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How popular is “Hedwig” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hedwig” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hedwig” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hedwig” 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
1880 7 0.000034742 7 100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 100%
1884 19 0.000078041 19 100%
1885 11 0.000045671 11 100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 100%
1887 25 0.000101054 25 100%
1888 34 0.000113532 34 100%
1889 18 0.000062295 18 100%
1890 28 0.000092899 28 100%
1891 47 0.00016395 47 100%
1892 26 0.000077757 26 100%
1893 28 0.000086095 28 100%
1894 26 0.000076766 26 100%
1895 41 0.000116802 41 100%
1896 36 0.000100704 36 100%
1897 28 0.000080702 28 100%
1898 44 0.000115348 44 100%
1899 32 0.00009433 32 100%
1900 18 0.000039977 18 100%
1901 27 0.000078077 27 100%
1902 41 0.000106016 41 100%
1903 29 0.000076076 29 100%
1904 29 0.000071874 29 100%
1905 28 0.00006605 28 100%
1906 30 0.00007002 30 100%
1907 26 0.000055867 26 100%
1908 37 0.000075719 37 100%
1909 30 0.000058683 30 100%
1910 43 0.000072794 43 100%
1911 57 0.000088471 57 100%
1912 52 0.000052628 52 100%
1913 67 0.000058921 67 100%
1914 114 0.000080489 114 100%
1915 152 0.00008295 152 100%
1916 157 0.000081161 157 100%
1917 137 0.00006827 137 100%
1918 159 0.000073234 159 100%
1919 152 0.00007203 152 100%
1920 128 0.000056571 128 100%
1921 125 0.000053545 125 100%
1922 115 0.000050237 115 100%
1923 99 0.000042997 99 100%
1924 81 0.000034011 81 100%
1925 61 0.000026143 61 100%
1926 78 0.000033974 78 100%
1927 52 0.00002242 52 100%
1928 41 0.000018134 41 100%
1929 28 0.000012773 28 100%
1930 27 0.000012144 27 100%
1931 27 0.00001283 27 100%
1932 24 0.000011367 24 100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 100%
1934 17 0.000008186 17 100%
1935 16 0.000007656 16 100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 100%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 100%
1939 14 0.000006354 14 100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 100%
1941 17 0.000006977 17 100%
1942 16 0.000005857 16 100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 100%
1952 15 0.000003949 15 100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 100%

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