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How popular is “Bertha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bertha” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Bertha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bertha” 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 1320 0.006551389 1320 100%
1881 1329 0.00689716 1324 5 99%
1882 1516 0.006843224 1508 8 99%
1883 1688 0.007780738 1682 6 99%
1884 1797 0.007381059 1789 8 99%
1885 1873 0.007776496 1860 13 99%
1886 2013 0.007884347 2001 12 99%
1887 2048 0.00827836 2037 11 99%
1888 2463 0.00822442 2450 13 99%
1889 2305 0.007977269 2293 12 99%
1890 2394 0.007942907 2388 6 99%
1891 2380 0.008302142 2372 8 99%
1892 2629 0.007862453 2617 12 99%
1893 2633 0.008095983 2623 10 99%
1894 2510 0.007410907 2496 14 99%
1895 2639 0.00751809 2626 13 99%
1896 2577 0.007208714 2565 12 99%
1897 2511 0.007237208 2502 9 99%
1898 2652 0.006952327 2642 10 99%
1899 2299 0.006777033 2294 5 100%
1900 3041 0.006753906 3019 22 99%
1901 2263 0.006544018 2257 6 99%
1902 2383 0.006161874 2372 11 99%
1903 2319 0.006083421 2309 10 99%
1904 2379 0.00589613 2363 16 99%
1905 2444 0.005765211 2434 10 99%
1906 2312 0.005396183 2302 10 99%
1907 2378 0.005109693 2363 15 99%
1908 2391 0.004893083 2384 7 99%
1909 2453 0.004798288 2444 9 99%
1910 2664 0.00450982 2651 13 99%
1911 2611 0.004052598 2606 5 100%
1912 3306 0.003345944 3288 18 99%
1913 3359 0.00295398 3345 14 99%
1914 3868 0.002730975 3859 9 100%
1915 4797 0.002617841 4785 12 99%
1916 4915 0.002540817 4900 15 99%
1917 4901 0.002442257 4881 20 99%
1918 5065 0.002332907 5051 14 99%
1919 4764 0.002257558 4754 10 100%
1920 4626 0.002044512 4604 22 99%
1921 4624 0.00198072 4608 16 99%
1922 4436 0.001937832 4419 17 99%
1923 4137 0.001796757 4122 15 99%
1924 4145 0.001740419 4122 23 99%
1925 3786 0.001622593 3772 14 99%
1926 3605 0.001570187 3583 22 99%
1927 3404 0.001467647 3380 24 99%
1928 3179 0.001406054 3161 18 99%
1929 2812 0.001282752 2800 12 99%
1930 2626 0.001181134 2605 21 98%
1931 2380 0.00113097 2364 16 99%
1932 2498 0.001183162 2473 25 98%
1933 2174 0.001087301 2162 12 99%
1934 2097 0.001009719 2081 16 98%
1935 2087 0.000998612 2070 17 98%
1936 1927 0.000927522 1913 14 99%
1937 1968 0.000923653 1955 13 99%
1938 1833 0.000828447 1817 16 98%
1939 1813 0.000822804 1794 19 98%
1940 1741 0.000756074 1730 11 99%
1941 1738 0.00071334 1723 15 98%
1942 1768 0.000647188 1757 11 99%
1943 1801 0.000638073 1788 13 99%
1944 1636 0.000608161 1628 8 99%
1945 1434 0.000540539 1429 5 99%
1946 1538 0.000481331 1532 6 99%
1947 1609 0.000446656 1603 6 99%
1948 1515 0.00043881 1515 100%
1949 1529 0.000438766 1520 9 99%
1950 1402 0.000400187 1396 6 99%
1951 1332 0.000361589 1332 100%
1952 1254 0.000330173 1249 5 99%
1953 1182 0.000306723 1173 9 98%
1954 1158 0.000290903 1158 100%
1955 1163 0.000289658 1153 10 98%
1956 959 0.000232596 953 6 99%
1957 1010 0.000240354 1010 100%
1958 961 0.000232468 955 6 99%
1959 872 0.000209717 872 100%
1960 850 0.000204631 850 100%
1961 749 0.000180817 739 10 97%
1962 730 0.0001809 730 100%
1963 575 0.000145268 575 100%
1964 639 0.000164369 639 100%
1965 560 0.000154464 554 6 98%
1966 533 0.000153352 528 5 98%
1967 429 0.000126366 429 100%
1968 396 0.000117215 396 100%
1969 398 0.000114522 398 100%
1970 367 0.00010176 367 100%
1971 351 0.000102262 351 100%
1972 288 0.000091632 288 100%
1973 316 0.000104744 316 100%
1974 276 0.00009079 276 100%
1975 263 0.000087104 263 100%
1976 216 0.000071186 216 100%
1977 232 0.000073036 232 100%
1978 199 0.000062699 199 100%
1979 209 0.000062819 209 100%
1980 203 0.000058934 203 100%
1981 209 0.000060416 209 100%
1982 187 0.000053307 187 100%
1983 166 0.000047931 166 100%
1984 146 0.000041849 146 100%
1985 163 0.00004567 163 100%
1986 150 0.000042169 145 5 93%
1987 155 0.000042989 155 100%
1988 146 0.000039512 146 100%
1989 167 0.000043439 167 100%
1990 179 0.000045288 179 100%
1991 156 0.000040049 156 100%
1992 172 0.000044777 172 100%
1993 161 0.000042702 161 100%
1994 124 0.000033354 124 100%
1995 142 0.000038775 142 100%
1996 130 0.000035644 130 100%
1997 124 0.0000342 124 100%
1998 108 0.000029362 108 100%
1999 104 0.000028155 104 100%
2000 92 0.000024339 92 100%
2001 99 0.000026447 99 100%
2002 80 0.0000214 80 100%
2003 59 0.000015517 59 100%
2004 71 0.000018582 71 100%
2005 57 0.000014825 57 100%
2006 73 0.000018452 73 100%
2007 63 0.000015759 63 100%
2008 45 0.000011448 45 100%
2009 46 0.000012041 46 100%
2010 41 0.000011094 41 100%
2011 47 0.000012849 47 100%
2012 28 0.000007656 28 100%
2013 28 0.00000768 28 100%
2014 34 0.000009173 34 100%
2015 30 0.000008106 30 100%
2016 36 0.000009813 36 100%
2017 28 0.00000783 28 100%
2018 28 0.000007964 28 100%
2019 30 0.000008643 30 100%
2020 28 0.000008382 28 100%
2021 25 0.000007379 25 100%
2022 34 0.00001005 34 100%
2023 28 0.000008456 28 100%
2024 28 0.000008412 28 100%

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