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How popular is “Elvira” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elvira” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Elvira” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elvira” 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 30 0.000148895 30 100%
1881 38 0.00019721 38 100%
1882 31 0.000139934 31 100%
1883 26 0.000119845 26 100%
1884 39 0.00016019 39 100%
1885 53 0.00022005 53 100%
1886 59 0.000231086 59 100%
1887 51 0.000206151 51 100%
1888 59 0.000197012 59 100%
1889 60 0.000207651 60 100%
1890 64 0.000212342 64 100%
1891 53 0.00018488 53 100%
1892 81 0.000242244 81 100%
1893 74 0.000227536 74 100%
1894 84 0.000248014 84 100%
1895 94 0.000267791 94 100%
1896 114 0.000318895 114 100%
1897 103 0.000296867 103 100%
1898 113 0.000296234 113 100%
1899 104 0.000306573 104 100%
1900 135 0.000299828 135 100%
1901 105 0.000303633 105 100%
1902 137 0.00035425 137 100%
1903 110 0.000288562 110 100%
1904 116 0.000287495 116 100%
1905 138 0.000325532 138 100%
1906 123 0.000287081 123 100%
1907 154 0.000330905 154 100%
1908 179 0.000366316 179 100%
1909 196 0.000383394 196 100%
1910 213 0.000360582 213 100%
1911 230 0.000356989 230 100%
1912 305 0.000308685 305 100%
1913 327 0.000287571 327 100%
1914 405 0.000285947 405 100%
1915 465 0.000253762 465 100%
1916 567 0.000293112 567 100%
1917 589 0.000293509 589 100%
1918 575 0.000264841 575 100%
1919 553 0.000262055 553 100%
1920 592 0.000261641 592 100%
1921 575 0.000246305 569 6 98%
1922 574 0.000250747 574 100%
1923 553 0.000240176 553 100%
1924 584 0.000245212 579 5 98%
1925 526 0.000225432 526 100%
1926 532 0.000231717 532 100%
1927 524 0.000225925 524 100%
1928 481 0.000212744 481 100%
1929 514 0.000234472 514 100%
1930 486 0.000218595 480 6 98%
1931 386 0.000183426 379 7 96%
1932 414 0.000196089 409 5 98%
1933 307 0.000153542 307 100%
1934 316 0.000152156 311 5 97%
1935 294 0.000140677 294 100%
1936 282 0.000135735 282 100%
1937 237 0.000111233 237 100%
1938 274 0.000123838 274 100%
1939 238 0.000108013 238 100%
1940 244 0.000105963 239 5 96%
1941 231 0.000094811 231 100%
1942 229 0.000083827 229 100%
1943 244 0.000086446 244 100%
1944 222 0.000082525 222 100%
1945 221 0.000083305 221 100%
1946 247 0.000077301 242 5 96%
1947 253 0.000070232 253 100%
1948 253 0.00007328 253 100%
1949 237 0.00006801 237 100%
1950 230 0.000065651 230 100%
1951 205 0.00005565 205 100%
1952 239 0.000062928 239 100%
1953 238 0.00006176 238 100%
1954 251 0.000063054 251 100%
1955 233 0.000058031 233 100%
1956 219 0.000053116 219 100%
1957 194 0.000046167 194 100%
1958 213 0.000051525 213 100%
1959 191 0.000045936 191 100%
1960 189 0.0000455 189 100%
1961 202 0.000048765 202 100%
1962 186 0.000046092 186 100%
1963 187 0.000047244 187 100%
1964 164 0.000042185 164 100%
1965 170 0.000046891 170 100%
1966 165 0.000047473 165 100%
1967 148 0.000043595 148 100%
1968 150 0.0000444 150 100%
1969 163 0.000046902 163 100%
1970 152 0.000042146 152 100%
1971 149 0.00004341 149 100%
1972 120 0.00003818 120 100%
1973 135 0.000044748 135 100%
1974 159 0.000052303 159 100%
1975 140 0.000046367 140 100%
1976 146 0.000048117 146 100%
1977 118 0.000037148 118 100%
1978 141 0.000044425 141 100%
1979 134 0.000040277 134 100%
1980 126 0.00003658 126 100%
1981 162 0.000046829 162 100%
1982 139 0.000039624 139 100%
1983 120 0.000034649 120 100%
1984 115 0.000032963 115 100%
1985 112 0.00003138 112 100%
1986 102 0.000028675 102 100%
1987 90 0.000024961 90 100%
1988 105 0.000028416 105 100%
1989 100 0.000026012 100 100%
1990 159 0.000040228 159 100%
1991 123 0.000031577 123 100%
1992 106 0.000027595 106 100%
1993 98 0.000025993 98 100%
1994 91 0.000024478 91 100%
1995 85 0.00002321 85 100%
1996 87 0.000023854 87 100%
1997 93 0.00002565 93 100%
1998 100 0.000027187 100 100%
1999 79 0.000021387 79 100%
2000 96 0.000025397 96 100%
2001 79 0.000021104 79 100%
2002 89 0.000023808 89 100%
2003 66 0.000017358 66 100%
2004 65 0.000017012 65 100%
2005 79 0.000020547 79 100%
2006 67 0.000016935 67 100%
2007 72 0.00001801 72 100%
2008 50 0.00001272 50 100%
2009 61 0.000015968 61 100%
2010 41 0.000011094 41 100%
2011 33 0.000009022 33 100%
2012 52 0.000014218 52 100%
2013 57 0.000015635 57 100%
2014 55 0.000014839 55 100%
2015 50 0.00001351 50 100%
2016 67 0.000018263 67 100%
2017 66 0.000018455 66 100%
2018 52 0.00001479 52 100%
2019 59 0.000016998 59 100%
2020 67 0.000020056 67 100%
2021 60 0.00001771 60 100%
2022 68 0.0000201 68 100%
2023 78 0.000023556 78 100%
2024 81 0.000024335 81 100%

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