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How popular is “Ferrell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ferrell” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ferrell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ferrell” 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
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1913 15 0.000013191 15 -100%
1914 23 0.000016239 23 -100%
1915 39 0.000021283 9 30 -54%
1916 31 0.000016026 6 25 -61%
1917 27 0.000013455 10 17 -26%
1918 29 0.000013357 6 23 -59%
1919 28 0.000013269 8 20 -43%
1920 36 0.000015911 6 30 -67%
1921 34 0.000014564 34 -100%
1922 26 0.000011358 6 20 -54%
1923 38 0.000016504 12 26 -37%
1924 33 0.000013856 7 26 -58%
1925 30 0.000012857 7 23 -53%
1926 28 0.000012196 28 -100%
1927 30 0.000012935 7 23 -53%
1928 37 0.000016365 6 31 -68%
1929 34 0.00001551 6 28 -65%
1930 36 0.000016192 5 31 -72%
1931 34 0.000016157 5 29 -71%
1932 33 0.00001563 33 -100%
1933 29 0.000014504 29 -100%
1934 42 0.000020223 42 -100%
1935 57 0.000027274 9 48 -68%
1936 39 0.000018772 6 33 -69%
1937 44 0.000020651 44 -100%
1938 29 0.000013107 29 -100%
1939 37 0.000016792 37 -100%
1940 38 0.000016502 6 32 -68%
1941 45 0.00001847 8 37 -64%
1942 51 0.000018669 5 46 -80%
1943 37 0.000013109 37 -100%
1944 30 0.000011152 30 -100%
1945 23 0.00000867 23 -100%
1946 42 0.000013144 5 37 -76%
1947 37 0.000010271 37 -100%
1948 29 0.0000084 6 23 -59%
1949 35 0.000010044 6 29 -66%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 -100%
1951 38 0.000010316 38 -100%
1952 27 0.000007109 27 -100%
1953 32 0.000008304 32 -100%
1954 26 0.000006532 26 -100%
1955 27 0.000006725 27 -100%
1956 26 0.000006306 26 -100%
1957 18 0.000004284 18 -100%
1958 22 0.000005322 22 -100%
1959 23 0.000005532 23 -100%
1960 25 0.000006019 25 -100%
1961 23 0.000005552 23 -100%
1962 27 0.000006691 5 22 -63%
1963 17 0.000004295 17 -100%
1964 16 0.000004116 16 -100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 -100%
1966 25 0.000007193 25 -100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 -100%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 -100%
1969 18 0.000005179 18 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 -100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 -100%
1973 16 0.000005303 16 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 -100%
1979 16 0.000004809 16 -100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 -100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
1989 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 -100%
2004 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%

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