021 3759 0.001109521 3759 100%
2022 3871 0.001144205 3871 100%
2023 4045 0.001221613 4045 100%
2024 4240 0.001273847 4240 100%

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