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How popular is “Edsel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Edsel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Edsel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Edsel” 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
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 17 0.000009277 17 -100%
1916 31 0.000016026 31 -100%
1917 34 0.000016943 34 -100%
1918 41 0.000018884 41 -100%
1919 76 0.000036015 76 -100%
1920 55 0.000024308 55 -100%
1921 72 0.000030842 72 -100%
1922 113 0.000049363 113 -100%
1923 120 0.000052118 120 -100%
1924 138 0.000057944 138 -100%
1925 173 0.000074144 173 -100%
1926 174 0.000075787 174 -100%
1927 224 0.000096578 224 -100%
1928 156 0.000068998 156 -100%
1929 98 0.000044705 98 -100%
1930 104 0.000046778 104 -100%
1931 105 0.000049896 105 -100%
1932 70 0.000033155 70 -100%
1933 71 0.00003551 71 -100%
1934 56 0.000026964 56 -100%
1935 68 0.000032537 68 -100%
1936 52 0.000025029 52 -100%
1937 35 0.000016427 35 -100%
1938 59 0.000026666 59 -100%
1939 45 0.000020423 45 -100%
1940 60 0.000026057 60 -100%
1941 45 0.00001847 45 -100%
1942 35 0.000012812 35 -100%
1943 61 0.000021612 61 -100%
1944 37 0.000013754 37 -100%
1945 39 0.000014701 39 -100%
1946 39 0.000012205 39 -100%
1947 52 0.000014435 52 -100%
1948 40 0.000011586 40 -100%
1949 37 0.000010618 37 -100%
1950 48 0.000013701 48 -100%
1951 52 0.000014116 52 -100%
1952 54 0.000014218 54 -100%
1953 35 0.000009082 35 -100%
1954 36 0.000009044 36 -100%
1955 37 0.000009215 37 -100%
1956 29 0.000007034 29 -100%
1957 54 0.000012851 54 -100%
1958 56 0.000013547 56 -100%
1959 47 0.000011304 47 -100%
1960 27 0.0000065 27 -100%
1961 25 0.000006035 25 -100%
1962 27 0.000006691 27 -100%
1963 31 0.000007832 31 -100%
1964 23 0.000005916 23 -100%
1965 28 0.000007723 28 -100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 -100%
1967 18 0.000005302 18 -100%
1968 27 0.000007992 27 -100%
1969 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 18 0.000005244 18 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 -100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 -100%
1974 18 0.000005921 18 -100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 -100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 -100%
1977 17 0.000005352 17 -100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 20 0.000005806 20 -100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 -100%
1982 12 0.000003421 12 -100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 -100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 -100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 -100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 -100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 -100%
1988 16 0.00000433 16 -100%
1989 18 0.000004682 18 -100%
1990 20 0.00000506 20 -100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 -100%
1992 13 0.000003384 13 -100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 -100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 -100%
1995 19 0.000005188 19 -100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 -100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 -100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 -100%
2008 20 0.000005088 20 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 -100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 12 0.000003292 12 -100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 -100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2018 15 0.000004266 15 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 -100%
2021 11 0.000003247 11 -100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 -100%

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