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How popular is “Newman” in the USA?

Number of people named “Newman” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Newman” by birth year

This chart shows how “Newman” 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
1882 7 0.000031598 7 -100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 -100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 -100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 -100%
1895 13 0.000037035 13 -100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1905 10 0.000023589 10 -100%
1907 11 0.000023636 11 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 -100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 -100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 -100%
1912 19 0.00001923 19 -100%
1913 25 0.000021986 25 -100%
1914 42 0.000029654 42 -100%
1915 37 0.000020192 37 -100%
1916 48 0.000024814 48 -100%
1917 36 0.000017939 36 -100%
1918 58 0.000026714 58 -100%
1919 45 0.000021325 45 -100%
1920 47 0.000020772 47 -100%
1921 67 0.0000287 67 -100%
1922 32 0.000013979 32 -100%
1923 49 0.000021281 49 -100%
1924 46 0.000019315 46 -100%
1925 42 0.000018 42 -100%
1926 43 0.000018729 43 -100%
1927 41 0.000017677 41 -100%
1928 33 0.000014596 33 -100%
1929 42 0.000019159 42 -100%
1930 43 0.000019341 43 -100%
1931 34 0.000016157 34 -100%
1932 26 0.000012315 26 -100%
1933 33 0.000016505 33 -100%
1934 27 0.000013001 27 -100%
1935 16 0.000007656 16 -100%
1936 18 0.000008664 18 -100%
1937 23 0.000010795 23 -100%
1938 19 0.000008587 19 -100%
1939 22 0.000009984 22 -100%
1940 16 0.000006948 16 -100%
1941 20 0.000008209 20 -100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 -100%
1943 20 0.000007086 20 -100%
1944 24 0.000008922 24 -100%
1945 25 0.000009424 25 -100%
1946 16 0.000005007 16 -100%
1947 17 0.000004719 17 -100%
1948 23 0.000006662 23 -100%
1949 16 0.000004591 16 -100%
1950 30 0.000008563 30 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 24 0.000006319 24 -100%
1953 19 0.00000493 19 -100%
1954 15 0.000003768 15 -100%
1955 14 0.000003487 14 -100%
1956 14 0.000003396 14 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 -100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 -100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 -100%
1961 12 0.000002897 12 -100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 -100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1966 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 -100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 -100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 -100%

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