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How popular is “Magdalene” in the USA?

Number of people named “Magdalene” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Magdalene” by birth year

This chart shows how “Magdalene” 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 13 0.000064521 13 100%
1881 14 0.000072656 14 100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 100%
1885 20 0.000083038 20 100%
1886 17 0.000066584 17 100%
1887 16 0.000064675 16 100%
1888 19 0.000063445 19 100%
1889 16 0.000055374 16 100%
1890 17 0.000056403 17 100%
1891 33 0.000115114 33 100%
1892 36 0.000107664 36 100%
1893 34 0.000104544 34 100%
1894 29 0.000085624 29 100%
1895 29 0.000082616 29 100%
1896 29 0.000081123 29 100%
1897 27 0.000077819 27 100%
1898 22 0.000057674 22 100%
1899 26 0.000076643 26 100%
1900 32 0.00007107 32 100%
1901 28 0.000080969 28 100%
1902 36 0.000093087 36 100%
1903 33 0.000086569 33 100%
1904 56 0.000138791 56 100%
1905 35 0.000082562 35 100%
1906 35 0.00008169 35 100%
1907 47 0.000100991 47 100%
1908 37 0.000075719 37 100%
1909 63 0.000123234 63 100%
1910 54 0.000091415 54 100%
1911 71 0.000110201 71 100%
1912 87 0.000088051 87 100%
1913 74 0.000065077 74 100%
1914 130 0.000091786 130 100%
1915 151 0.000082404 151 100%
1916 156 0.000080644 156 100%
1917 183 0.000091192 183 100%
1918 185 0.00008521 185 100%
1919 178 0.00008435 178 100%
1920 182 0.000080437 182 100%
1921 174 0.000074534 174 100%
1922 161 0.000070332 161 100%
1923 199 0.000086429 199 100%
1924 172 0.00007222 172 100%
1925 141 0.000060429 141 100%
1926 137 0.000059671 137 100%
1927 127 0.000054757 127 100%
1928 154 0.000068113 154 100%
1929 111 0.000050635 111 100%
1930 146 0.000065669 146 100%
1931 123 0.000058449 123 100%
1932 113 0.000053522 113 100%
1933 116 0.000058016 116 100%
1934 107 0.000051521 107 100%
1935 103 0.000049285 103 100%
1936 90 0.00004332 90 100%
1937 69 0.000032384 69 100%
1938 81 0.000036609 81 100%
1939 62 0.000028138 62 100%
1940 77 0.000033439 77 100%
1941 70 0.000028731 70 100%
1942 75 0.000027454 75 100%
1943 68 0.000024092 68 100%
1944 77 0.000028624 77 100%
1945 47 0.000017716 47 100%
1946 53 0.000016587 53 100%
1947 51 0.000014158 51 100%
1948 53 0.000015351 53 100%
1949 48 0.000013774 48 100%
1950 58 0.000016556 58 100%
1951 53 0.000014388 53 100%
1952 50 0.000013165 50 100%
1953 57 0.000014791 57 100%
1954 43 0.000010802 43 100%
1955 44 0.000010959 44 100%
1956 44 0.000010672 44 100%
1957 33 0.000007853 33 100%
1958 41 0.000009918 41 100%
1959 34 0.000008177 34 100%
1960 29 0.000006982 29 100%
1961 30 0.000007242 30 100%
1962 28 0.000006939 28 100%
1963 31 0.000007832 31 100%
1964 30 0.000007717 30 100%
1965 25 0.000006896 25 100%
1966 21 0.000006042 21 100%
1967 26 0.000007659 26 100%
1968 23 0.000006808 23 100%
1969 30 0.000008632 30 100%
1970 19 0.000005268 19 100%
1971 21 0.000006118 21 100%
1972 19 0.000006045 19 100%
1973 18 0.000005966 18 100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 100%
1975 28 0.000009273 28 100%
1976 25 0.000008239 25 100%
1977 25 0.00000787 25 100%
1978 20 0.000006301 20 100%
1979 30 0.000009017 30 100%
1980 26 0.000007548 26 100%
1981 23 0.000006649 23 100%
1982 33 0.000009407 33 100%
1983 33 0.000009528 33 100%
1984 33 0.000009459 33 100%
1985 39 0.000010927 39 100%
1986 47 0.000013213 47 100%
1987 32 0.000008875 32 100%
1988 35 0.000009472 35 100%
1989 38 0.000009884 38 100%
1990 39 0.000009867 39 100%
1991 34 0.000008729 34 100%
1992 30 0.00000781 30 100%
1993 51 0.000013527 51 100%
1994 58 0.000015601 58 100%
1995 45 0.000012288 45 100%
1996 77 0.000021112 77 100%
1997 64 0.000017652 64 100%
1998 54 0.000014681 54 100%
1999 78 0.000021116 78 100%
2000 89 0.000023546 89 100%
2001 82 0.000021905 82 100%
2002 67 0.000017923 67 100%
2003 92 0.000024196 92 100%
2004 89 0.000023293 89 100%
2005 115 0.00002991 115 100%
2006 113 0.000028563 113 100%
2007 96 0.000024014 96 100%
2008 102 0.00002595 102 100%
2009 106 0.000027747 106 100%
2010 110 0.000029764 110 100%
2011 107 0.000029253 107 100%
2012 99 0.000027069 99 100%
2013 126 0.000034562 126 100%
2014 134 0.000036154 134 100%
2015 116 0.000031344 116 100%
2016 140 0.000038161 140 100%
2017 109 0.000030479 109 100%
2018 122 0.0000347 122 100%
2019 89 0.000025642 89 100%
2020 112 0.000033527 112 100%
2021 90 0.000026565 90 100%
2022 121 0.000035766 121 100%
2023 140 0.000042281 140 100%
2024 157 0.000047168 157 100%

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