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How popular is “Norah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Norah” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Norah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Norah” 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 9 0.000044669 9 100%
1881 13 0.000067467 13 100%
1882 13 0.000058682 13 100%
1883 20 0.000092189 20 100%
1884 12 0.000049289 12 100%
1885 15 0.000062278 15 100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 100%
1888 15 0.000050088 15 100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 100%
1890 11 0.000036496 11 100%
1891 16 0.000055813 16 100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 100%
1893 16 0.000049197 16 100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 100%
1895 18 0.000051279 18 100%
1896 18 0.000050352 18 100%
1897 22 0.000063408 22 100%
1898 11 0.000028837 11 100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 100%
1900 18 0.000039977 18 100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 100%
1902 16 0.000041372 16 100%
1903 11 0.000028856 11 100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 100%
1905 10 0.000023589 10 100%
1906 12 0.000028008 12 100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 100%
1910 12 0.000020315 12 100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 100%
1913 18 0.00001583 18 100%
1914 21 0.000014827 21 100%
1915 22 0.000012006 22 100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 100%
1917 25 0.000012458 25 100%
1918 22 0.000010133 22 100%
1919 31 0.00001469 24 7 55%
1920 23 0.000010165 23 100%
1921 19 0.000008139 14 5 47%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 100%
1923 27 0.000011726 18 9 33%
1924 33 0.000013856 27 6 64%
1925 31 0.000013286 23 8 48%
1926 16 0.000006969 11 5 38%
1927 23 0.000009917 23 100%
1928 20 0.000008846 20 100%
1929 18 0.000008211 18 100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 100%
1931 17 0.000008078 17 100%
1932 21 0.000009947 13 8 24%
1933 24 0.000012003 14 10 17%
1934 21 0.000010112 15 6 43%
1935 12 0.000005742 12 100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 100%
1938 15 0.000006779 15 100%
1939 17 0.000007715 12 5 41%
1940 21 0.00000912 16 5 52%
1941 16 0.000006567 11 5 38%
1942 23 0.000008419 23 100%
1943 24 0.000008503 19 5 58%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 100%
1945 26 0.000009801 26 100%
1946 26 0.000008137 21 5 62%
1947 24 0.000006662 24 100%
1948 29 0.0000084 22 7 52%
1949 34 0.000009757 29 5 71%
1950 27 0.000007707 22 5 63%
1951 36 0.000009773 36 100%
1952 22 0.000005793 16 6 45%
1953 37 0.000009601 32 5 73%
1954 19 0.000004773 19 100%
1955 30 0.000007472 24 6 60%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 100%
1957 21 0.000004997 21 100%
1958 36 0.000008708 36 100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 100%
1960 25 0.000006019 25 100%
1961 28 0.00000676 28 100%
1962 24 0.000005947 24 100%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 100%
1964 21 0.000005402 21 100%
1965 19 0.000005241 19 100%
1966 19 0.000005467 19 100%
1967 21 0.000006186 21 100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 100%
1969 14 0.000004028 14 100%
1970 16 0.000004436 16 100%
1971 18 0.000005244 18 100%
1972 22 0.000007 22 100%
1973 25 0.000008287 25 100%
1974 23 0.000007566 23 100%
1975 29 0.000009605 29 100%
1976 30 0.000009887 30 100%
1977 20 0.000006296 20 100%
1978 23 0.000007247 23 100%
1979 32 0.000009618 32 100%
1980 32 0.00000929 32 100%
1981 35 0.000010117 35 100%
1982 27 0.000007697 27 100%
1983 31 0.000008951 31 100%
1984 37 0.000010606 37 100%
1985 28 0.000007845 28 100%
1986 29 0.000008153 29 100%
1987 27 0.000007488 27 100%
1988 38 0.000010284 38 100%
1989 42 0.000010925 42 100%
1990 38 0.000009614 38 100%
1991 39 0.000010012 39 100%
1992 39 0.000010153 39 100%
1993 35 0.000009283 35 100%
1994 31 0.000008339 31 100%
1995 29 0.000007919 29 100%
1996 36 0.000009871 36 100%
1997 24 0.000006619 24 100%
1998 42 0.000011419 42 100%
1999 44 0.000011912 44 100%
2000 57 0.00001508 57 100%
2001 64 0.000017097 64 100%
2002 96 0.00002568 96 100%
2003 303 0.000079688 303 100%
2004 482 0.000126148 476 6 98%
2005 558 0.000145129 558 100%
2006 591 0.000149386 591 100%
2007 689 0.00017235 689 100%
2008 666 0.000169437 666 100%
2009 959 0.000251036 959 100%
2010 1091 0.000295205 1091 100%
2011 1217 0.000332714 1217 100%
2012 1502 0.000410678 1502 100%
2013 1725 0.000473164 1725 100%
2014 2007 0.000541499 2007 100%
2015 2031 0.000548784 2031 100%
2016 2026 0.00055224 2026 100%
2017 2156 0.000602875 2156 100%
2018 2013 0.000572542 2013 100%
2019 1974 0.000568723 1974 100%
2020 1810 0.000541823 1810 100%
2021 1790 0.000528343 1790 100%
2022 1536 0.000454017 1536 100%
2023 1487 0.000449082 1487 100%
2024 1374 0.000412798 1374 100%

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