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How popular is “Rommel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rommel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Rommel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rommel” 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
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 -100%
1959 12 0.000002886 12 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1962 13 0.000003222 13 -100%
1963 18 0.000004548 18 -100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 -100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1970 23 0.000006377 23 -100%
1971 22 0.00000641 22 -100%
1972 26 0.000008272 26 -100%
1973 31 0.000010275 31 -100%
1974 27 0.000008882 27 -100%
1975 23 0.000007617 23 -100%
1976 34 0.000011205 34 -100%
1977 23 0.000007241 23 -100%
1978 25 0.000007877 25 -100%
1979 30 0.000009017 30 -100%
1980 26 0.000007548 26 -100%
1981 23 0.000006649 23 -100%
1982 34 0.000009692 34 -100%
1983 24 0.00000693 24 -100%
1984 25 0.000007166 25 -100%
1985 19 0.000005323 19 -100%
1986 29 0.000008153 29 -100%
1987 23 0.000006379 23 -100%
1988 18 0.000004871 18 -100%
1989 23 0.000005983 23 -100%
1990 26 0.000006578 26 -100%
1991 35 0.000008985 35 -100%
1992 28 0.000007289 28 -100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 -100%
1994 26 0.000006994 26 -100%
1995 15 0.000004096 15 -100%
1996 15 0.000004113 15 -100%
1997 31 0.00000855 31 -100%
1998 17 0.000004622 17 -100%
1999 13 0.000003519 13 -100%
2000 21 0.000005556 21 -100%
2001 32 0.000008548 32 -100%
2002 20 0.00000535 20 -100%
2003 22 0.000005786 22 -100%
2004 28 0.000007328 28 -100%
2005 34 0.000008843 34 -100%
2006 26 0.000006572 26 -100%
2007 30 0.000007504 30 -100%
2008 36 0.000009159 36 -100%
2009 23 0.000006021 23 -100%
2010 20 0.000005412 20 -100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2012 29 0.000007929 29 -100%
2013 29 0.000007955 29 -100%
2014 17 0.000004587 17 -100%
2015 32 0.000008647 32 -100%
2016 20 0.000005452 20 -100%
2017 18 0.000005033 18 -100%
2018 24 0.000006826 24 -100%
2019 14 0.000004033 14 -100%
2020 25 0.000007484 25 -100%
2021 19 0.000005608 19 -100%
2022 24 0.000007094 24 -100%
2023 16 0.000004832 16 -100%
2024 16 0.000004807 16 -100%

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