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How popular is “Matilda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Matilda” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Matilda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Matilda” 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 210 0.001042266 210 100%
1881 187 0.000970481 187 100%
1882 242 0.001092388 242 100%
1883 167 0.000769777 167 100%
1884 244 0.001002214 244 100%
1885 265 0.001100252 260 5 96%
1886 309 0.001210265 309 100%
1887 266 0.001075217 266 100%
1888 328 0.001095254 328 100%
1889 320 0.001107473 320 100%
1890 293 0.000972127 293 100%
1891 336 0.001172067 336 100%
1892 332 0.0009929 332 100%
1893 328 0.001008539 328 100%
1894 295 0.000871003 295 100%
1895 339 0.000965757 339 100%
1896 339 0.000948294 339 100%
1897 326 0.000939598 326 100%
1898 349 0.000914918 349 100%
1899 312 0.000919719 312 100%
1900 348 0.00077289 348 100%
1901 275 0.00079523 275 100%
1902 290 0.000749871 290 100%
1903 245 0.000642707 245 100%
1904 285 0.000706346 285 100%
1905 268 0.000632192 268 100%
1906 295 0.000688527 295 100%
1907 322 0.000691893 322 100%
1908 284 0.000581194 284 100%
1909 280 0.000547705 280 100%
1910 281 0.000475698 281 100%
1911 321 0.000498232 321 100%
1912 398 0.000402809 398 100%
1913 432 0.00037991 432 100%
1914 494 0.000348785 494 100%
1915 682 0.000372184 682 100%
1916 665 0.000343773 665 100%
1917 685 0.000341348 685 100%
1918 690 0.00031781 690 100%
1919 645 0.000305652 645 100%
1920 635 0.000280645 635 100%
1921 606 0.000259584 606 100%
1922 631 0.000275647 626 5 98%
1923 570 0.000247559 570 100%
1924 531 0.000222958 531 100%
1925 474 0.000203146 474 100%
1926 417 0.000181628 417 100%
1927 419 0.000180653 419 100%
1928 396 0.000175149 396 100%
1929 342 0.00015601 342 100%
1930 304 0.000136734 304 100%
1931 239 0.000113572 239 100%
1932 251 0.000118885 251 100%
1933 200 0.000100028 200 100%
1934 201 0.000096783 201 100%
1935 194 0.000092827 194 100%
1936 196 0.000094341 196 100%
1937 168 0.000078848 168 100%
1938 152 0.000068698 152 100%
1939 128 0.000058091 128 100%
1940 155 0.000067313 155 100%
1941 130 0.000053357 130 100%
1942 131 0.000047953 131 100%
1943 127 0.000044995 127 100%
1944 121 0.00004498 121 100%
1945 85 0.00003204 85 100%
1946 129 0.000040372 129 100%
1947 133 0.000036921 133 100%
1948 135 0.000039102 135 100%
1949 138 0.000039601 138 100%
1950 140 0.000039962 140 100%
1951 129 0.000035019 129 100%
1952 122 0.000032122 122 100%
1953 116 0.000030101 116 100%
1954 113 0.000028387 113 100%
1955 121 0.000030136 121 100%
1956 113 0.000027407 113 100%
1957 95 0.000022608 95 100%
1958 108 0.000026125 108 100%
1959 122 0.000029341 122 100%
1960 119 0.000028648 119 100%
1961 108 0.000026072 108 100%
1962 101 0.000025029 101 100%
1963 126 0.000031833 126 100%
1964 127 0.000032668 127 100%
1965 94 0.000025928 94 100%
1966 87 0.000025031 87 100%
1967 68 0.00002003 68 100%
1968 76 0.000022496 76 100%
1969 77 0.000022156 77 100%
1970 80 0.000022182 80 100%
1971 75 0.000021851 75 100%
1972 65 0.000020681 65 100%
1973 63 0.000020882 63 100%
1974 68 0.000022368 68 100%
1975 66 0.000021859 66 100%
1976 54 0.000017797 54 100%
1977 57 0.000017944 57 100%
1978 37 0.000011658 37 100%
1979 56 0.000016832 56 100%
1980 38 0.000011032 38 100%
1981 42 0.000012141 42 100%
1982 53 0.000015108 53 100%
1983 36 0.000010395 36 100%
1984 33 0.000009459 33 100%
1985 34 0.000009526 34 100%
1986 25 0.000007028 25 100%
1987 35 0.000009707 35 100%
1988 36 0.000009743 36 100%
1989 27 0.000007023 27 100%
1990 28 0.000007084 28 100%
1991 29 0.000007445 29 100%
1992 29 0.00000755 29 100%
1993 26 0.000006896 26 100%
1994 36 0.000009684 36 100%
1995 43 0.000011742 43 100%
1996 47 0.000012887 47 100%
1997 82 0.000022616 82 100%
1998 92 0.000025012 92 100%
1999 74 0.000020033 74 100%
2000 78 0.000020635 78 100%
2001 100 0.000026714 100 100%
2002 111 0.000029693 111 100%
2003 105 0.000027615 105 100%
2004 94 0.000024601 94 100%
2005 124 0.000032251 124 100%
2006 180 0.000045498 180 100%
2007 201 0.000050279 201 100%
2008 344 0.000087517 344 100%
2009 375 0.000098163 375 100%
2010 343 0.00009281 343 100%
2011 353 0.000096506 353 100%
2012 433 0.000118391 433 100%
2013 437 0.000119868 437 100%
2014 523 0.000141108 523 100%
2015 583 0.000157529 583 100%
2016 631 0.000171996 631 100%
2017 599 0.000167496 599 100%
2018 643 0.000182884 643 100%
2019 696 0.000200522 696 100%
2020 639 0.000191284 639 100%
2021 673 0.000198645 673 100%
2022 758 0.000224053 758 100%
2023 708 0.00021382 708 100%
2024 769 0.000231035 769 100%

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