Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Shelagh” in the USA?

Number of people named “Shelagh” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Shelagh” by birth year

This chart shows how “Shelagh” 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
1942 6 0.000002196 6 100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 100%
1950 22 0.00000628 22 100%
1952 16 0.000004213 16 100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 100%
1954 15 0.000003768 15 100%
1955 15 0.000003736 15 100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 100%
1961 22 0.000005311 22 100%
1962 20 0.000004956 20 100%
1963 20 0.000005053 20 100%
1964 20 0.000005145 20 100%
1965 16 0.000004413 16 100%
1966 15 0.000004316 15 100%
1967 18 0.000005302 18 100%
1968 18 0.000005328 18 100%
1969 20 0.000005755 20 100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 100%
1971 13 0.000003787 13 100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 100%
1973 12 0.000003978 12 100%
1974 13 0.000004276 13 100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 100%

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