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How popular is “Hiawatha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hiawatha” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hiawatha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hiawatha” 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
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 14 0.000014169 5 9 -29%
1913 15 0.000013191 7 8 -7%
1914 20 0.000014121 7 13 -30%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 -100%
1916 18 0.000009305 7 11 -22%
1917 21 0.000010465 7 14 -33%
1918 23 0.000010594 7 16 -39%
1919 20 0.000009478 8 12 -20%
1920 22 0.000009723 8 14 -27%
1921 28 0.000011994 6 22 -57%
1922 28 0.000012232 8 20 -43%
1923 26 0.000011292 8 18 -38%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 -100%
1925 21 0.000009 7 14 -33%
1926 27 0.00001176 11 16 -19%
1927 24 0.000010348 8 16 -33%
1928 24 0.000010615 8 16 -33%
1929 26 0.00001186 10 16 -23%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 -100%
1931 16 0.000007603 16 -100%
1932 29 0.000013736 6 23 -59%
1933 24 0.000012003 10 14 -17%
1934 31 0.000014927 5 26 -68%
1935 26 0.000012441 7 19 -46%
1936 20 0.000009627 6 14 -40%
1937 12 0.000005632 6 6 0%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 23 0.00000944 5 18 -57%
1942 15 0.000005491 15 -100%
1943 24 0.000008503 10 14 -17%
1944 19 0.000007063 19 -100%
1945 20 0.000007539 6 14 -40%
1946 11 0.000003443 11 -100%
1947 13 0.000003609 5 8 -23%
1948 20 0.000005793 5 15 -50%
1949 24 0.000006887 6 18 -50%
1950 24 0.000006851 6 18 -50%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 -100%
1952 19 0.000005003 8 11 -16%
1953 23 0.000005968 5 18 -57%
1954 15 0.000003768 6 9 -20%
1955 21 0.00000523 5 16 -52%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 -100%
1957 31 0.000007377 11 20 -29%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 -100%
1959 18 0.000004329 7 11 -22%
1960 19 0.000004574 8 11 -16%
1961 16 0.000003863 5 11 -38%
1962 16 0.000003965 6 10 -25%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 13 0.000003586 5 8 -23%
1966 13 0.00000374 7 6 8%
1967 16 0.000004713 5 11 -38%
1968 8 0.000002368 8 -100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 -100%
1970 9 0.000002495 9 -100%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1973 13 0.000004309 7 6 8%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1976 11 0.000003625 5 6 -9%
1977 20 0.000006296 8 12 -20%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%

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