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How popular is “Rutherford” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rutherford” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Rutherford” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rutherford” 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 8 0.000039705 8 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 13 0.000013157 13 -100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 19 0.000010369 19 -100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 -100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 -100%
1918 17 0.00000783 17 -100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 -100%
1920 18 0.000007955 18 -100%
1921 25 0.000010709 25 -100%
1922 14 0.000006116 14 -100%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1924 21 0.000008818 21 -100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 -100%
1926 13 0.000005662 13 -100%
1927 13 0.000005605 13 -100%
1928 20 0.000008846 20 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1930 15 0.000006747 15 -100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 -100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 -100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 -100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1940 9 0.000003908 9 -100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 -100%
2021 11 0.000003247 11 -100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 -100%
2023 11 0.000003322 11 -100%

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