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How popular is “Hershal” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hershal” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hershal” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hershal” 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 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 14 0.000009885 14 -100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 -100%
1916 15 0.000007754 15 -100%
1917 18 0.00000897 18 -100%
1918 26 0.000011975 26 -100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 -100%
1920 24 0.000010607 24 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 14 0.000006116 14 -100%
1923 22 0.000009555 22 -100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 -100%
1925 13 0.000005572 13 -100%
1926 23 0.000010018 23 -100%
1927 14 0.000006036 14 -100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 -100%
1931 18 0.000008554 18 -100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 -100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 -100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 -100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 -100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 -100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 -100%
1940 15 0.000006514 15 -100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 -100%
1942 19 0.000006955 19 -100%
1943 10 0.000003543 10 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%

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