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How popular is “Nora” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nora” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nora” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nora” 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 476 0.00236247 471 5 98%
1881 498 0.002584489 498 100%
1882 539 0.002433046 539 100%
1883 589 0.002714961 589 100%
1884 648 0.002661617 648 100%
1885 678 0.002814983 670 8 98%
1886 716 0.002804368 708 8 98%
1887 743 0.003003331 735 8 98%
1888 839 0.002801579 832 7 98%
1889 831 0.00287597 831 100%
1890 840 0.002786985 835 5 99%
1891 801 0.002794124 801 100%
1892 906 0.002709541 899 7 98%
1893 831 0.00255517 825 6 99%
1894 861 0.002542148 854 7 98%
1895 852 0.002427212 846 6 99%
1896 844 0.002360945 844 100%
1897 819 0.002360523 812 7 98%
1898 873 0.002288606 868 5 99%
1899 709 0.002090003 709 100%
1900 928 0.002061041 919 9 98%
1901 727 0.002102298 727 100%
1902 732 0.001892779 724 8 98%
1903 730 0.001915005 724 6 98%
1904 703 0.00174232 698 5 99%
1905 753 0.00177627 742 11 97%
1906 654 0.001526429 644 10 97%
1907 683 0.001467586 676 7 98%
1908 648 0.001326105 648 100%
1909 678 0.001326229 670 8 98%
1910 763 0.001291664 753 10 97%
1911 788 0.001223075 779 9 98%
1912 895 0.000905814 882 13 97%
1913 898 0.000789721 890 8 98%
1914 1050 0.000741345 1038 12 98%
1915 1303 0.000711079 1293 10 98%
1916 1326 0.000685478 1314 12 98%
1917 1376 0.000685686 1360 16 98%
1918 1390 0.000640225 1382 8 99%
1919 1384 0.000655848 1372 12 98%
1920 1494 0.00066029 1477 17 98%
1921 1358 0.000581708 1350 8 99%
1922 1235 0.0005395 1219 16 97%
1923 1231 0.000534641 1221 10 98%
1924 1347 0.000565584 1335 12 98%
1925 1326 0.000568293 1317 9 99%
1926 1214 0.000528768 1203 11 98%
1927 1092 0.00047082 1078 14 97%
1928 1091 0.000482543 1082 9 98%
1929 1031 0.000470312 1016 15 97%
1930 1026 0.000461479 1015 11 98%
1931 916 0.000435281 904 12 97%
1932 983 0.000465592 969 14 97%
1933 903 0.000451625 891 12 97%
1934 901 0.000433837 888 13 97%
1935 922 0.000441169 910 12 97%
1936 801 0.000385545 791 10 98%
1937 856 0.000401752 842 14 97%
1938 869 0.000392755 857 12 97%
1939 864 0.000392114 859 5 99%
1940 850 0.000369134 843 7 98%
1941 856 0.000351334 845 11 97%
1942 849 0.000310782 837 12 97%
1943 864 0.000306105 856 8 98%
1944 842 0.000313002 842 100%
1945 845 0.000318518 833 12 97%
1946 974 0.000304822 969 5 99%
1947 1108 0.000307579 1096 12 98%
1948 1086 0.000314553 1086 100%
1949 1206 0.000346077 1198 8 99%
1950 1117 0.000318837 1117 100%
1951 1170 0.000317612 1160 10 98%
1952 1130 0.000297525 1122 8 99%
1953 1158 0.000300495 1148 10 98%
1954 1161 0.000291657 1161 100%
1955 1052 0.000262012 1046 6 99%
1956 1178 0.000285712 1170 8 99%
1957 1168 0.000277953 1162 6 99%
1958 1184 0.000286412 1178 6 99%
1959 1285 0.000309043 1276 9 99%
1960 1356 0.000326447 1345 11 98%
1961 1130 0.000272795 1121 9 98%
1962 1075 0.000266394 1075 100%
1963 1074 0.000271335 1067 7 99%
1964 1059 0.000272404 1050 9 98%
1965 889 0.000245211 881 8 98%
1966 855 0.000245997 850 5 99%
1967 732 0.000215618 727 5 99%
1968 703 0.000208086 696 7 98%
1969 709 0.00020401 709 100%
1970 676 0.000187439 676 100%
1971 629 0.000183256 624 5 98%
1972 604 0.000192173 604 100%
1973 573 0.000189931 573 100%
1974 587 0.000193092 587 100%
1975 552 0.000182818 552 100%
1976 517 0.000170385 517 100%
1977 518 0.000163073 518 100%
1978 584 0.000184002 584 100%
1979 536 0.000161106 536 100%
1980 580 0.000168384 571 9 97%
1981 558 0.000161301 552 6 98%
1982 564 0.000160777 564 100%
1983 528 0.000152454 520 8 97%
1984 559 0.000160229 559 100%
1985 547 0.000153259 541 6 98%
1986 490 0.000137754 485 5 98%
1987 546 0.000151431 538 8 97%
1988 606 0.000164004 606 100%
1989 606 0.00015763 596 10 97%
1990 593 0.000150032 588 5 98%
1991 575 0.000147615 575 100%
1992 524 0.000136413 524 100%
1993 526 0.000139512 526 100%
1994 530 0.000142563 530 100%
1995 550 0.000150185 545 5 98%
1996 557 0.00015272 557 100%
1997 563 0.000155278 563 100%
1998 540 0.000146811 540 100%
1999 584 0.0001581 584 100%
2000 540 0.000142861 540 100%
2001 622 0.00016616 622 100%
2002 600 0.000160501 600 100%
2003 835 0.000219603 830 5 99%
2004 1043 0.000272971 1043 100%
2005 1197 0.000311326 1197 100%
2006 1385 0.000350084 1385 100%
2007 1474 0.000368714 1474 100%
2008 1559 0.000396625 1559 100%
2009 1670 0.000437153 1670 100%
2010 1939 0.000524658 1939 100%
2011 2235 0.000611024 2235 100%
2012 2890 0.000790186 2890 100%
2013 3508 0.000962238 3508 100%
2014 4745 0.001280226 4740 5 100%
2015 5330 0.001440186 5330 100%
2016 5593 0.001524519 5593 100%
2017 6067 0.001696496 6067 100%
2018 5844 0.001662165 5837 7 100%
2019 5935 0.001709915 5935 100%
2020 5587 0.001672466 5581 6 100%
2021 6276 0.001852448 6276 100%
2022 6146 0.001816658 6146 100%
2023 6020 0.001818074 6020 100%
2024 6128 0.001841069 6128 100%

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