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How popular is “Lela” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lela” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lela” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lela” 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 106 0.000526096 106 100%
1881 125 0.000648717 125 100%
1882 143 0.000645502 143 100%
1883 163 0.000751339 163 100%
1884 213 0.000874883 213 100%
1885 168 0.000697518 168 100%
1886 235 0.000920428 230 5 96%
1887 207 0.000836729 207 100%
1888 292 0.000975043 292 100%
1889 268 0.000927509 268 100%
1890 304 0.001008623 304 100%
1891 337 0.001175555 337 100%
1892 353 0.001055704 353 100%
1893 358 0.001100783 358 100%
1894 413 0.001219404 413 100%
1895 388 0.00110535 388 100%
1896 425 0.001188864 425 100%
1897 438 0.001262404 438 100%
1898 459 0.001203287 459 100%
1899 417 0.00122924 417 100%
1900 530 0.001177103 530 100%
1901 443 0.001281043 443 100%
1902 459 0.001186865 459 100%
1903 420 0.001101784 420 100%
1904 431 0.001068193 431 100%
1905 465 0.0010969 465 100%
1906 447 0.001043293 447 100%
1907 453 0.000973377 453 100%
1908 411 0.000841095 411 100%
1909 414 0.000809821 414 100%
1910 469 0.000793958 469 100%
1911 489 0.000758989 489 100%
1912 523 0.000529319 523 100%
1913 595 0.000523256 595 100%
1914 647 0.00045681 647 100%
1915 774 0.000422391 774 100%
1916 888 0.000459053 888 100%
1917 828 0.000412607 828 100%
1918 902 0.000415455 896 6 99%
1919 904 0.000428386 898 6 99%
1920 878 0.000388042 878 100%
1921 907 0.000388519 907 100%
1922 872 0.000380926 865 7 98%
1923 822 0.000357006 816 6 99%
1924 863 0.00036236 863 100%
1925 818 0.000350576 818 100%
1926 721 0.000314037 721 100%
1927 687 0.000296203 682 5 99%
1928 665 0.000294126 659 6 98%
1929 636 0.000290125 631 5 98%
1930 591 0.000265823 586 5 98%
1931 558 0.00026516 558 100%
1932 504 0.000238717 504 100%
1933 516 0.000258071 510 6 98%
1934 471 0.000226789 466 5 98%
1935 427 0.000204316 427 100%
1936 407 0.000195901 407 100%
1937 418 0.000196182 418 100%
1938 390 0.000176265 384 6 97%
1939 359 0.000162927 359 100%
1940 335 0.000145482 335 100%
1941 355 0.000145705 355 100%
1942 370 0.000135441 370 100%
1943 345 0.00012223 345 100%
1944 328 0.00012193 328 100%
1945 326 0.000122884 326 100%
1946 301 0.000094201 301 100%
1947 323 0.000089664 323 100%
1948 323 0.000093555 323 100%
1949 356 0.000102159 356 100%
1950 266 0.000075927 266 100%
1951 234 0.000063522 234 100%
1952 270 0.00007109 270 100%
1953 248 0.000064355 248 100%
1954 250 0.000062803 250 100%
1955 244 0.000060771 244 100%
1956 238 0.000057724 238 100%
1957 209 0.000049737 209 100%
1958 216 0.000052251 216 100%
1959 207 0.000049784 207 100%
1960 169 0.000040685 169 100%
1961 195 0.000047075 195 100%
1962 165 0.000040888 165 100%
1963 168 0.000042444 168 100%
1964 166 0.0000427 166 100%
1965 147 0.000040547 147 100%
1966 126 0.000036252 126 100%
1967 103 0.00003034 103 100%
1968 133 0.000039368 133 100%
1969 106 0.000030501 106 100%
1970 132 0.0000366 132 100%
1971 112 0.000032631 112 100%
1972 106 0.000033726 106 100%
1973 127 0.000042096 127 100%
1974 101 0.000033224 101 100%
1975 85 0.000028151 85 100%
1976 93 0.00003065 93 100%
1977 101 0.000031796 101 100%
1978 105 0.000033083 105 100%
1979 106 0.000031861 106 100%
1980 82 0.000023806 82 100%
1981 110 0.000031798 110 100%
1982 92 0.000026226 92 100%
1983 104 0.000030029 104 100%
1984 90 0.000025797 90 100%
1985 94 0.000026337 94 100%
1986 75 0.000021085 75 100%
1987 84 0.000023297 84 100%
1988 66 0.000017862 66 100%
1989 67 0.000017428 67 100%
1990 76 0.000019228 76 100%
1991 80 0.000020538 80 100%
1992 56 0.000014579 56 100%
1993 72 0.000019097 72 100%
1994 52 0.000013987 52 100%
1995 57 0.000015565 57 100%
1996 76 0.000020838 76 100%
1997 63 0.000017376 63 100%
1998 63 0.000017128 63 100%
1999 92 0.000024906 92 100%
2000 118 0.000031218 118 100%
2001 110 0.000029385 110 100%
2002 106 0.000028355 106 100%
2003 122 0.000032086 122 100%
2004 134 0.00003507 134 100%
2005 143 0.000037193 143 100%
2006 152 0.000038421 152 100%
2007 176 0.000044026 176 100%
2008 157 0.000039942 157 100%
2009 161 0.000042145 161 100%
2010 145 0.000039234 145 100%
2011 142 0.000038821 142 100%
2012 177 0.000048395 177 100%
2013 156 0.000042791 156 100%
2014 152 0.00004101 152 100%
2015 147 0.00003972 147 100%
2016 150 0.000040886 150 100%
2017 142 0.000039707 142 100%
2018 138 0.00003925 138 100%
2019 116 0.00003342 116 100%
2020 109 0.000032629 109 100%
2021 111 0.000032763 111 100%
2022 100 0.000029558 100 100%
2023 89 0.000026879 89 100%
2024 86 0.000025837 86 100%

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