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How popular is “Hedy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hedy” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hedy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hedy” 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%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 100%
1918 8 0.000003685 8 100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 100%
1921 16 0.000006854 16 100%
1922 24 0.000010484 24 100%
1923 20 0.000008686 20 100%
1924 21 0.000008818 21 100%
1925 15 0.000006429 15 100%
1926 15 0.000006533 15 100%
1927 17 0.00000733 17 100%
1928 17 0.000007519 17 100%
1929 23 0.000010492 23 100%
1930 20 0.000008996 20 100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 100%
1933 22 0.000011003 22 100%
1934 23 0.000011075 23 100%
1935 12 0.000005742 12 100%
1936 18 0.000008664 18 100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 100%
1938 22 0.000009943 22 100%
1939 58 0.000026322 58 100%
1940 71 0.000030834 71 100%
1941 102 0.000041865 102 100%
1942 109 0.0000399 109 100%
1943 86 0.000030469 86 100%
1944 50 0.000018587 50 100%
1945 55 0.000020732 55 100%
1946 86 0.000026914 86 100%
1947 97 0.000026927 97 100%
1948 75 0.000021723 75 100%
1949 65 0.000018653 65 100%
1950 57 0.00001627 57 100%
1951 53 0.000014388 53 100%
1952 63 0.000016588 63 100%
1953 58 0.000015051 58 100%
1954 53 0.000013314 53 100%
1955 46 0.000011457 46 100%
1956 29 0.000007034 29 100%
1957 31 0.000007377 31 100%
1958 30 0.000007257 30 100%
1959 34 0.000008177 34 100%
1960 35 0.000008426 35 100%
1961 29 0.000007001 29 100%
1962 27 0.000006691 27 100%
1963 27 0.000006821 27 100%
1964 31 0.000007974 31 100%
1965 18 0.000004965 18 100%
1966 24 0.000006905 24 100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 100%
1969 21 0.000006043 21 100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 100%
1975 9 0.000002981 9 100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 100%
1979 9 0.000002705 9 100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 100%
2004 7 0.000001832 7 100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 100%
2007 9 0.000002251 9 100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 100%
2016 17 0.000004634 17 100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 100%
2019 14 0.000004033 14 100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 100%
2023 8 0.000002416 8 100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 100%

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