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How popular is “Newt” in the USA?

Number of people named “Newt” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Newt” by birth year

This chart shows how “Newt” 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 10 0.000049632 10 -100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 -100%
1882 14 0.000063196 14 -100%
1883 15 0.000069142 15 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1887 13 0.000052548 13 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 -100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1897 10 0.000028822 10 -100%
1898 11 0.000028837 11 -100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 -100%
1900 9 0.000019989 9 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 -100%
1917 14 0.000006976 14 -100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 -100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 -100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 -100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 -100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 -100%
1923 20 0.000008686 20 -100%
1924 11 0.000004619 11 -100%
1925 16 0.000006857 16 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1935 13 0.00000622 13 -100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2013 11 0.000003017 11 -100%
2014 11 0.000002968 11 -100%
2015 8 0.000002162 8 -100%
2016 12 0.000003271 12 -100%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 -100%
2018 19 0.000005404 19 -100%
2019 11 0.000003169 11 -100%
2020 16 0.00000479 16 -100%
2021 17 0.000005018 17 -100%
2022 15 0.000004434 15 -100%
2023 12 0.000003624 12 -100%
2024 17 0.000005107 17 -100%

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