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How popular is “Sibyl” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sibyl” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Sibyl” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sibyl” 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 5 0.000024816 5 100%
1881 9 0.000046708 9 100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 100%
1886 13 0.000050917 13 100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 100%
1888 11 0.000036731 11 100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 100%
1892 17 0.000050841 17 100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 100%
1894 16 0.000047241 16 100%
1895 22 0.000062674 22 100%
1896 25 0.000069933 25 100%
1897 22 0.000063408 22 100%
1898 24 0.000062917 24 100%
1899 23 0.0000678 23 100%
1900 35 0.000077733 35 100%
1901 20 0.000057835 20 100%
1902 34 0.000087916 34 100%
1903 21 0.000055089 21 100%
1904 29 0.000071874 29 100%
1905 25 0.000058973 25 100%
1906 30 0.00007002 30 100%
1907 31 0.000066611 31 100%
1908 23 0.000047069 23 100%
1909 22 0.000043034 22 100%
1910 32 0.000054172 32 100%
1911 30 0.000046564 30 100%
1912 48 0.00004858 48 100%
1913 58 0.000051007 58 100%
1914 62 0.000043775 62 100%
1915 110 0.00006003 110 100%
1916 103 0.000053246 103 100%
1917 118 0.000058802 118 100%
1918 299 0.000137718 299 100%
1919 299 0.00014169 299 100%
1920 188 0.000083089 188 100%
1921 151 0.000064682 151 100%
1922 115 0.000050237 115 100%
1923 111 0.000048209 111 100%
1924 100 0.000041988 100 100%
1925 87 0.000037286 87 100%
1926 57 0.000024827 57 100%
1927 63 0.000027163 63 100%
1928 65 0.000028749 65 100%
1929 63 0.000028739 63 100%
1930 43 0.000019341 43 100%
1931 42 0.000019958 42 100%
1932 42 0.000019893 42 100%
1933 32 0.000016004 32 100%
1934 38 0.000018297 38 100%
1935 40 0.00001914 40 100%
1936 42 0.000020216 42 100%
1937 40 0.000018773 40 100%
1938 40 0.000018078 40 100%
1939 35 0.000015884 35 100%
1940 48 0.000020845 48 100%
1941 43 0.000017649 43 100%
1942 38 0.00001391 38 100%
1943 30 0.000010629 30 100%
1944 29 0.00001078 29 100%
1945 28 0.000010554 28 100%
1946 26 0.000008137 26 100%
1947 27 0.000007495 27 100%
1948 36 0.000010427 36 100%
1949 27 0.000007748 27 100%
1950 37 0.000010561 37 100%
1951 25 0.000006787 25 100%
1952 35 0.000009215 35 100%
1953 46 0.000011937 46 100%
1954 31 0.000007788 31 100%
1955 30 0.000007472 30 100%
1956 36 0.000008731 36 100%
1957 43 0.000010233 43 100%
1958 37 0.00000895 37 100%
1959 30 0.000007215 30 100%
1960 22 0.000005296 22 100%
1961 31 0.000007484 31 100%
1962 34 0.000008425 34 100%
1963 28 0.000007074 28 100%
1964 29 0.00000746 29 100%
1965 33 0.000009102 33 100%
1966 37 0.000010645 37 100%
1967 21 0.000006186 21 100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 100%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 100%
1970 19 0.000005268 19 100%
1971 11 0.000003205 11 100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 100%
1973 22 0.000007292 22 100%
1974 20 0.000006579 20 100%
1975 19 0.000006293 19 100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 100%
1977 14 0.000004407 14 100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 100%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 100%
2014 16 0.000004317 16 100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 100%
2016 19 0.000005179 19 100%
2017 9 0.000002517 9 100%
2018 15 0.000004266 15 100%
2019 18 0.000005186 18 100%
2020 15 0.00000449 15 100%
2021 14 0.000004132 14 100%
2022 16 0.000004729 16 100%
2023 15 0.00000453 15 100%
2024 11 0.000003305 11 100%

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