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How popular is “Lue” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lue” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lue” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lue” 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 19 0.0000943 19 100%
1881 29 0.000150502 21 8 45%
1882 35 0.00015799 27 8 54%
1883 20 0.000092189 20 100%
1884 31 0.00012733 31 100%
1885 30 0.000124557 30 100%
1886 46 0.000180169 46 100%
1887 26 0.000105096 26 100%
1888 35 0.000116872 30 5 71%
1889 38 0.000131512 33 5 74%
1890 36 0.000119442 30 6 67%
1891 38 0.000132555 32 6 68%
1892 34 0.000101683 34 100%
1893 36 0.000110693 36 100%
1894 35 0.000103339 29 6 66%
1895 41 0.000116802 41 100%
1896 32 0.000089514 32 100%
1897 35 0.000100877 35 100%
1898 34 0.000089132 34 100%
1899 33 0.000097278 33 100%
1900 60 0.000133257 54 6 80%
1901 35 0.000101211 35 100%
1902 57 0.000147389 57 100%
1903 50 0.000131165 50 100%
1904 37 0.000091701 37 100%
1905 48 0.000113228 48 100%
1906 45 0.00010503 45 100%
1907 67 0.000143965 61 6 82%
1908 48 0.00009823 48 100%
1909 53 0.000103673 53 100%
1910 70 0.000118501 70 100%
1911 80 0.00012417 80 100%
1912 77 0.00007793 77 100%
1913 91 0.000080027 86 5 89%
1914 86 0.00006072 81 5 88%
1915 115 0.000062758 104 11 81%
1916 113 0.000058416 104 9 84%
1917 139 0.000069266 127 12 83%
1918 128 0.000058956 118 10 84%
1919 176 0.000083403 160 16 82%
1920 141 0.000062317 130 11 84%
1921 126 0.000053973 118 8 87%
1922 161 0.000070332 148 13 84%
1923 168 0.000072965 156 12 86%
1924 166 0.000069701 154 12 86%
1925 160 0.000068572 150 10 88%
1926 134 0.000058365 125 9 87%
1927 151 0.000065104 138 13 83%
1928 140 0.000061921 133 7 90%
1929 152 0.000069338 138 14 82%
1930 144 0.000064769 133 11 85%
1931 113 0.000053697 102 11 81%
1932 125 0.000059205 116 9 86%
1933 109 0.000054515 99 10 82%
1934 148 0.000071263 130 18 76%
1935 123 0.000058854 114 9 85%
1936 118 0.000056797 111 7 88%
1937 111 0.000052096 100 11 80%
1938 112 0.00005062 105 7 88%
1939 98 0.000044476 93 5 90%
1940 120 0.000052113 113 7 88%
1941 122 0.000050073 114 8 87%
1942 131 0.000047953 116 15 77%
1943 96 0.000034012 86 10 79%
1944 101 0.000037545 88 13 74%
1945 97 0.000036564 92 5 90%
1946 94 0.000029418 89 5 89%
1947 102 0.000028315 96 6 88%
1948 81 0.000023461 74 7 83%
1949 78 0.000022383 72 6 85%
1950 68 0.00001941 60 8 76%
1951 70 0.000019002 62 8 77%
1952 70 0.000018431 56 14 60%
1953 89 0.000023095 82 7 84%
1954 96 0.000024116 86 10 79%
1955 87 0.000021668 82 5 89%
1956 64 0.000015523 54 10 69%
1957 57 0.000013565 57 100%
1958 44 0.000010644 44 100%
1959 43 0.000010342 43 100%
1960 56 0.000013482 47 9 68%
1961 42 0.000010139 42 100%
1962 30 0.000007434 30 100%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 100%
1964 33 0.000008489 33 100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 100%
1967 15 0.000004418 15 100%
1968 18 0.000005328 13 5 44%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 100%
1970 20 0.000005546 15 5 50%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1977 11 0.000003463 5 6 -9%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1985 19 0.000005323 5 14 -47%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 -100%
1990 18 0.000004554 18 -100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%

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