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How popular is “Seldon” in the USA?

Number of people named “Seldon” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Seldon” by birth year

This chart shows how “Seldon” 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
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 18 0.000018217 18 -100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 -100%
1914 24 0.000016945 24 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 35 0.000018093 35 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1918 28 0.000012897 28 -100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 -100%
1920 22 0.000009723 22 -100%
1921 23 0.000009852 23 -100%
1922 25 0.000010921 25 -100%
1923 26 0.000011292 26 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 21 0.000009 21 -100%
1926 22 0.000009582 22 -100%
1927 33 0.000014228 33 -100%
1928 21 0.000009288 21 -100%
1929 17 0.000007755 17 -100%
1930 24 0.000010795 24 -100%
1931 20 0.000009504 20 -100%
1932 20 0.000009473 20 -100%
1933 16 0.000008002 16 -100%
1934 17 0.000008186 17 -100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 -100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 -100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 -100%
1938 14 0.000006327 14 -100%
1939 14 0.000006354 14 -100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 -100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 -100%
1943 22 0.000007794 22 -100%
1944 18 0.000006691 18 -100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 -100%
1946 15 0.000004694 15 -100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 -100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 -100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1958 14 0.000003387 14 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 -100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 -100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 -100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%

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