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How popular is “Nettie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nettie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nettie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nettie” 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 403 0.002000159 403 100%
1881 419 0.0021745 419 100%
1882 439 0.001981646 439 100%
1883 494 0.002277064 494 100%
1884 522 0.002144081 522 100%
1885 541 0.002246174 536 5 98%
1886 591 0.002314779 591 100%
1887 595 0.00240509 595 100%
1888 692 0.002310718 692 100%
1889 622 0.002152651 622 100%
1890 707 0.002345712 707 100%
1891 620 0.002162743 620 100%
1892 705 0.002108417 705 100%
1893 668 0.002053975 668 100%
1894 630 0.001860108 630 100%
1895 677 0.001928665 677 100%
1896 628 0.001756722 628 100%
1897 619 0.001784083 614 5 98%
1898 678 0.001777405 678 100%
1899 611 0.001801117 611 100%
1900 711 0.001579095 711 100%
1901 562 0.00162516 562 100%
1902 569 0.001471299 569 100%
1903 547 0.001434942 547 100%
1904 547 0.001355689 547 100%
1905 573 0.001351664 573 100%
1906 537 0.001253352 537 100%
1907 542 0.001164615 542 100%
1908 543 0.001111227 543 100%
1909 549 0.001073893 549 100%
1910 627 0.001061433 627 100%
1911 617 0.000957661 617 100%
1912 762 0.000771207 762 100%
1913 783 0.000688588 777 6 98%
1914 936 0.000660856 936 100%
1915 1106 0.000603571 1106 100%
1916 1125 0.000581571 1125 100%
1917 1114 0.000555126 1106 8 99%
1918 1172 0.000539816 1167 5 99%
1919 1114 0.000527901 1109 5 99%
1920 1150 0.000508255 1141 9 98%
1921 1034 0.00044292 1034 100%
1922 995 0.000434658 989 6 99%
1923 998 0.000433446 998 100%
1924 942 0.000395531 942 100%
1925 902 0.000386577 897 5 99%
1926 848 0.000369353 839 9 98%
1927 781 0.000336731 772 9 98%
1928 711 0.000314471 711 100%
1929 675 0.000307915 669 6 98%
1930 662 0.000297757 657 5 98%
1931 588 0.000279416 588 100%
1932 597 0.000282765 597 100%
1933 543 0.000271575 543 100%
1934 545 0.000262421 545 100%
1935 585 0.000279918 585 100%
1936 475 0.000228632 475 100%
1937 521 0.000244524 521 100%
1938 490 0.000221462 490 100%
1939 465 0.000211033 460 5 98%
1940 427 0.000185436 427 100%
1941 433 0.000177719 433 100%
1942 437 0.000159967 437 100%
1943 434 0.000153761 434 100%
1944 370 0.000137542 370 100%
1945 313 0.000117984 313 100%
1946 373 0.000116734 373 100%
1947 332 0.000092163 332 100%
1948 318 0.000092107 318 100%
1949 292 0.000083793 292 100%
1950 292 0.000083349 292 100%
1951 245 0.000066509 245 100%
1952 259 0.000068194 259 100%
1953 218 0.00005657 218 100%
1954 242 0.000060793 242 100%
1955 207 0.000051556 207 100%
1956 214 0.000051903 214 100%
1957 181 0.000043073 181 100%
1958 182 0.000044026 182 100%
1959 145 0.000034873 145 100%
1960 141 0.000033945 141 100%
1961 147 0.000035488 147 100%
1962 118 0.000029241 118 100%
1963 110 0.00002779 110 100%
1964 90 0.000023151 90 100%
1965 78 0.000021515 78 100%
1966 71 0.000020428 71 100%
1967 57 0.00001679 57 100%
1968 45 0.00001332 45 100%
1969 51 0.000014675 51 100%
1970 45 0.000012477 45 100%
1971 42 0.000012236 42 100%
1972 52 0.000016545 52 100%
1973 37 0.000012264 37 100%
1974 40 0.000013158 40 100%
1975 57 0.000018878 57 100%
1976 27 0.000008898 27 100%
1977 37 0.000011648 37 100%
1978 45 0.000014178 45 100%
1979 36 0.000010821 36 100%
1980 35 0.000010161 35 100%
1981 37 0.000010696 37 100%
1982 31 0.000008837 31 100%
1983 29 0.000008373 29 100%
1984 31 0.000008886 31 100%
1985 21 0.000005884 21 100%
1986 29 0.000008153 29 100%
1987 27 0.000007488 27 100%
1988 28 0.000007578 28 100%
1989 27 0.000007023 27 100%
1990 19 0.000004807 19 100%
1991 26 0.000006675 26 100%
1992 30 0.00000781 30 100%
1993 26 0.000006896 26 100%
1994 16 0.000004304 16 100%
1995 24 0.000006554 24 100%
1996 15 0.000004113 15 100%
1997 24 0.000006619 24 100%
1998 15 0.000004078 15 100%
1999 15 0.000004061 15 100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 100%
2001 14 0.00000374 14 100%
2002 22 0.000005885 22 100%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 100%
2004 18 0.000004711 18 100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 100%
2009 14 0.000003665 14 100%
2010 16 0.000004329 16 100%
2011 12 0.000003281 12 100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2013 12 0.000003292 12 100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 100%
2016 19 0.000005179 19 100%
2017 13 0.000003635 13 100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 100%
2019 19 0.000005474 19 100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 100%
2021 17 0.000005018 17 100%
2022 21 0.000006207 21 100%
2023 18 0.000005436 18 100%
2024 17 0.000005107 17 100%

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