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How popular is “Hortense” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hortense” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hortense” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hortense” 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 14 0.000069484 14 100%
1881 14 0.000072656 14 100%
1882 16 0.000072224 16 100%
1883 23 0.000106017 23 100%
1884 17 0.000069826 17 100%
1885 20 0.000083038 20 100%
1886 15 0.000058751 15 100%
1887 19 0.000076801 19 100%
1888 36 0.000120211 36 100%
1889 25 0.000086521 25 100%
1890 30 0.000099535 30 100%
1891 31 0.000108137 31 100%
1892 38 0.000113645 38 100%
1893 47 0.000144516 47 100%
1894 55 0.00016239 55 100%
1895 50 0.000142442 50 100%
1896 49 0.000137069 49 100%
1897 58 0.000167168 58 100%
1898 49 0.000128456 49 100%
1899 47 0.000138547 47 100%
1900 60 0.000133257 60 100%
1901 51 0.000147479 51 100%
1902 49 0.000126702 49 100%
1903 72 0.000188877 72 100%
1904 61 0.000151183 61 100%
1905 63 0.000148612 63 100%
1906 65 0.000151709 65 100%
1907 60 0.000128924 60 100%
1908 69 0.000141206 69 100%
1909 87 0.00017018 87 100%
1910 102 0.000172673 102 100%
1911 104 0.000161421 104 100%
1912 133 0.000134607 133 100%
1913 150 0.000131913 150 100%
1914 161 0.000113673 161 100%
1915 209 0.000114056 209 100%
1916 202 0.000104424 202 100%
1917 185 0.000092189 185 100%
1918 218 0.000100409 218 100%
1919 229 0.000108518 229 100%
1920 223 0.000098557 223 100%
1921 217 0.000092953 217 100%
1922 202 0.000088242 202 100%
1923 182 0.000079045 182 100%
1924 212 0.000089015 212 100%
1925 178 0.000076287 178 100%
1926 174 0.000075787 174 100%
1927 151 0.000065104 151 100%
1928 135 0.00005971 135 100%
1929 120 0.000054741 120 100%
1930 95 0.00004273 95 100%
1931 99 0.000047045 99 100%
1932 93 0.000044049 93 100%
1933 81 0.000040511 81 100%
1934 55 0.000026483 55 100%
1935 74 0.000035408 74 100%
1936 57 0.000027436 57 100%
1937 46 0.000021589 46 100%
1938 60 0.000027118 60 100%
1939 53 0.000024053 53 100%
1940 43 0.000018674 43 100%
1941 60 0.000024626 60 100%
1942 47 0.000017205 47 100%
1943 43 0.000015234 43 100%
1944 31 0.000011524 31 100%
1945 31 0.000011685 31 100%
1946 44 0.00001377 44 100%
1947 45 0.000012492 45 100%
1948 44 0.000012744 44 100%
1949 36 0.000010331 36 100%
1950 25 0.000007136 25 100%
1951 43 0.000011673 43 100%
1952 42 0.000011058 42 100%
1953 22 0.000005709 22 100%
1954 26 0.000006532 26 100%
1955 25 0.000006227 25 100%
1956 22 0.000005336 22 100%
1957 22 0.000005235 22 100%
1958 25 0.000006048 25 100%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 100%
1960 16 0.000003852 16 100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 100%
1964 10 0.000002572 10 100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%

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