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How popular is “Gretel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gretel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Gretel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gretel” 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
1915 7 0.00000382 7 100%
1919 6 0.000002843 6 100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 100%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1971 13 0.000003787 13 100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 100%
1979 20 0.000006011 20 100%
1980 15 0.000004355 15 100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 100%
1983 12 0.000003465 12 100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 100%
1988 10 0.000002706 10 100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 100%
1994 13 0.000003497 13 100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 100%
1997 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 100%
2000 17 0.000004497 17 100%
2001 22 0.000005877 22 100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 100%
2003 21 0.000005523 21 100%
2004 20 0.000005234 20 100%
2005 20 0.000005202 20 100%
2006 20 0.000005055 20 100%
2007 15 0.000003752 15 100%
2008 19 0.000004834 19 100%
2009 25 0.000006544 25 100%
2010 33 0.000008929 33 100%
2011 37 0.000010115 37 100%
2012 37 0.000010117 37 100%
2013 46 0.000012618 46 100%
2014 63 0.000016998 63 100%
2015 36 0.000009727 36 100%
2016 57 0.000015537 57 100%
2017 41 0.000011465 41 100%
2018 45 0.000012799 45 100%
2019 40 0.000011524 40 100%
2020 43 0.000012872 43 100%
2021 49 0.000014463 49 100%
2022 68 0.0000201 68 100%
2023 50 0.0000151 50 100%
2024 48 0.000014421 48 100%

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