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How popular is “Edith” in the USA?

Number of people named “Edith” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Edith” by birth year

This chart shows how “Edith” 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 773 0.003836533 768 5 99%
1881 787 0.004084323 778 9 98%
1882 876 0.003954264 876 100%
1883 881 0.004060918 881 100%
1884 1104 0.004534607 1104 100%
1885 1076 0.004467437 1071 5 99%
1886 1193 0.004672641 1184 9 98%
1887 1250 0.00505271 1243 7 99%
1888 1460 0.004875215 1453 7 99%
1889 1530 0.005295107 1523 7 99%
1890 1502 0.004983394 1493 9 99%
1891 1509 0.005263837 1509 100%
1892 1631 0.004877772 1625 6 99%
1893 1740 0.005350175 1733 7 99%
1894 1825 0.005388408 1820 5 99%
1895 1940 0.005526751 1940 100%
1896 1942 0.005432411 1932 10 99%
1897 1830 0.005274429 1823 7 99%
1898 1989 0.005214246 1981 8 99%
1899 1805 0.005320811 1794 11 99%
1900 2077 0.004612911 2068 9 99%
1901 1863 0.00538732 1863 100%
1902 1853 0.004791419 1853 100%
1903 1901 0.004986884 1901 100%
1904 1954 0.004842807 1944 10 99%
1905 2143 0.005055175 2137 6 99%
1906 2166 0.005055421 2160 6 99%
1907 2186 0.004697136 2177 9 99%
1908 2418 0.004948337 2410 8 99%
1909 2384 0.004663318 2371 13 99%
1910 2606 0.004411633 2592 14 99%
1911 2833 0.00439717 2825 8 99%
1912 3854 0.003900565 3842 12 99%
1913 4375 0.003847473 4366 9 100%
1914 5222 0.003686957 5209 13 100%
1915 6772 0.003695647 6761 11 100%
1916 7319 0.003783569 7307 12 100%
1917 7551 0.0037628 7532 19 99%
1918 7877 0.003628096 7858 19 100%
1919 7784 0.003688671 7767 17 100%
1920 7799 0.003446854 7773 26 99%
1921 7603 0.003256793 7589 14 100%
1922 7152 0.003124296 7136 16 100%
1923 6846 0.002973314 6836 10 100%
1924 6908 0.002900559 6890 18 99%
1925 6301 0.002700465 6275 26 99%
1926 5810 0.002530592 5786 24 99%
1927 5422 0.002337716 5403 19 99%
1928 4861 0.002149993 4846 15 99%
1929 4470 0.002039084 4455 15 99%
1930 4297 0.001932723 4273 24 99%
1931 3791 0.001801474 3772 19 99%
1932 3579 0.001695171 3570 9 99%
1933 3124 0.001562432 3110 14 99%
1934 3026 0.001457038 3012 14 99%
1935 2847 0.001362266 2830 17 99%
1936 2771 0.001333765 2759 12 99%
1937 2662 0.001249372 2647 15 99%
1938 2610 0.001179622 2600 10 99%
1939 2484 0.001127327 2474 10 99%
1940 2524 0.001096112 2510 14 99%
1941 2472 0.001014601 2462 10 99%
1942 2470 0.00090416 2458 12 99%
1943 2394 0.000848167 2380 14 99%
1944 2180 0.000810385 2175 5 100%
1945 1848 0.000696594 1842 6 99%
1946 1975 0.000618094 1975 100%
1947 2210 0.000613493 2201 9 99%
1948 2087 0.000604486 2082 5 100%
1949 2071 0.000594299 2064 7 99%
1950 1961 0.000559749 1953 8 99%
1951 1851 0.000502479 1851 100%
1952 1644 0.000432859 1639 5 99%
1953 1531 0.000397286 1526 5 99%
1954 1422 0.000357223 1422 100%
1955 1529 0.000380814 1524 5 99%
1956 1477 0.000358231 1477 100%
1957 1419 0.000337685 1413 6 99%
1958 1323 0.000320036 1317 6 99%
1959 1362 0.000327562 1357 5 99%
1960 1289 0.000310317 1282 7 99%
1961 1169 0.00028221 1164 5 99%
1962 1020 0.000252765 1020 100%
1963 1000 0.00025264 1000 100%
1964 966 0.000248482 966 100%
1965 894 0.00024659 889 5 99%
1966 800 0.000230172 800 100%
1967 673 0.000198239 673 100%
1968 604 0.000178782 604 100%
1969 603 0.000173509 603 100%
1970 607 0.000168307 601 6 98%
1971 527 0.000153539 527 100%
1972 476 0.000151448 476 100%
1973 424 0.000140542 424 100%
1974 402 0.000132237 402 100%
1975 394 0.00013049 394 100%
1976 419 0.000138088 419 100%
1977 339 0.000106721 339 100%
1978 331 0.000104289 331 100%
1979 343 0.000103096 338 5 97%
1980 344 0.000099869 339 5 97%
1981 322 0.00009308 322 100%
1982 296 0.000084379 296 100%
1983 294 0.000084889 288 6 96%
1984 294 0.000084271 294 100%
1985 312 0.000087417 307 5 97%
1986 344 0.000096709 339 5 97%
1987 315 0.000087364 315 100%
1988 335 0.000090662 335 100%
1989 360 0.000093642 360 100%
1990 423 0.000107021 423 100%
1991 444 0.000113985 444 100%
1992 436 0.000113504 428 8 96%
1993 412 0.000109276 412 100%
1994 512 0.000137721 507 5 98%
1995 584 0.000159469 577 7 98%
1996 410 0.000112415 410 100%
1997 430 0.000118596 430 100%
1998 412 0.000112011 412 100%
1999 426 0.000115326 426 100%
2000 462 0.000122225 462 100%
2001 428 0.000114335 428 100%
2002 459 0.000122783 459 100%
2003 389 0.000102306 389 100%
2004 404 0.000105734 404 100%
2005 447 0.00011626 447 100%
2006 445 0.000112482 445 100%
2007 400 0.000100058 400 100%
2008 359 0.000091333 359 100%
2009 333 0.000087169 333 100%
2010 326 0.00008821 326 100%
2011 352 0.000096233 352 100%
2012 365 0.000099799 365 100%
2013 386 0.000105879 386 100%
2014 462 0.00012465 462 100%
2015 599 0.000161852 599 100%
2016 641 0.000174721 641 100%
2017 655 0.000183156 655 100%
2018 605 0.000172076 605 100%
2019 627 0.000180643 627 100%
2020 650 0.000194577 650 100%
2021 638 0.000188315 638 100%
2022 609 0.000180011 609 100%
2023 605 0.000182713 605 100%
2024 579 0.000173952 579 100%

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