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How popular is “Louella” in the USA?

Number of people named “Louella” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Louella” by birth year

This chart shows how “Louella” 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 34 0.000168748 34 100%
1881 44 0.000228348 44 100%
1882 51 0.000230214 51 100%
1883 47 0.000216644 47 100%
1884 52 0.000213587 52 100%
1885 48 0.000199291 48 100%
1886 66 0.000258503 66 100%
1887 59 0.000238488 59 100%
1888 50 0.000166959 50 100%
1889 49 0.000169582 49 100%
1890 65 0.00021566 65 100%
1891 75 0.000261622 75 100%
1892 57 0.000170468 57 100%
1893 56 0.00017219 56 100%
1894 53 0.000156485 53 100%
1895 50 0.000142442 50 100%
1896 79 0.000220989 79 100%
1897 76 0.000219047 76 100%
1898 65 0.0001704 65 100%
1899 62 0.000182765 62 100%
1900 111 0.000246525 111 100%
1901 55 0.000159046 55 100%
1902 80 0.000206861 80 100%
1903 74 0.000194124 74 100%
1904 77 0.000190837 77 100%
1905 87 0.000205226 87 100%
1906 71 0.000165713 71 100%
1907 93 0.000199832 93 100%
1908 81 0.000165763 81 100%
1909 103 0.000201477 103 100%
1910 117 0.000198066 117 100%
1911 110 0.000170734 110 100%
1912 130 0.000131571 130 100%
1913 149 0.000131034 149 100%
1914 156 0.000110143 156 100%
1915 208 0.000113511 208 100%
1916 235 0.000121484 235 100%
1917 229 0.000114115 229 100%
1918 251 0.000115609 251 100%
1919 241 0.000114205 241 100%
1920 215 0.000095022 215 100%
1921 257 0.000110088 257 100%
1922 233 0.000101784 233 100%
1923 247 0.000107276 247 100%
1924 238 0.000099932 238 100%
1925 239 0.00010243 239 100%
1926 265 0.000115423 265 100%
1927 264 0.000113825 264 100%
1928 255 0.000112785 255 100%
1929 244 0.000111306 244 100%
1930 259 0.000116494 259 100%
1931 220 0.000104543 220 100%
1932 266 0.000125989 266 100%
1933 222 0.000111031 222 100%
1934 256 0.000123266 256 100%
1935 215 0.000102876 215 100%
1936 230 0.000110706 230 100%
1937 220 0.000103254 220 100%
1938 242 0.000109375 242 100%
1939 232 0.00010529 232 100%
1940 200 0.000086855 200 100%
1941 232 0.000095221 232 100%
1942 197 0.000072113 197 100%
1943 188 0.000066606 188 100%
1944 194 0.000072117 194 100%
1945 184 0.000069358 184 100%
1946 174 0.000054455 174 100%
1947 205 0.000056908 205 100%
1948 213 0.000061694 213 100%
1949 186 0.000053375 186 100%
1950 167 0.000047669 167 100%
1951 159 0.000043163 159 100%
1952 123 0.000032385 123 100%
1953 116 0.000030101 116 100%
1954 139 0.000034918 139 100%
1955 101 0.000025155 101 100%
1956 87 0.000021101 87 100%
1957 97 0.000023083 97 100%
1958 85 0.000020562 85 100%
1959 76 0.000018278 76 100%
1960 57 0.000013722 57 100%
1961 71 0.00001714 71 100%
1962 72 0.000017842 72 100%
1963 65 0.000016422 65 100%
1964 69 0.000017749 69 100%
1965 40 0.000011033 40 100%
1966 48 0.00001381 48 100%
1967 22 0.00000648 22 100%
1968 32 0.000009472 32 100%
1969 32 0.000009208 32 100%
1970 33 0.00000915 33 100%
1971 24 0.000006992 24 100%
1972 25 0.000007954 25 100%
1973 17 0.000005635 17 100%
1974 31 0.000010197 31 100%
1975 26 0.000008611 26 100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 100%
1977 14 0.000004407 14 100%
1978 18 0.000005671 18 100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 100%
1981 15 0.000004336 15 100%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 100%
1984 13 0.000003726 13 100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 100%
2007 19 0.000004753 19 100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 100%
2009 24 0.000006282 24 100%
2010 21 0.000005682 21 100%
2011 20 0.000005468 20 100%
2012 30 0.000008203 30 100%
2013 47 0.000012892 47 100%
2014 37 0.000009983 37 100%
2015 42 0.000011349 42 100%
2016 53 0.000014447 53 100%
2017 62 0.000017337 62 100%
2018 95 0.00002702 95 100%
2019 81 0.000023337 81 100%
2020 67 0.000020056 67 100%
2021 85 0.000025089 85 100%
2022 120 0.00003547 120 100%
2023 140 0.000042281 140 100%
2024 146 0.000043864 146 100%

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