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How popular is “Gwyneth” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gwyneth” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Gwyneth” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gwyneth” 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 11 0.000006003 11 100%
1916 6 0.000003102 6 100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 100%
1921 15 0.000006425 15 100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 100%
1925 12 0.000005143 12 100%
1926 15 0.000006533 15 100%
1927 15 0.000006467 15 100%
1928 12 0.000005308 12 100%
1929 22 0.000010036 22 100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 100%
1932 9 0.000004263 9 100%
1933 14 0.000007002 14 100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 100%
1940 9 0.000003908 9 100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 100%
1945 15 0.000005654 15 100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 100%
1947 16 0.000004442 16 100%
1948 12 0.000003476 12 100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 100%
1950 16 0.000004567 16 100%
1951 20 0.000005429 20 100%
1952 18 0.000004739 18 100%
1953 22 0.000005709 22 100%
1954 30 0.000007536 30 100%
1955 22 0.000005479 22 100%
1956 22 0.000005336 22 100%
1957 37 0.000008805 37 100%
1958 18 0.000004354 18 100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 100%
1960 18 0.000004333 18 100%
1961 15 0.000003621 15 100%
1962 16 0.000003965 16 100%
1963 23 0.000005811 23 100%
1964 21 0.000005402 21 100%
1965 13 0.000003586 13 100%
1966 18 0.000005179 18 100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 100%
1969 21 0.000006043 21 100%
1970 25 0.000006932 25 100%
1971 18 0.000005244 18 100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 100%
1973 18 0.000005966 18 100%
1974 17 0.000005592 17 100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 100%
1977 16 0.000005037 16 100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 100%
1979 20 0.000006011 20 100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 100%
1981 21 0.00000607 21 100%
1982 23 0.000006557 23 100%
1983 20 0.000005775 20 100%
1984 17 0.000004873 17 100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 100%
1989 10 0.000002601 10 100%
1990 15 0.000003795 15 100%
1991 21 0.000005391 21 100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 100%
1994 13 0.000003497 13 100%
1995 15 0.000004096 15 100%
1996 39 0.000010693 39 100%
1997 69 0.000019031 69 100%
1998 132 0.000035887 132 100%
1999 178 0.000048188 178 100%
2000 187 0.000049472 187 100%
2001 199 0.00005316 199 100%
2002 209 0.000055908 209 100%
2003 214 0.000056281 214 100%
2004 251 0.000065691 251 100%
2005 226 0.00005878 226 100%
2006 222 0.000056115 222 100%
2007 213 0.000053281 213 100%
2008 196 0.000049864 196 100%
2009 202 0.000052877 202 100%
2010 186 0.000050328 186 100%
2011 264 0.000072175 264 100%
2012 207 0.000056598 207 100%
2013 288 0.000078998 288 100%
2014 245 0.000066102 245 100%
2015 236 0.000063768 236 100%
2016 195 0.000053152 195 100%
2017 179 0.000050053 179 100%
2018 179 0.000050912 179 100%
2019 166 0.000047826 166 100%
2020 151 0.000045202 151 100%
2021 149 0.000043979 149 100%
2022 150 0.000044338 150 100%
2023 105 0.000031711 105 100%
2024 112 0.000033649 112 100%

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