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How popular is “Gerold” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gerold” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Gerold” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gerold” 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
1912 8 0.000008097 8 -100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 -100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 -100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 -100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 -100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 -100%
1919 24 0.000011373 24 -100%
1920 18 0.000007955 18 -100%
1921 30 0.000012851 30 -100%
1922 22 0.000009611 22 -100%
1923 24 0.000010424 24 -100%
1924 20 0.000008398 20 -100%
1925 32 0.000013714 32 -100%
1926 33 0.000014373 33 -100%
1927 38 0.000016384 38 -100%
1928 36 0.000015923 36 -100%
1929 36 0.000016422 36 -100%
1930 55 0.000024738 55 -100%
1931 32 0.000015206 32 -100%
1932 60 0.000028419 60 -100%
1933 53 0.000026507 53 -100%
1934 61 0.000029372 61 -100%
1935 52 0.000024882 52 -100%
1936 49 0.000023585 49 -100%
1937 58 0.000027221 58 -100%
1938 75 0.000033897 75 -100%
1939 90 0.000040845 90 -100%
1940 52 0.000022582 52 -100%
1941 75 0.000030783 75 -100%
1942 79 0.000028918 79 -100%
1943 63 0.00002232 63 -100%
1944 60 0.000022304 60 -100%
1945 67 0.000025255 67 -100%
1946 68 0.000021281 68 -100%
1947 59 0.000016378 59 -100%
1948 64 0.000018537 64 -100%
1949 75 0.000021522 75 -100%
1950 56 0.000015985 56 -100%
1951 66 0.000017917 66 -100%
1952 61 0.000016061 61 -100%
1953 65 0.000016867 65 -100%
1954 61 0.000015324 61 -100%
1955 50 0.000012453 50 -100%
1956 67 0.00001625 67 -100%
1957 54 0.000012851 54 -100%
1958 48 0.000011611 48 -100%
1959 49 0.000011785 49 -100%
1960 45 0.000010833 45 -100%
1961 43 0.000010381 43 -100%
1962 37 0.000009169 37 -100%
1963 43 0.000010864 43 -100%
1964 36 0.00000926 36 -100%
1965 42 0.000011585 42 -100%
1966 31 0.000008919 31 -100%
1967 35 0.00001031 35 -100%
1968 23 0.000006808 23 -100%
1969 27 0.000007769 27 -100%
1970 37 0.000010259 37 -100%
1971 21 0.000006118 21 -100%
1972 17 0.000005409 17 -100%
1973 23 0.000007624 23 -100%
1974 23 0.000007566 23 -100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 -100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 -100%
1977 22 0.000006926 22 -100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 -100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 -100%
1980 18 0.000005226 18 -100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 -100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 -100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 -100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 -100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 -100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 -100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 -100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 -100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%

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