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How popular is “Ethelda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ethelda” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ethelda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ethelda” 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
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 100%
1917 12 0.00000598 12 100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 100%
1919 18 0.00000853 18 100%
1920 37 0.000016353 37 100%
1921 34 0.000014564 34 100%
1922 31 0.000013542 31 100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 100%
1924 22 0.000009237 22 100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 100%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 100%
1944 11 0.000004089 11 100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 100%

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