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How popular is “Oswald” in the USA?

Number of people named “Oswald” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Oswald” by birth year

This chart shows how “Oswald” 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 9 0.000044669 9 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1882 11 0.000049654 11 -100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 -100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1886 16 0.000062667 16 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 11 0.000036731 11 -100%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 -100%
1890 12 0.000039814 12 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 -100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 -100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 -100%
1895 13 0.000037035 13 -100%
1896 13 0.000036365 13 -100%
1897 18 0.00005188 18 -100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 -100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 -100%
1900 9 0.000019989 9 -100%
1901 15 0.000043376 15 -100%
1902 11 0.000028443 11 -100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 -100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 -100%
1905 13 0.000030666 13 -100%
1906 15 0.00003501 15 -100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 -100%
1908 16 0.000032743 16 -100%
1909 25 0.000048902 25 -100%
1910 29 0.000049093 29 -100%
1911 29 0.000045012 29 -100%
1912 54 0.000054652 54 -100%
1913 64 0.000056283 64 -100%
1914 86 0.00006072 86 -100%
1915 92 0.000050207 92 -100%
1916 107 0.000055314 107 -100%
1917 94 0.000046842 94 -100%
1918 105 0.000048362 105 -100%
1919 90 0.000042649 90 -100%
1920 80 0.000035357 80 -100%
1921 86 0.000036839 86 -100%
1922 80 0.000034947 80 -100%
1923 83 0.000036048 83 -100%
1924 100 0.000041988 100 -100%
1925 84 0.000036 84 -100%
1926 70 0.000030489 70 -100%
1927 67 0.000028887 67 -100%
1928 62 0.000027422 62 -100%
1929 51 0.000023265 51 -100%
1930 71 0.000031935 71 -100%
1931 52 0.00002471 52 -100%
1932 53 0.000025103 53 -100%
1933 46 0.000023006 46 -100%
1934 29 0.000013964 29 -100%
1935 33 0.00001579 33 -100%
1936 26 0.000012515 26 -100%
1937 27 0.000012672 27 -100%
1938 24 0.000010847 24 -100%
1939 14 0.000006354 14 -100%
1940 18 0.000007817 18 -100%
1941 24 0.00000985 24 -100%
1942 25 0.000009151 25 -100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 -100%
1944 21 0.000007806 21 -100%
1945 38 0.000014324 38 -100%
1946 18 0.000005633 18 -100%
1947 25 0.00000694 25 -100%
1948 31 0.000008979 31 -100%
1949 26 0.000007461 26 -100%
1950 25 0.000007136 25 -100%
1951 29 0.000007872 29 -100%
1952 25 0.000006582 25 -100%
1953 37 0.000009601 37 -100%
1954 40 0.000010048 40 -100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 -100%
1956 28 0.000006791 28 -100%
1957 18 0.000004284 18 -100%
1958 30 0.000007257 30 -100%
1959 24 0.000005772 24 -100%
1960 26 0.000006259 26 -100%
1961 28 0.00000676 28 -100%
1962 28 0.000006939 28 -100%
1963 24 0.000006063 24 -100%
1964 18 0.00000463 18 -100%
1965 19 0.000005241 19 -100%
1966 23 0.000006617 23 -100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 -100%
1968 19 0.000005624 19 -100%
1969 22 0.00000633 22 -100%
1970 27 0.000007486 27 -100%
1971 28 0.000008158 28 -100%
1972 20 0.000006363 20 -100%
1973 19 0.000006298 19 -100%
1974 32 0.000010526 32 -100%
1975 16 0.000005299 16 -100%
1976 16 0.000005273 16 -100%
1977 17 0.000005352 17 -100%
1978 22 0.000006932 22 -100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 -100%
1980 19 0.000005516 19 -100%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 -100%
1982 22 0.000006271 22 -100%
1983 25 0.000007218 25 -100%
1984 31 0.000008886 31 -100%
1985 21 0.000005884 21 -100%
1986 20 0.000005623 20 -100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 -100%
1988 18 0.000004871 18 -100%
1989 22 0.000005723 22 -100%
1990 24 0.000006072 24 -100%
1991 22 0.000005648 22 -100%
1992 19 0.000004946 19 -100%
1993 23 0.0000061 23 -100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 -100%
1995 16 0.000004369 16 -100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 -100%
1997 18 0.000004964 18 -100%
1998 16 0.00000435 16 -100%
1999 18 0.000004873 18 -100%
2000 20 0.000005291 20 -100%
2001 24 0.000006411 24 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2003 23 0.000006049 23 -100%
2004 25 0.000006543 25 -100%
2005 17 0.000004422 17 -100%
2006 18 0.00000455 18 -100%
2007 20 0.000005003 20 -100%
2008 14 0.000003562 14 -100%
2009 19 0.000004974 19 -100%
2010 21 0.000005682 21 -100%
2011 18 0.000004921 18 -100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 -100%
2013 19 0.000005212 19 -100%
2014 27 0.000007285 27 -100%
2015 26 0.000007025 26 -100%
2016 36 0.000009813 36 -100%
2017 38 0.000010626 38 -100%
2018 41 0.000011661 41 -100%
2019 41 0.000011812 41 -100%
2020 39 0.000011675 39 -100%
2021 54 0.000015939 54 -100%
2022 55 0.000016257 55 -100%
2023 65 0.00001963 65 -100%
2024 70 0.00002103 70 -100%

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