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How popular is “Ruther” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ruther” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ruther” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ruther” 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
1910 5 0.000008464 5 100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 100%
1917 13 0.000006478 13 100%
1918 12 0.000005527 12 100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 100%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 100%
1921 16 0.000006854 16 100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 100%
1923 23 0.000009989 23 100%
1924 27 0.000011337 27 100%
1925 25 0.000010714 19 6 52%
1926 28 0.000012196 28 100%
1927 27 0.000011641 27 100%
1928 19 0.000008404 19 100%
1929 21 0.00000958 21 100%
1930 19 0.000008546 19 100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 100%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 100%
1935 17 0.000008134 17 100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 100%
1937 19 0.000008917 19 100%
1938 15 0.000006779 15 100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 100%
1945 20 0.000007539 20 100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 100%

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