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How popular is “Hercules” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hercules” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hercules” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hercules” 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
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 8 0.000008097 8 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 -100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 -100%
1917 15 0.000007475 15 -100%
1918 10 0.000004606 10 -100%
1919 20 0.000009478 20 -100%
1920 24 0.000010607 24 -100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 -100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 -100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 -100%
1925 20 0.000008572 20 -100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 -100%
1927 17 0.00000733 17 -100%
1928 29 0.000012827 29 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 -100%
1931 20 0.000009504 20 -100%
1932 23 0.000010894 23 -100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 -100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 -100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 -100%
1936 14 0.000006739 14 -100%
1937 26 0.000012203 26 -100%
1938 15 0.000006779 15 -100%
1939 25 0.000011346 25 -100%
1940 16 0.000006948 16 -100%
1941 15 0.000006157 15 -100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 -100%
1943 13 0.000004606 13 -100%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 -100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 -100%
1946 15 0.000004694 15 -100%
1947 23 0.000006385 23 -100%
1948 20 0.000005793 20 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 20 0.000005709 20 -100%
1951 14 0.0000038 14 -100%
1952 18 0.000004739 18 -100%
1953 16 0.000004152 16 -100%
1954 20 0.000005024 20 -100%
1955 18 0.000004483 18 -100%
1956 15 0.000003638 15 -100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 -100%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 -100%
1959 22 0.000005291 22 -100%
1960 19 0.000004574 19 -100%
1961 21 0.00000507 21 -100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 -100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 -100%
1964 10 0.000002572 10 -100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 -100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1989 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 -100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 -100%
2015 17 0.000004593 17 -100%
2016 19 0.000005179 19 -100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 -100%
2018 25 0.000007111 25 -100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 -100%
2021 21 0.000006198 21 -100%
2022 22 0.000006503 22 -100%
2023 30 0.00000906 30 -100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 -100%

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