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How popular is “Herschel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Herschel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Herschel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Herschel” 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 11 0.000054595 11 -100%
1881 8 0.000041518 8 -100%
1882 9 0.000040626 9 -100%
1883 9 0.000041485 9 -100%
1884 21 0.000086256 21 -100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 -100%
1886 19 0.000074418 19 -100%
1887 18 0.000072759 18 -100%
1888 26 0.000086819 26 -100%
1889 19 0.000065756 19 -100%
1890 19 0.000063039 19 -100%
1891 19 0.000066278 19 -100%
1892 23 0.000068785 23 -100%
1893 28 0.000086095 28 -100%
1894 24 0.000070861 24 -100%
1895 23 0.000065523 23 -100%
1896 29 0.000081123 29 -100%
1897 32 0.00009223 32 -100%
1898 38 0.000099619 38 -100%
1899 27 0.000079591 27 -100%
1900 37 0.000082175 37 -100%
1901 38 0.000109886 38 -100%
1902 33 0.00008533 33 -100%
1903 39 0.000102308 39 -100%
1904 25 0.00006196 25 -100%
1905 44 0.000103793 44 -100%
1906 32 0.000074688 32 -100%
1907 40 0.000085949 40 -100%
1908 32 0.000065487 32 -100%
1909 39 0.000076287 39 -100%
1910 47 0.000079565 47 -100%
1911 48 0.000074502 48 -100%
1912 136 0.000137643 136 -100%
1913 137 0.000120481 137 -100%
1914 155 0.000109437 155 -100%
1915 226 0.000123334 226 -100%
1916 231 0.000119416 231 -100%
1917 230 0.000114613 230 -100%
1918 257 0.000118373 257 -100%
1919 234 0.000110888 234 -100%
1920 244 0.000107838 244 -100%
1921 277 0.000118655 277 -100%
1922 242 0.000105716 242 -100%
1923 240 0.000104235 240 -100%
1924 246 0.000103291 246 -100%
1925 208 0.000089144 208 -100%
1926 208 0.000090596 208 -100%
1927 204 0.000087955 204 -100%
1928 211 0.000093324 211 -100%
1929 178 0.000081198 178 -100%
1930 171 0.000076913 171 -100%
1931 176 0.000083635 176 -100%
1932 154 0.000072941 154 -100%
1933 141 0.000070519 141 -100%
1934 133 0.00006404 133 -100%
1935 148 0.000070817 148 -100%
1936 128 0.00006161 128 -100%
1937 132 0.000061952 132 -100%
1938 153 0.00006915 153 -100%
1939 140 0.000063537 140 -100%
1940 133 0.000057759 133 -100%
1941 135 0.000055409 135 -100%
1942 131 0.000047953 131 -100%
1943 103 0.000036492 103 -100%
1944 142 0.000052787 142 -100%
1945 119 0.000044856 119 -100%
1946 137 0.000042875 137 -100%
1947 137 0.000038031 137 -100%
1948 134 0.000038812 134 -100%
1949 125 0.00003587 125 -100%
1950 116 0.000033111 116 -100%
1951 121 0.000032847 121 -100%
1952 99 0.000026066 99 -100%
1953 106 0.000027506 106 -100%
1954 91 0.00002286 91 -100%
1955 118 0.000029389 118 -100%
1956 87 0.000021101 87 -100%
1957 98 0.000023321 98 -100%
1958 95 0.000022981 95 -100%
1959 81 0.000019481 81 -100%
1960 66 0.000015889 66 -100%
1961 72 0.000017382 72 -100%
1962 81 0.000020072 81 -100%
1963 64 0.000016169 64 -100%
1964 55 0.000014148 55 -100%
1965 53 0.000014619 53 -100%
1966 45 0.000012947 45 -100%
1967 52 0.000015317 52 -100%
1968 45 0.00001332 45 -100%
1969 58 0.000016689 58 -100%
1970 47 0.000013032 47 -100%
1971 54 0.000015733 54 -100%
1972 56 0.000017817 56 -100%
1973 32 0.000010607 32 -100%
1974 35 0.000011513 35 -100%
1975 33 0.000010929 33 -100%
1976 35 0.000011535 35 -100%
1977 30 0.000009444 30 -100%
1978 26 0.000008192 26 -100%
1979 28 0.000008416 28 -100%
1980 30 0.00000871 30 -100%
1981 30 0.000008672 30 -100%
1982 54 0.000015394 54 -100%
1983 56 0.000016169 56 -100%
1984 31 0.000008886 31 -100%
1985 28 0.000007845 28 -100%
1986 46 0.000012932 46 -100%
1987 40 0.000011094 40 -100%
1988 47 0.00001272 47 -100%
1989 40 0.000010405 40 -100%
1990 47 0.000011891 47 -100%
1991 30 0.000007702 30 -100%
1992 33 0.000008591 33 -100%
1993 28 0.000007427 28 -100%
1994 19 0.000005111 19 -100%
1995 24 0.000006554 24 -100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 -100%
1997 19 0.00000524 19 -100%
1998 20 0.000005437 20 -100%
1999 26 0.000007039 26 -100%
2000 19 0.000005027 19 -100%
2001 17 0.000004541 17 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2003 17 0.000004471 17 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2006 26 0.000006572 26 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2008 12 0.000003053 12 -100%
2009 14 0.000003665 14 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2012 20 0.000005468 20 -100%
2013 16 0.000004389 16 -100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 -100%
2015 27 0.000007295 27 -100%
2016 28 0.000007632 28 -100%
2017 22 0.000006152 22 -100%
2018 24 0.000006826 24 -100%
2019 33 0.000009508 33 -100%
2020 38 0.000011375 38 -100%
2021 38 0.000011216 38 -100%
2022 23 0.000006798 23 -100%
2023 28 0.000008456 28 -100%
2024 20 0.000006009 20 -100%

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