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How popular is “Gertha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gertha” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Gertha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gertha” 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
1883 7 0.000032266 7 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 100%
1895 15 0.000042733 15 100%
1896 10 0.000027973 10 100%
1897 12 0.000034586 12 100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 100%
1899 12 0.000035374 12 100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 100%
1901 16 0.000046268 16 100%
1902 15 0.000038786 15 100%
1903 14 0.000036726 14 100%
1904 18 0.000044611 18 100%
1905 19 0.00004482 19 100%
1906 20 0.00004668 20 100%
1907 15 0.000032231 15 100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 100%
1909 19 0.000037166 19 100%
1910 22 0.000037243 22 100%
1911 25 0.000038803 25 100%
1912 35 0.000035423 35 100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 100%
1914 31 0.000021887 31 100%
1915 53 0.000028923 53 100%
1916 33 0.000017059 33 100%
1917 53 0.000026411 53 100%
1918 49 0.000022569 49 100%
1919 41 0.000019429 41 100%
1920 51 0.00002254 51 100%
1921 58 0.000024845 58 100%
1922 50 0.000021842 50 100%
1923 40 0.000017373 40 100%
1924 39 0.000016375 39 100%
1925 41 0.000017572 41 100%
1926 47 0.000020471 47 100%
1927 42 0.000018108 42 100%
1928 26 0.0000115 26 100%
1929 32 0.000014597 32 100%
1930 43 0.000019341 43 100%
1931 30 0.000014256 30 100%
1932 33 0.00001563 33 100%
1933 27 0.000013504 27 100%
1934 26 0.000012519 26 100%
1935 33 0.00001579 33 100%
1936 22 0.000010589 22 100%
1937 21 0.000009856 21 100%
1938 25 0.000011299 25 100%
1939 29 0.000013161 29 100%
1940 33 0.000014331 33 100%
1941 33 0.000013544 33 100%
1942 24 0.000008785 24 100%
1943 24 0.000008503 24 100%
1944 28 0.000010409 28 100%
1945 24 0.000009047 24 100%
1946 22 0.000006885 22 100%
1947 20 0.000005552 20 100%
1948 19 0.000005503 19 100%
1949 21 0.000006026 21 100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 100%
1952 20 0.000005266 20 100%
1953 18 0.000004671 18 100%
1954 18 0.000004522 18 100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 100%

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