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How popular is “Helmut” in the USA?

Number of people named “Helmut” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Helmut” by birth year

This chart shows how “Helmut” 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
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 -100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 -100%
1918 6 0.000002764 6 -100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 -100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 -100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 -100%
1956 14 0.000003396 14 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 17 0.000004112 17 -100%
1959 12 0.000002886 12 -100%
1960 20 0.000004815 20 -100%
1961 18 0.000004345 18 -100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 -100%
1963 18 0.000004548 18 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 -100%
1968 12 0.000003552 12 -100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%

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