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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Midge” in the USA?

Number of people named “Midge” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Midge” by birth year

This chart shows how “Midge” 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
1916 6 0.000003102 6 100%
1918 16 0.000007369 16 100%
1919 6 0.000002843 6 100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 100%
1925 13 0.000005572 13 100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 100%
1927 13 0.000005605 13 100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 100%
1929 6 0.000002737 6 100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 100%
1932 9 0.000004263 9 100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 100%
1939 15 0.000006808 15 100%
1940 21 0.00000912 21 100%
1941 19 0.000007798 19 100%
1942 18 0.000006589 18 100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 100%
1944 24 0.000008922 24 100%
1945 14 0.000005277 14 100%
1946 24 0.000007511 24 100%
1947 28 0.000007773 28 100%
1948 19 0.000005503 19 100%
1949 25 0.000007174 25 100%
1950 29 0.000008278 29 100%
1951 29 0.000007872 29 100%
1952 27 0.000007109 27 100%
1953 31 0.000008044 31 100%
1954 31 0.000007788 31 100%
1955 19 0.000004732 19 100%
1956 29 0.000007034 29 100%
1957 23 0.000005473 23 100%
1958 20 0.000004838 20 100%
1959 21 0.000005051 21 100%
1960 22 0.000005296 22 100%
1961 23 0.000005552 23 100%
1962 19 0.000004708 19 100%
1963 17 0.000004295 17 100%
1964 24 0.000006173 24 100%
1965 18 0.000004965 18 100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 100%
1967 16 0.000004713 16 100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 100%

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