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How popular is “Ernie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ernie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ernie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ernie” 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 6 0.000029779 6 -100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 -100%
1883 12 0.000055313 12 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1889 12 0.00004153 5 7 -17%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1893 11 0.000033823 11 -100%
1894 11 0.000032478 11 -100%
1895 15 0.000042733 8 7 7%
1896 14 0.000039163 14 -100%
1897 12 0.000034586 5 7 -17%
1898 16 0.000041945 6 10 -25%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 -100%
1901 12 0.000034701 12 -100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 -100%
1903 12 0.00003148 5 7 -17%
1904 19 0.00004709 6 13 -37%
1905 24 0.000056614 5 19 -58%
1906 18 0.000042012 7 11 -22%
1907 20 0.000042975 8 12 -20%
1908 24 0.000049115 9 15 -25%
1909 27 0.000052814 8 19 -41%
1910 31 0.000052479 12 19 -23%
1911 32 0.000049668 12 20 -25%
1912 33 0.000033399 13 20 -21%
1913 61 0.000053645 12 49 -61%
1914 47 0.000033184 11 36 -53%
1915 86 0.000046932 17 69 -60%
1916 77 0.000039805 22 55 -43%
1917 90 0.000044849 16 74 -64%
1918 83 0.000038229 22 61 -47%
1919 98 0.00004644 25 73 -49%
1920 90 0.000039776 13 77 -71%
1921 104 0.000044549 10 94 -81%
1922 80 0.000034947 16 64 -60%
1923 118 0.000051249 22 96 -63%
1924 99 0.000041569 12 87 -76%
1925 99 0.000042429 13 86 -74%
1926 125 0.000054445 15 110 -76%
1927 111 0.000047858 13 98 -77%
1928 114 0.000050422 15 99 -74%
1929 138 0.000062952 22 116 -68%
1930 117 0.000052625 13 104 -78%
1931 108 0.000051321 23 85 -57%
1932 133 0.000062995 12 121 -82%
1933 143 0.00007152 20 123 -72%
1934 149 0.000071744 19 130 -74%
1935 177 0.000084693 16 161 -82%
1936 156 0.000075087 15 141 -81%
1937 163 0.000076502 7 156 -91%
1938 188 0.000084969 13 175 -86%
1939 185 0.00008396 13 172 -86%
1940 181 0.000078604 9 172 -90%
1941 170 0.000069774 9 161 -89%
1942 198 0.000072479 6 192 -94%
1943 238 0.000084321 13 225 -89%
1944 285 0.000105945 8 277 -94%
1945 392 0.000147762 11 381 -94%
1946 364 0.000113917 7 357 -96%
1947 408 0.00011326 9 399 -96%
1948 359 0.000103982 11 348 -94%
1949 338 0.000096993 12 326 -93%
1950 314 0.000089628 9 305 -94%
1951 314 0.000085239 12 302 -92%
1952 282 0.00007425 10 272 -93%
1953 281 0.000072918 281 -100%
1954 272 0.00006833 272 -100%
1955 325 0.000080945 14 311 -91%
1956 335 0.000081251 10 325 -94%
1957 429 0.000102091 9 420 -96%
1958 442 0.000106921 442 -100%
1959 455 0.000109428 5 450 -98%
1960 443 0.000106649 8 435 -96%
1961 429 0.000103566 429 -100%
1962 387 0.000095902 387 -100%
1963 378 0.000095498 378 -100%
1964 312 0.000080255 312 -100%
1965 265 0.000073094 265 -100%
1966 273 0.000078546 273 -100%
1967 236 0.000069516 6 230 -95%
1968 185 0.000054759 185 -100%
1969 222 0.000063879 222 -100%
1970 212 0.000058783 212 -100%
1971 214 0.000062348 214 -100%
1972 147 0.000046771 147 -100%
1973 156 0.000051709 156 -100%
1974 139 0.000045724 139 -100%
1975 130 0.000043055 130 -100%
1976 150 0.000049435 150 -100%
1977 140 0.000044074 140 -100%
1978 131 0.000041275 131 -100%
1979 122 0.00003667 122 -100%
1980 124 0.000035999 124 -100%
1981 131 0.000037868 131 -100%
1982 124 0.000035348 124 -100%
1983 93 0.000026853 93 -100%
1984 103 0.000029523 103 -100%
1985 96 0.000026897 96 -100%
1986 100 0.000028113 100 -100%
1987 90 0.000024961 90 -100%
1988 95 0.00002571 95 -100%
1989 77 0.000020029 77 -100%
1990 100 0.000025301 100 -100%
1991 81 0.000020794 81 -100%
1992 90 0.00002343 90 -100%
1993 86 0.00002281 86 -100%
1994 57 0.000015332 57 -100%
1995 60 0.000016384 60 -100%
1996 71 0.000019467 71 -100%
1997 62 0.0000171 62 -100%
1998 58 0.000015769 58 -100%
1999 54 0.000014619 54 -100%
2000 65 0.000017196 65 -100%
2001 42 0.00001122 42 -100%
2002 49 0.000013108 49 -100%
2003 64 0.000016832 64 -100%
2004 51 0.000013348 51 -100%
2005 51 0.000013265 51 -100%
2006 45 0.000011375 45 -100%
2007 48 0.000012007 48 -100%
2008 37 0.000009413 37 -100%
2009 24 0.000006282 24 -100%
2010 27 0.000007306 27 -100%
2011 40 0.000010936 40 -100%
2012 26 0.000007109 26 -100%
2013 19 0.000005212 19 -100%
2014 25 0.000006745 25 -100%
2015 23 0.000006215 23 -100%
2016 28 0.000007632 28 -100%
2017 20 0.000005593 20 -100%
2018 23 0.000006542 23 -100%
2019 18 0.000005186 18 -100%
2020 25 0.000007484 25 -100%
2021 19 0.000005608 19 -100%
2022 21 0.000006207 21 -100%
2023 20 0.00000604 20 -100%
2024 14 0.000004206 14 -100%

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