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How popular is “Edwards” in the USA?

Number of people named “Edwards” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Edwards” by birth year

This chart shows how “Edwards” 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
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 -100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 -100%
1922 8 0.000003495 8 -100%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1927 13 0.000005605 13 -100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1930 7 0.000003148 7 -100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 -100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 -100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 -100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 -100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 -100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 -100%

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