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How popular is “Della” in the USA?

Number of people named “Della” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Della” by birth year

This chart shows how “Della” 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 391 0.001940601 391 100%
1881 428 0.002221207 428 100%
1882 447 0.002017758 447 100%
1883 453 0.002088077 453 100%
1884 541 0.002222122 541 100%
1885 500 0.002075946 500 100%
1886 565 0.002212944 565 100%
1887 496 0.002004915 496 100%
1888 627 0.002093671 621 6 98%
1889 606 0.002097278 606 100%
1890 631 0.002093556 631 100%
1891 607 0.002117395 607 100%
1892 666 0.001991782 666 100%
1893 660 0.002029377 660 100%
1894 681 0.002010688 681 100%
1895 653 0.001860293 648 5 98%
1896 642 0.001795885 642 100%
1897 624 0.001798494 624 100%
1898 656 0.001719731 656 100%
1899 600 0.001768691 595 5 98%
1900 748 0.00166127 748 100%
1901 534 0.001544192 534 100%
1902 609 0.00157473 609 100%
1903 611 0.001602833 611 100%
1904 613 0.001519263 607 6 98%
1905 593 0.001398842 593 100%
1906 557 0.001300032 557 100%
1907 582 0.001250564 582 100%
1908 549 0.001123506 549 100%
1909 568 0.001111059 568 100%
1910 602 0.001019111 602 100%
1911 652 0.001011985 645 7 98%
1912 733 0.000741856 733 100%
1913 796 0.00070002 789 7 98%
1914 879 0.000620612 879 100%
1915 1086 0.000592657 1086 100%
1916 1178 0.000608969 1172 6 99%
1917 1198 0.000596985 1192 6 99%
1918 1162 0.00053521 1162 100%
1919 1195 0.000566285 1190 5 99%
1920 1137 0.00050251 1137 100%
1921 1153 0.000493895 1153 100%
1922 1160 0.000506737 1155 5 99%
1923 1131 0.000491209 1125 6 99%
1924 1062 0.000445917 1050 12 98%
1925 1034 0.000443149 1028 6 99%
1926 1015 0.000442091 1009 6 99%
1927 954 0.000411321 946 8 98%
1928 905 0.000400276 897 8 98%
1929 872 0.000397781 866 6 99%
1930 887 0.000398959 887 100%
1931 869 0.000412947 863 6 99%
1932 850 0.000402597 844 6 99%
1933 855 0.000427618 850 5 99%
1934 796 0.000383279 796 100%
1935 774 0.000370353 774 100%
1936 726 0.000349445 721 5 99%
1937 787 0.000369367 787 100%
1938 748 0.000338068 748 100%
1939 680 0.000308608 680 100%
1940 650 0.000282279 650 100%
1941 680 0.000279097 673 7 98%
1942 681 0.000249285 681 100%
1943 681 0.00024127 681 100%
1944 636 0.000236424 636 100%
1945 532 0.000200535 532 100%
1946 588 0.00018402 588 100%
1947 732 0.000203202 732 100%
1948 611 0.000176972 611 100%
1949 574 0.000164716 574 100%
1950 620 0.000176973 620 100%
1951 654 0.000177537 654 100%
1952 614 0.000161664 614 100%
1953 550 0.000142722 550 100%
1954 591 0.000148466 591 100%
1955 590 0.000146946 590 100%
1956 542 0.000131457 542 100%
1957 538 0.00012803 538 100%
1958 663 0.000160381 663 100%
1959 676 0.000162578 676 100%
1960 745 0.000179353 745 100%
1961 615 0.000148468 615 100%
1962 520 0.00012886 520 100%
1963 535 0.000135162 535 100%
1964 469 0.00012064 469 100%
1965 389 0.000107297 389 100%
1966 369 0.000106167 369 100%
1967 326 0.000096026 326 100%
1968 324 0.000095903 324 100%
1969 291 0.000083733 291 100%
1970 291 0.000080687 291 100%
1971 247 0.000071962 247 100%
1972 204 0.000064906 204 100%
1973 173 0.000057344 173 100%
1974 165 0.000054276 165 100%
1975 165 0.000054647 165 100%
1976 145 0.000047787 145 100%
1977 180 0.000056666 180 100%
1978 119 0.000037494 119 100%
1979 115 0.000034566 115 100%
1980 108 0.000031354 108 100%
1981 98 0.000028329 98 100%
1982 96 0.000027366 96 100%
1983 90 0.000025986 90 100%
1984 74 0.000021211 74 100%
1985 59 0.000016531 59 100%
1986 84 0.000023615 84 100%
1987 62 0.000017195 62 100%
1988 64 0.000017321 64 100%
1989 79 0.000020549 79 100%
1990 56 0.000014168 56 100%
1991 55 0.00001412 55 100%
1992 59 0.000015359 59 100%
1993 49 0.000012996 49 100%
1994 57 0.000015332 57 100%
1995 53 0.000014472 53 100%
1996 54 0.000014806 54 100%
1997 42 0.000011584 42 100%
1998 37 0.000010059 37 100%
1999 50 0.000013536 50 100%
2000 45 0.000011905 45 100%
2001 44 0.000011754 44 100%
2002 62 0.000016585 62 100%
2003 68 0.000017884 68 100%
2004 75 0.000019629 75 100%
2005 78 0.000020287 78 100%
2006 87 0.000021991 87 100%
2007 68 0.00001701 68 100%
2008 77 0.00001959 77 100%
2009 115 0.000030103 115 100%
2010 133 0.000035987 133 100%
2011 120 0.000032807 120 100%
2012 174 0.000047575 174 100%
2013 164 0.000044985 164 100%
2014 194 0.000052342 194 100%
2015 217 0.000058634 217 100%
2016 248 0.000067599 248 100%
2017 252 0.000070466 252 100%
2018 314 0.000089309 314 100%
2019 339 0.000097668 339 100%
2020 284 0.000085015 284 100%
2021 405 0.000119541 405 100%
2022 449 0.000132717 449 100%
2023 453 0.000136809 453 100%
2024 518 0.000155626 518 100%

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