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How popular is “Hildred” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hildred” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hildred” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hildred” 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
1889 5 0.000017304 5 100%
1890 11 0.000036496 11 100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 100%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 100%
1893 11 0.000033823 11 100%
1894 18 0.000053146 18 100%
1895 18 0.000051279 18 100%
1896 12 0.000033568 12 100%
1897 19 0.000054762 19 100%
1898 43 0.000112726 43 100%
1899 30 0.000088435 30 100%
1900 20 0.000044419 20 100%
1901 22 0.000063618 22 100%
1902 23 0.000059473 23 100%
1903 30 0.000078699 30 100%
1904 27 0.000066917 27 100%
1905 33 0.000077845 33 100%
1906 27 0.000063018 27 100%
1907 25 0.000053718 25 100%
1908 25 0.000051161 25 100%
1909 31 0.000060639 31 100%
1910 28 0.000047401 28 100%
1911 51 0.000079158 46 5 80%
1912 58 0.000058701 53 5 83%
1913 62 0.000054524 53 9 71%
1914 68 0.000048011 58 10 71%
1915 89 0.000048569 84 5 89%
1916 79 0.000040839 72 7 82%
1917 86 0.000042855 76 10 77%
1918 94 0.000043296 80 14 70%
1919 86 0.000040754 76 10 77%
1920 103 0.000045522 88 15 71%
1921 91 0.00003898 76 15 67%
1922 95 0.0000415 80 15 68%
1923 107 0.000046472 88 19 64%
1924 86 0.00003611 73 13 70%
1925 83 0.000035572 72 11 73%
1926 88 0.000038329 76 12 73%
1927 70 0.000030181 64 6 83%
1928 70 0.000030961 56 14 60%
1929 69 0.000031476 63 6 83%
1930 54 0.000024288 44 10 63%
1931 60 0.000028512 49 11 63%
1932 52 0.000024629 36 16 38%
1933 48 0.000024007 39 9 63%
1934 42 0.000020223 32 10 52%
1935 52 0.000024882 37 15 42%
1936 35 0.000016847 28 7 60%
1937 35 0.000016427 28 7 60%
1938 31 0.000014011 24 7 55%
1939 40 0.000018153 30 10 50%
1940 38 0.000016502 28 10 47%
1941 37 0.000015186 27 10 46%
1942 33 0.00001208 26 7 58%
1943 21 0.00000744 16 5 52%
1944 18 0.000006691 13 5 44%
1945 17 0.000006408 11 6 29%
1946 14 0.000004381 8 6 14%
1947 24 0.000006662 15 9 25%
1948 19 0.000005503 11 8 16%
1949 19 0.000005452 13 6 37%
1950 23 0.000006565 16 7 39%
1951 17 0.000004615 7 10 -18%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 100%
1954 12 0.000003015 6 6 0%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 100%
1957 13 0.000003094 6 7 -8%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 100%
1959 11 0.000002646 6 5 9%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1963 11 0.000002779 5 6 -9%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 100%

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