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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Grethel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Grethel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Grethel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Grethel” 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
1904 5 0.000012392 5 100%
1906 9 0.000021006 9 100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 100%
1913 14 0.000012312 14 100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 100%
1924 8 0.000003359 8 100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 100%
2014 12 0.000003238 12 100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 100%
2019 13 0.000003745 13 100%
2020 16 0.00000479 16 100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 100%
2023 16 0.000004832 16 100%
2024 10 0.000003004 10 100%

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