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How popular is “Othello” in the USA?

Number of people named “Othello” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Othello” by birth year

This chart shows how “Othello” 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
1905 5 0.000011795 5 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 19 0.000013415 6 13 -37%
1915 14 0.00000764 6 8 -14%
1916 20 0.000010339 9 11 -10%
1917 15 0.000007475 7 8 -7%
1918 16 0.000007369 6 10 -25%
1919 24 0.000011373 10 14 -17%
1920 16 0.000007071 8 8 0%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 -100%
1922 14 0.000006116 5 9 -29%
1923 24 0.000010424 8 16 -33%
1924 16 0.000006718 5 11 -38%
1925 18 0.000007714 6 12 -33%
1926 14 0.000006098 8 6 14%
1927 14 0.000006036 7 7 0%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 8 0.000003649 8 -100%
1930 16 0.000007197 8 8 0%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 -100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 -100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 9 0.000002981 9 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 -100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 -100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 -100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 -100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 -100%
2022 15 0.000004434 15 -100%
2023 15 0.00000453 15 -100%
2024 16 0.000004807 16 -100%

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