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How popular is “Gaither” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gaither” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Gaither” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gaither” 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
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 14 0.000009885 14 -100%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 -100%
1916 9 0.000004653 9 -100%
1917 19 0.000009468 19 -100%
1918 21 0.000009672 21 -100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 -100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 -100%
1921 16 0.000006854 16 -100%
1922 21 0.000009174 21 -100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 17 0.000007286 17 -100%
1926 17 0.000007404 17 -100%
1927 14 0.000006036 14 -100%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 -100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 -100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 -100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1942 16 0.000005857 16 -100%
1943 13 0.000004606 13 -100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 -100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 -100%
1946 11 0.000003443 11 -100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 -100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 -100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 13 0.000003373 13 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 -100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 -100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 -100%

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