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How popular is “Kermit” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kermit” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Kermit” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kermit” 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
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1901 17 0.00004916 17 -100%
1902 16 0.000041372 16 -100%
1903 12 0.00003148 12 -100%
1904 19 0.00004709 19 -100%
1905 37 0.00008728 37 -100%
1906 39 0.000091026 39 -100%
1907 34 0.000073057 34 -100%
1908 58 0.000118695 58 -100%
1909 139 0.000271896 139 -100%
1910 136 0.000230231 136 -100%
1911 89 0.000138139 89 -100%
1912 170 0.000172054 5 165 -94%
1913 207 0.00018204 207 -100%
1914 406 0.000286654 5 401 -98%
1915 322 0.000175723 322 -100%
1916 263 0.000135958 263 -100%
1917 264 0.000131556 264 -100%
1918 409 0.000188383 409 -100%
1919 431 0.000204242 431 -100%
1920 388 0.000171481 6 382 -97%
1921 329 0.000140929 6 323 -96%
1922 309 0.000134984 309 -100%
1923 292 0.00012682 292 -100%
1924 276 0.000115888 276 -100%
1925 303 0.000129859 303 -100%
1926 313 0.00013633 313 -100%
1927 283 0.000122017 283 -100%
1928 241 0.000106593 241 -100%
1929 275 0.000125447 275 -100%
1930 279 0.00012549 279 -100%
1931 252 0.00011975 252 -100%
1932 269 0.00012741 269 -100%
1933 267 0.000133537 267 -100%
1934 269 0.000129525 269 -100%
1935 278 0.000133021 278 -100%
1936 302 0.000145362 302 -100%
1937 295 0.000138454 295 -100%
1938 299 0.000135137 299 -100%
1939 284 0.000128889 284 -100%
1940 300 0.000130283 300 -100%
1941 271 0.000111229 271 -100%
1942 294 0.000107621 294 -100%
1943 328 0.000116207 5 323 -97%
1944 250 0.000092934 250 -100%
1945 244 0.000091974 244 -100%
1946 244 0.000076362 244 -100%
1947 286 0.000079393 286 -100%
1948 209 0.000060536 209 -100%
1949 233 0.000066862 233 -100%
1950 231 0.000065937 231 -100%
1951 233 0.000063251 233 -100%
1952 214 0.000056345 214 -100%
1953 228 0.000059165 228 -100%
1954 220 0.000055267 220 -100%
1955 187 0.000046574 187 -100%
1956 183 0.000044385 183 -100%
1957 171 0.000040694 171 -100%
1958 149 0.000036043 149 -100%
1959 149 0.000035835 149 -100%
1960 165 0.000039723 165 -100%
1961 187 0.000045144 187 -100%
1962 170 0.000042127 170 -100%
1963 165 0.000041686 165 -100%
1964 175 0.000045015 175 -100%
1965 116 0.000031996 116 -100%
1966 110 0.000031649 110 -100%
1967 122 0.000035936 122 -100%
1968 116 0.000034336 116 -100%
1969 116 0.000033378 116 -100%
1970 120 0.000033273 120 -100%
1971 93 0.000027095 93 -100%
1972 99 0.000031499 99 -100%
1973 84 0.000027843 84 -100%
1974 71 0.000023355 71 -100%
1975 88 0.000029145 88 -100%
1976 84 0.000027683 84 -100%
1977 66 0.000020778 66 -100%
1978 76 0.000023946 76 -100%
1979 61 0.000018335 61 -100%
1980 44 0.000012774 44 -100%
1981 41 0.000011852 41 -100%
1982 37 0.000010547 37 -100%
1983 37 0.000010683 37 -100%
1984 38 0.000010892 38 -100%
1985 31 0.000008686 31 -100%
1986 19 0.000005341 19 -100%
1987 33 0.000009152 33 -100%
1988 26 0.000007036 26 -100%
1989 31 0.000008064 31 -100%
1990 16 0.000004048 16 -100%
1991 20 0.000005134 20 -100%
1992 20 0.000005207 20 -100%
1993 21 0.00000557 21 -100%
1994 20 0.00000538 20 -100%
1995 23 0.00000628 23 -100%
1996 22 0.000006032 22 -100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 -100%
1999 13 0.000003519 13 -100%
2000 13 0.000003439 13 -100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 -100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 -100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
2006 13 0.000003286 13 -100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%

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