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How popular is “Bethel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bethel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Bethel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bethel” 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
1890 6 0.000019907 6 100%
1891 17 0.000059301 12 5 41%
1892 18 0.000053832 13 5 44%
1893 19 0.000058421 19 100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 100%
1895 14 0.000039884 14 100%
1896 14 0.000039163 14 100%
1897 18 0.00005188 18 100%
1898 26 0.00006816 17 9 31%
1899 18 0.000053061 18 100%
1900 35 0.000077733 30 5 71%
1901 20 0.000057835 20 100%
1902 21 0.000054301 21 100%
1903 20 0.000052466 20 100%
1904 21 0.000052047 21 100%
1905 32 0.000075486 25 7 56%
1906 32 0.000074688 27 5 69%
1907 37 0.000079503 32 5 73%
1908 35 0.000071626 30 5 71%
1909 43 0.000084112 36 7 67%
1910 40 0.000067715 40 100%
1911 33 0.00005122 27 6 64%
1912 67 0.00006781 54 13 61%
1913 81 0.000071233 64 17 58%
1914 107 0.000075547 79 28 48%
1915 118 0.000064396 96 22 63%
1916 137 0.000070822 104 33 52%
1917 138 0.000068768 116 22 68%
1918 146 0.000067247 113 33 55%
1919 144 0.000068239 105 39 46%
1920 129 0.000057013 104 25 61%
1921 136 0.000058256 112 24 65%
1922 150 0.000065526 119 31 59%
1923 134 0.000058198 108 26 61%
1924 148 0.000062143 116 32 57%
1925 125 0.000053572 93 32 49%
1926 103 0.000044862 86 17 67%
1927 117 0.000050445 99 18 69%
1928 89 0.000039364 71 18 60%
1929 90 0.000041055 69 21 53%
1930 98 0.000044079 62 36 27%
1931 85 0.000040392 69 16 62%
1932 86 0.000040733 74 12 72%
1933 74 0.00003701 65 9 76%
1934 83 0.000039965 64 19 54%
1935 76 0.000036365 62 14 63%
1936 78 0.000037544 59 19 51%
1937 72 0.000033792 47 25 31%
1938 76 0.000034349 55 21 45%
1939 61 0.000027684 49 12 61%
1940 72 0.000031268 52 20 44%
1941 67 0.000027499 49 18 46%
1942 46 0.000016839 38 8 65%
1943 71 0.000025154 54 17 52%
1944 45 0.000016728 33 12 47%
1945 41 0.000015455 31 10 51%
1946 49 0.000015335 40 9 63%
1947 49 0.000013602 34 15 39%
1948 46 0.000013324 36 10 57%
1949 35 0.000010044 25 10 43%
1950 48 0.000013701 34 14 42%
1951 58 0.000015745 39 19 34%
1952 35 0.000009215 24 11 37%
1953 25 0.000006487 19 6 52%
1954 30 0.000007536 22 8 47%
1955 35 0.000008717 26 9 49%
1956 29 0.000007034 19 10 31%
1957 31 0.000007377 25 6 61%
1958 33 0.000007983 28 5 70%
1959 21 0.000005051 14 7 33%
1960 23 0.000005537 23 100%
1961 22 0.000005311 17 5 55%
1962 29 0.000007186 22 7 52%
1963 26 0.000006569 26 100%
1964 25 0.000006431 25 100%
1965 25 0.000006896 19 6 52%
1966 26 0.000007481 26 100%
1967 40 0.000011782 33 7 65%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 100%
1969 24 0.000006906 16 8 33%
1970 20 0.000005546 15 5 50%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 100%
1973 21 0.000006961 21 100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 100%
1975 21 0.000006955 15 6 43%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 100%
1977 18 0.000005667 12 6 33%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 100%
1983 15 0.000004331 10 5 33%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 100%
1993 13 0.000003448 13 100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 100%
1997 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 100%
2000 26 0.000006878 26 100%
2001 24 0.000006411 24 100%
2002 33 0.000008828 33 100%
2003 24 0.000006312 24 100%
2004 45 0.000011777 38 7 69%
2005 35 0.000009103 35 100%
2006 24 0.000006066 24 100%
2007 33 0.000008255 33 100%
2008 38 0.000009668 38 100%
2009 49 0.000012827 49 100%
2010 47 0.000012717 47 100%
2011 48 0.000013123 48 100%
2012 58 0.000015858 53 5 83%
2013 56 0.000015361 50 6 79%
2014 59 0.000015919 59 100%
2015 70 0.000018914 70 100%
2016 88 0.000023987 79 9 80%
2017 66 0.000018455 66 100%
2018 82 0.000023323 82 100%
2019 57 0.000016422 57 100%
2020 60 0.000017961 54 6 80%
2021 63 0.000018595 63 100%
2022 47 0.000013892 42 5 79%
2023 42 0.000012684 42 100%
2024 42 0.000012618 42 100%

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