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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Gerhard” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gerhard” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Gerhard” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gerhard” 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
1882 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1885 17 0.000070582 17 -100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 -100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 -100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 -100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 -100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 -100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 -100%
1900 8 0.000017768 8 -100%
1903 12 0.00003148 12 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 -100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 12 0.000018626 12 -100%
1912 43 0.00004352 43 -100%
1913 38 0.000033418 38 -100%
1914 45 0.000031772 45 -100%
1915 50 0.000027286 50 -100%
1916 59 0.0000305 59 -100%
1917 62 0.000030896 62 -100%
1918 57 0.000026254 57 -100%
1919 42 0.000019903 42 -100%
1920 50 0.000022098 50 -100%
1921 41 0.000017563 41 -100%
1922 46 0.000020095 46 -100%
1923 39 0.000016938 39 -100%
1924 39 0.000016375 39 -100%
1925 41 0.000017572 41 -100%
1926 53 0.000023085 53 -100%
1927 55 0.000023713 55 -100%
1928 43 0.000019019 43 -100%
1929 53 0.000024177 53 -100%
1930 46 0.00002069 46 -100%
1931 39 0.000018533 39 -100%
1932 33 0.00001563 33 -100%
1933 34 0.000017005 34 -100%
1934 40 0.00001926 40 -100%
1935 37 0.000017704 37 -100%
1936 30 0.00001444 30 -100%
1937 37 0.000017365 37 -100%
1938 24 0.000010847 24 -100%
1939 21 0.000009531 21 -100%
1940 36 0.000015634 36 -100%
1941 25 0.000010261 25 -100%
1942 35 0.000012812 35 -100%
1943 28 0.00000992 28 -100%
1944 17 0.00000632 17 -100%
1945 13 0.0000049 13 -100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 -100%
1947 18 0.000004997 18 -100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 11 0.00000314 11 -100%
1951 23 0.000006244 23 -100%
1952 13 0.000003423 13 -100%
1953 20 0.00000519 20 -100%
1954 27 0.000006783 27 -100%
1955 25 0.000006227 25 -100%
1956 37 0.000008974 37 -100%
1957 29 0.000006901 29 -100%
1958 27 0.000006531 27 -100%
1959 34 0.000008177 34 -100%
1960 29 0.000006982 29 -100%
1961 25 0.000006035 25 -100%
1962 35 0.000008673 35 -100%
1963 32 0.000008084 32 -100%
1964 39 0.000010032 39 -100%
1965 35 0.000009654 35 -100%
1966 27 0.000007768 27 -100%
1967 21 0.000006186 21 -100%
1968 21 0.000006216 21 -100%
1969 24 0.000006906 24 -100%
1970 19 0.000005268 19 -100%
1971 18 0.000005244 18 -100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 -100%
1974 18 0.000005921 18 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2006 13 0.000003286 13 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%

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