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How popular is “Herma” in the USA?

Number of people named “Herma” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Herma” by birth year

This chart shows how “Herma” 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
1884 5 0.000020537 5 100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 100%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 100%
1904 12 0.000029741 12 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 100%
1910 17 0.000028779 17 100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 100%
1913 22 0.000019347 22 100%
1914 18 0.000012709 18 100%
1915 12 0.000006549 12 100%
1916 21 0.000010856 21 100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 100%
1918 32 0.000014739 32 100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 100%
1920 22 0.000009723 22 100%
1921 28 0.000011994 28 100%
1922 14 0.000006116 14 100%
1923 21 0.000009121 21 100%
1924 22 0.000009237 22 100%
1925 24 0.000010286 24 100%
1926 20 0.000008711 20 100%
1927 18 0.000007761 18 100%
1928 20 0.000008846 20 100%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 100%
1930 19 0.000008546 19 100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 100%
1933 24 0.000012003 24 100%
1934 19 0.000009149 19 100%
1935 16 0.000007656 16 100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 100%
1937 20 0.000009387 20 100%
1938 14 0.000006327 14 100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 100%
1940 17 0.000007383 17 100%
1941 15 0.000006157 15 100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 100%
1944 11 0.000004089 11 100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 100%
1947 16 0.000004442 16 100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 100%

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