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How popular is “Ferdinand” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ferdinand” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ferdinand” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ferdinand” 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 32 0.000158822 32 -100%
1881 23 0.000119364 23 -100%
1882 48 0.000216672 48 -100%
1883 30 0.000138283 30 -100%
1884 55 0.000225909 55 -100%
1885 36 0.000149468 36 -100%
1886 40 0.000156669 40 -100%
1887 43 0.000173813 43 -100%
1888 42 0.000140246 42 -100%
1889 34 0.000117669 34 -100%
1890 33 0.000109489 33 -100%
1891 28 0.000097672 28 -100%
1892 33 0.000098692 33 -100%
1893 45 0.000138367 45 -100%
1894 44 0.000129912 44 -100%
1895 38 0.000108256 38 -100%
1896 40 0.000111893 40 -100%
1897 28 0.000080702 28 -100%
1898 30 0.000078646 30 -100%
1899 35 0.000103174 35 -100%
1900 41 0.000091059 41 -100%
1901 29 0.000083861 29 -100%
1902 32 0.000082744 32 -100%
1903 19 0.000049843 19 -100%
1904 36 0.000089223 36 -100%
1905 31 0.000073127 31 -100%
1906 34 0.000079356 34 -100%
1907 35 0.000075206 35 -100%
1908 35 0.000071626 35 -100%
1909 38 0.000074331 38 -100%
1910 48 0.000081258 48 -100%
1911 51 0.000079158 51 -100%
1912 113 0.000114365 113 -100%
1913 127 0.000111687 127 -100%
1914 204 0.000144033 204 -100%
1915 245 0.000133703 245 -100%
1916 246 0.00012717 246 -100%
1917 236 0.000117603 236 -100%
1918 259 0.000119294 259 -100%
1919 205 0.000097145 205 -100%
1920 185 0.000081763 185 -100%
1921 222 0.000095095 222 -100%
1922 214 0.000093484 214 -100%
1923 198 0.000085994 198 -100%
1924 185 0.000077679 185 -100%
1925 159 0.000068144 159 -100%
1926 161 0.000070125 161 -100%
1927 156 0.00006726 156 -100%
1928 156 0.000068998 156 -100%
1929 138 0.000062952 138 -100%
1930 145 0.000065219 145 -100%
1931 109 0.000051797 109 -100%
1932 109 0.000051627 109 -100%
1933 93 0.000046513 93 -100%
1934 83 0.000039965 83 -100%
1935 101 0.000048328 101 -100%
1936 116 0.000055834 116 -100%
1937 62 0.000029099 62 -100%
1938 100 0.000045196 100 -100%
1939 80 0.000036307 80 -100%
1940 61 0.000026491 61 -100%
1941 63 0.000025858 63 -100%
1942 70 0.000025624 70 -100%
1943 73 0.000025863 73 -100%
1944 59 0.000021932 59 -100%
1945 55 0.000020732 55 -100%
1946 47 0.000014709 47 -100%
1947 65 0.000018044 65 -100%
1948 68 0.000019696 68 -100%
1949 42 0.000012052 42 -100%
1950 53 0.000015128 53 -100%
1951 54 0.000014659 54 -100%
1952 69 0.000018167 69 -100%
1953 66 0.000017127 66 -100%
1954 69 0.000017334 69 -100%
1955 71 0.000017683 71 -100%
1956 66 0.000016008 66 -100%
1957 60 0.000014278 60 -100%
1958 53 0.000012821 53 -100%
1959 71 0.000017076 71 -100%
1960 63 0.000015167 63 -100%
1961 60 0.000014485 60 -100%
1962 50 0.00001239 50 -100%
1963 42 0.000010611 42 -100%
1964 37 0.000009517 37 -100%
1965 54 0.000014895 54 -100%
1966 56 0.000016112 56 -100%
1967 53 0.000015612 53 -100%
1968 57 0.000016872 57 -100%
1969 51 0.000014675 51 -100%
1970 56 0.000015527 56 -100%
1971 68 0.000019811 68 -100%
1972 45 0.000014318 45 -100%
1973 45 0.000014916 45 -100%
1974 36 0.000011842 36 -100%
1975 43 0.000014241 43 -100%
1976 38 0.000012523 38 -100%
1977 50 0.000015741 50 -100%
1978 34 0.000010712 34 -100%
1979 29 0.000008717 29 -100%
1980 35 0.000010161 35 -100%
1981 39 0.000011274 39 -100%
1982 46 0.000013113 46 -100%
1983 26 0.000007507 26 -100%
1984 25 0.000007166 25 -100%
1985 35 0.000009806 35 -100%
1986 31 0.000008715 31 -100%
1987 40 0.000011094 40 -100%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 -100%
1989 34 0.000008844 34 -100%
1990 35 0.000008855 35 -100%
1991 27 0.000006931 27 -100%
1992 28 0.000007289 28 -100%
1993 19 0.000005039 19 -100%
1994 27 0.000007263 27 -100%
1995 22 0.000006007 22 -100%
1996 27 0.000007403 27 -100%
1997 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1998 18 0.000004894 18 -100%
1999 16 0.000004332 16 -100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 -100%
2001 22 0.000005877 22 -100%
2002 15 0.000004013 15 -100%
2003 20 0.00000526 20 -100%
2004 16 0.000004187 16 -100%
2005 16 0.000004161 16 -100%
2006 21 0.000005308 21 -100%
2007 24 0.000006003 24 -100%
2008 25 0.00000636 25 -100%
2009 20 0.000005235 20 -100%
2010 23 0.000006223 23 -100%
2011 20 0.000005468 20 -100%
2012 21 0.000005742 21 -100%
2013 24 0.000006583 24 -100%
2014 24 0.000006475 24 -100%
2015 20 0.000005404 20 -100%
2016 35 0.00000954 35 -100%
2017 17 0.000004754 17 -100%
2018 25 0.000007111 25 -100%
2019 20 0.000005762 20 -100%
2020 14 0.000004191 14 -100%
2021 16 0.000004723 16 -100%
2022 29 0.000008572 29 -100%
2023 29 0.000008758 29 -100%
2024 28 0.000008412 28 -100%

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