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How popular is “Hessie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hessie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hessie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hessie” 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 6 0.000029779 6 100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 100%
1892 13 0.000038879 13 100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 100%
1895 15 0.000042733 15 100%
1896 20 0.000055947 20 100%
1897 13 0.000037469 13 100%
1898 14 0.000036702 14 100%
1899 18 0.000053061 18 100%
1900 22 0.000048861 22 100%
1901 20 0.000057835 20 100%
1902 18 0.000046544 18 100%
1903 12 0.00003148 12 100%
1904 11 0.000027262 11 100%
1905 16 0.000037743 16 100%
1906 20 0.00004668 20 100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 100%
1908 16 0.000032743 16 100%
1909 14 0.000027385 14 100%
1910 22 0.000037243 22 100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 100%
1912 20 0.000020242 20 100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 100%
1914 16 0.000011297 16 100%
1915 39 0.000021283 33 6 69%
1916 40 0.000020678 35 5 75%
1917 28 0.000013953 28 100%
1918 27 0.000012436 27 100%
1919 37 0.000017534 37 100%
1920 49 0.000021656 44 5 80%
1921 29 0.000012422 29 100%
1922 32 0.000013979 32 100%
1923 25 0.000010858 25 100%
1924 26 0.000010917 26 100%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 100%
1926 18 0.00000784 18 100%
1927 25 0.000010779 25 100%
1928 17 0.000007519 17 100%
1929 18 0.000008211 18 100%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 100%
1931 15 0.000007128 15 100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 100%
1933 16 0.000008002 16 100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 100%
1936 13 0.000006257 13 100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 100%
1940 16 0.000006948 16 100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 100%
1943 13 0.000004606 13 100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 100%

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