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How popular is “Hertha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hertha” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hertha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hertha” 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
1886 8 0.000031334 8 100%
1887 12 0.000048506 12 100%
1888 10 0.000033392 10 100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 100%
1891 14 0.000048836 14 100%
1892 17 0.000050841 17 100%
1893 11 0.000033823 11 100%
1894 15 0.000044288 15 100%
1895 20 0.000056977 20 100%
1896 25 0.000069933 25 100%
1897 22 0.000063408 22 100%
1898 21 0.000055052 21 100%
1899 26 0.000076643 26 100%
1900 24 0.000053303 24 100%
1901 14 0.000040484 14 100%
1902 33 0.00008533 33 100%
1903 27 0.000070829 27 100%
1904 22 0.000054525 22 100%
1905 13 0.000030666 13 100%
1906 22 0.000051348 22 100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 100%
1908 23 0.000047069 23 100%
1909 35 0.000068463 35 100%
1910 27 0.000045708 27 100%
1911 20 0.000031043 20 100%
1912 34 0.000034411 34 100%
1913 46 0.000040453 46 100%
1914 49 0.000034596 49 100%
1915 61 0.000033289 61 100%
1916 65 0.000033602 65 100%
1917 56 0.000027906 56 100%
1918 51 0.00002349 51 100%
1919 42 0.000019903 42 100%
1920 47 0.000020772 47 100%
1921 38 0.000016278 38 100%
1922 26 0.000011358 26 100%
1923 33 0.000014332 33 100%
1924 34 0.000014276 34 100%
1925 28 0.000012 28 100%
1926 25 0.000010889 25 100%
1927 31 0.000013366 31 100%
1928 27 0.000011942 27 100%
1929 23 0.000010492 23 100%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 100%
1933 21 0.000010503 21 100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 100%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 100%
1941 18 0.000007388 18 100%
1942 13 0.000004759 13 100%
1943 6 0.000002126 6 100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 100%

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