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How popular is “Valdemar” in the USA?

Number of people named “Valdemar” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Valdemar” by birth year

This chart shows how “Valdemar” 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
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 -100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 -100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1925 13 0.000005572 13 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 -100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 -100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 -100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 -100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 -100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 15 0.000004345 15 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 -100%
1953 17 0.000004411 17 -100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 -100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 -100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 -100%
1958 12 0.000002903 12 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 -100%
1961 12 0.000002897 12 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 -100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1971 11 0.000003205 11 -100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 -100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 -100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 -100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 -100%
1979 9 0.000002705 9 -100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 12 0.000003421 12 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 -100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 20 0.00000538 20 -100%
1995 17 0.000004642 17 -100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 -100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
2000 13 0.000003439 13 -100%
2001 16 0.000004274 16 -100%
2002 24 0.00000642 24 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2006 17 0.000004297 17 -100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2010 11 0.000002976 11 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 -100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 -100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 -100%

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