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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Gerda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gerda” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Gerda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gerda” 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
1887 6 0.000024253 6 100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 100%
1898 14 0.000036702 14 100%
1899 14 0.000041269 14 100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 100%
1906 15 0.00003501 15 100%
1907 11 0.000023636 11 100%
1908 10 0.000020465 10 100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 100%
1910 18 0.000030472 18 100%
1911 14 0.00002173 14 100%
1912 25 0.000025302 25 100%
1913 22 0.000019347 22 100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 100%
1915 49 0.000026741 49 100%
1916 38 0.000019644 38 100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 100%
1918 26 0.000011975 26 100%
1919 27 0.000012795 27 100%
1920 30 0.000013259 30 100%
1921 21 0.000008995 21 100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 100%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 100%
1924 22 0.000009237 22 100%
1925 24 0.000010286 24 100%
1926 27 0.00001176 27 100%
1927 20 0.000008623 20 100%
1928 26 0.0000115 26 100%
1929 17 0.000007755 17 100%
1930 31 0.000013943 31 100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 100%
1932 22 0.00001042 22 100%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 100%
1934 19 0.000009149 19 100%
1935 32 0.000015312 32 100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 100%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 100%
1938 27 0.000012203 27 100%
1939 15 0.000006808 15 100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 100%

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