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Names of older generations

Among names with at least 10,000 people, these have the highest share of people born before 1970. Few babies receive them today, so they are among the names most likely to become rarer.

Mercedes: 91%
Vicentina: 89%
Dirce: 87%

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#	Name	People (2022)	Born before 1970	Median age
1	Mercedes	14,716	91%	72
2	Vicentina	10,630	89%	69
3	Dirce	43,955	87%	67
4	Irma	15,161	87%	69
5	Araci	12,016	86%	69
6	Alzira	42,270	86%	70
7	Josefina	19,905	86%	68
8	Terezinha	235,891	86%	66
9	Teresinha	80,163	86%	66
10	Nair	81,610	86%	68
11	Edite	34,648	85%	68
12	Geralda	68,362	85%	66
13	Santa	17,650	84%	67
14	Almerinda	11,977	84%	69
15	Santina	14,686	84%	67
16	Elvira	20,098	84%	70
17	Olinda	20,613	84%	68
18	Filomena	13,036	84%	65
19	Diva	29,802	84%	66
20	Odete	51,699	84%	66
21	Nadir	49,480	83%	65
22	Leonor	16,246	83%	68
23	Efigênia	13,416	82%	68
24	Neusa	93,779	82%	63
25	Geni	44,450	82%	65
26	Enedina	10,932	82%	68
27	Margarida	87,198	82%	65
28	Neuza	100,242	82%	63
29	Nelsa	10,414	82%	63
30	Judite	28,934	81%	66
31	Benedita	92,120	81%	66
32	Darci	46,524	81%	64
33	Dolores	13,717	81%	66
34	Ilda	51,947	81%	66
35	Doraci	17,522	81%	64
36	Creusa	22,126	81%	62
37	Nelza	12,206	81%	63
38	Severina	79,193	81%	65
39	Lazara	14,152	81%	66
40	Idalina	15,815	81%	68
41	Eurides	15,414	81%	66
42	Iraci	71,097	80%	64
43	Adelina	19,527	80%	68
44	Laurinda	10,068	80%	67
45	Albertina	18,582	80%	65
46	Waldemar	11,643	79%	66
47	Alaíde	31,041	79%	66
48	Augusta	10,351	79%	69
49	Creuza	39,064	79%	62
50	Carmelita	28,849	79%	65

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Names (spellings) with at least 10,000 people in IBGE's 2022 Census, ranked by the share of their people born before 1970. The census counts people alive in 2022 by decade of birth.

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. How to read IBGE data.

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