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How popular is “Nailah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nailah” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nailah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nailah” 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
1971 5 0.000001457 5 100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 100%
1974 12 0.000003947 12 100%
1975 17 0.00000563 17 100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 100%
1977 27 0.0000085 27 100%
1978 18 0.000005671 18 100%
1979 21 0.000006312 21 100%
1980 30 0.00000871 30 100%
1981 18 0.000005203 18 100%
1982 18 0.000005131 18 100%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 100%
1984 14 0.000004013 14 100%
1985 23 0.000006444 23 100%
1986 17 0.000004779 17 100%
1987 23 0.000006379 23 100%
1988 22 0.000005954 22 100%
1989 26 0.000006763 26 100%
1990 35 0.000008855 35 100%
1991 26 0.000006675 26 100%
1992 44 0.000011455 44 100%
1993 46 0.000012201 46 100%
1994 61 0.000016408 61 100%
1995 72 0.000019661 72 100%
1996 64 0.000017548 64 100%
1997 70 0.000019306 70 100%
1998 85 0.000023109 85 100%
1999 89 0.000024094 89 100%
2000 96 0.000025397 96 100%
2001 89 0.000023775 89 100%
2002 88 0.00002354 88 100%
2003 92 0.000024196 92 100%
2004 137 0.000035855 137 100%
2005 134 0.000034852 134 100%
2006 155 0.000039179 155 100%
2007 137 0.00003427 137 100%
2008 144 0.000036635 144 100%
2009 140 0.000036648 140 100%
2010 150 0.000040587 150 100%
2011 171 0.00004675 171 100%
2012 171 0.000046755 171 100%
2013 179 0.000049099 179 100%
2014 150 0.000040471 150 100%
2015 160 0.000043233 160 100%
2016 159 0.00004334 159 100%
2017 239 0.000066831 239 100%
2018 256 0.000072812 256 100%
2019 231 0.000066553 231 100%
2020 185 0.00005538 185 100%
2021 164 0.000048407 164 100%
2022 140 0.000041382 140 100%
2023 122 0.000036845 122 100%
2024 111 0.000033348 111 100%

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