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How popular is “Hershel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hershel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hershel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hershel” 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 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 8 0.000032859 8 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 -100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 -100%
1896 11 0.000030771 11 -100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 -100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 -100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 -100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 -100%
1901 15 0.000043376 15 -100%
1902 20 0.000051715 20 -100%
1903 17 0.000044596 17 -100%
1904 20 0.000049568 20 -100%
1905 23 0.000054255 23 -100%
1906 25 0.00005835 25 -100%
1907 24 0.00005157 24 -100%
1908 23 0.000047069 23 -100%
1909 22 0.000043034 22 -100%
1910 25 0.000042322 25 -100%
1911 31 0.000048116 31 -100%
1912 61 0.000061737 61 -100%
1913 85 0.000074751 85 -100%
1914 98 0.000069192 98 -100%
1915 141 0.000076947 141 -100%
1916 153 0.000079094 153 -100%
1917 146 0.000072754 146 -100%
1918 187 0.000086131 5 182 -95%
1919 206 0.000097619 206 -100%
1920 194 0.00008574 194 -100%
1921 213 0.00009124 213 -100%
1922 202 0.000088242 202 -100%
1923 208 0.000090337 208 -100%
1924 226 0.000094894 226 -100%
1925 180 0.000077144 180 -100%
1926 215 0.000093645 215 -100%
1927 202 0.000087093 202 -100%
1928 181 0.000080055 181 -100%
1929 211 0.000096252 211 -100%
1930 200 0.000089957 200 -100%
1931 172 0.000081734 172 -100%
1932 207 0.000098044 207 -100%
1933 163 0.000081523 163 -100%
1934 161 0.000077523 161 -100%
1935 180 0.000086129 180 -100%
1936 146 0.000070274 146 -100%
1937 177 0.000083072 177 -100%
1938 167 0.000075478 167 -100%
1939 183 0.000083052 183 -100%
1940 154 0.000066878 154 -100%
1941 176 0.000072237 176 -100%
1942 180 0.00006589 180 -100%
1943 138 0.000048892 138 -100%
1944 150 0.00005576 150 -100%
1945 127 0.000047872 127 -100%
1946 131 0.000040998 131 -100%
1947 127 0.000035255 127 -100%
1948 144 0.000041709 144 -100%
1949 113 0.000032427 113 -100%
1950 113 0.000032255 113 -100%
1951 125 0.000033933 125 -100%
1952 125 0.000032912 125 -100%
1953 113 0.000029323 113 -100%
1954 107 0.00002688 107 -100%
1955 99 0.000024657 99 -100%
1956 91 0.000022071 91 -100%
1957 91 0.000021656 91 -100%
1958 69 0.000016691 69 -100%
1959 73 0.000017557 73 -100%
1960 62 0.000014926 62 -100%
1961 85 0.00002052 85 -100%
1962 71 0.000017594 71 -100%
1963 67 0.000016927 67 -100%
1964 78 0.000020064 78 -100%
1965 57 0.000015722 57 -100%
1966 58 0.000016688 58 -100%
1967 46 0.00001355 46 -100%
1968 70 0.00002072 70 -100%
1969 58 0.000016689 58 -100%
1970 46 0.000012755 46 -100%
1971 46 0.000013402 46 -100%
1972 40 0.000012727 40 -100%
1973 45 0.000014916 45 -100%
1974 51 0.000016776 51 -100%
1975 40 0.000013248 40 -100%
1976 39 0.000012853 39 -100%
1977 34 0.000010704 34 -100%
1978 30 0.000009452 30 -100%
1979 40 0.000012023 40 -100%
1980 30 0.00000871 30 -100%
1981 28 0.000008094 28 -100%
1982 31 0.000008837 31 -100%
1983 36 0.000010395 36 -100%
1984 32 0.000009172 32 -100%
1985 31 0.000008686 31 -100%
1986 23 0.000006466 23 -100%
1987 37 0.000010262 37 -100%
1988 33 0.000008931 33 -100%
1989 25 0.000006503 25 -100%
1990 25 0.000006325 25 -100%
1991 37 0.000009499 37 -100%
1992 24 0.000006248 24 -100%
1993 25 0.000006631 25 -100%
1994 24 0.000006456 24 -100%
1995 28 0.000007646 28 -100%
1996 25 0.000006855 25 -100%
1997 37 0.000010205 37 -100%
1998 22 0.000005981 22 -100%
1999 16 0.000004332 16 -100%
2000 32 0.000008466 32 -100%
2001 23 0.000006144 23 -100%
2002 30 0.000008025 30 -100%
2003 33 0.000008679 33 -100%
2004 40 0.000010469 40 -100%
2005 52 0.000013525 52 -100%
2006 35 0.000008847 35 -100%
2007 42 0.000010506 42 -100%
2008 44 0.000011194 44 -100%
2009 30 0.000007853 30 -100%
2010 30 0.000008117 30 -100%
2011 47 0.000012849 47 -100%
2012 35 0.00000957 35 -100%
2013 39 0.000010698 39 -100%
2014 41 0.000011062 41 -100%
2015 49 0.00001324 49 -100%
2016 40 0.000010903 40 -100%
2017 38 0.000010626 38 -100%
2018 36 0.000010239 36 -100%
2019 31 0.000008931 31 -100%
2020 38 0.000011375 38 -100%
2021 32 0.000009445 32 -100%
2022 47 0.000013892 47 -100%
2023 52 0.000015704 52 -100%
2024 47 0.00001412 47 -100%

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