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How popular is “Gilman” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gilman” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Gilman” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gilman” 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%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 15 0.000015181 15 -100%
1913 16 0.000014071 16 -100%
1914 15 0.000010591 15 -100%
1915 21 0.00001146 21 -100%
1916 29 0.000014992 29 -100%
1917 24 0.00001196 24 -100%
1918 34 0.00001566 34 -100%
1919 22 0.000010425 22 -100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 -100%
1921 22 0.000009424 22 -100%
1922 26 0.000011358 26 -100%
1923 22 0.000009555 22 -100%
1924 17 0.000007138 17 -100%
1925 20 0.000008572 20 -100%
1926 22 0.000009582 22 -100%
1927 23 0.000009917 23 -100%
1928 19 0.000008404 19 -100%
1929 16 0.000007299 16 -100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 -100%
1931 25 0.00001188 25 -100%
1932 20 0.000009473 20 -100%
1933 18 0.000009002 18 -100%
1934 26 0.000012519 26 -100%
1935 18 0.000008613 18 -100%
1936 19 0.000009145 19 -100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 -100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 -100%
1939 15 0.000006808 15 -100%
1940 16 0.000006948 16 -100%
1941 21 0.000008619 21 -100%
1942 22 0.000008053 22 -100%
1943 26 0.000009211 26 -100%
1944 18 0.000006691 18 -100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 -100%
1946 20 0.000006259 20 -100%
1947 13 0.000003609 13 -100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 -100%
1949 16 0.000004591 16 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 -100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 -100%
1953 18 0.000004671 18 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1957 14 0.000003332 14 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 -100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 -100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%

Explore other names

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  1. Gillie
  2. Gillis
  3. Gilly
  4. Gillyan
  5. Gilma
  6. Gilman (this page)
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  8. Gilmer
  9. Gilmore
  10. Gilroy
  11. Gilson