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How popular is “Howie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Howie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Howie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Howie” 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
1943 10 0.000003543 10 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 -100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 16 0.000004152 16 -100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 -100%
1955 16 0.000003985 16 -100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 -100%
1957 33 0.000007853 33 -100%
1958 27 0.000006531 27 -100%
1959 30 0.000007215 30 -100%
1960 31 0.000007463 31 -100%
1961 19 0.000004587 19 -100%
1962 21 0.000005204 21 -100%
1963 20 0.000005053 20 -100%
1964 21 0.000005402 21 -100%
1965 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 -100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 -100%
1999 16 0.000004332 16 -100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 -100%
2001 13 0.000003473 13 -100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 -100%
2007 16 0.000004002 16 -100%
2008 15 0.000003816 15 -100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2013 15 0.000004114 15 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 -100%
2016 11 0.000002998 11 -100%
2017 14 0.000003915 14 -100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 -100%
2019 15 0.000004322 15 -100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 -100%
2021 14 0.000004132 14 -100%
2022 19 0.000005616 19 -100%
2023 18 0.000005436 18 -100%
2024 18 0.000005408 18 -100%

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