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How popular is “Waddell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Waddell” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Waddell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Waddell” 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
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 -100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1917 13 0.000006478 13 -100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 -100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 -100%
1920 14 0.000006187 14 -100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 -100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 -100%
1923 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1924 20 0.000008398 20 -100%
1925 16 0.000006857 16 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1927 17 0.00000733 17 -100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 -100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 -100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 -100%
1933 18 0.000009002 18 -100%
1934 15 0.000007223 15 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 -100%
1936 14 0.000006739 14 -100%
1937 14 0.000006571 14 -100%
1938 14 0.000006327 14 -100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 -100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 -100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 -100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 -100%
1945 15 0.000005654 15 -100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 -100%
1947 22 0.000006107 22 -100%
1948 19 0.000005503 19 -100%
1949 15 0.000004304 15 -100%
1950 14 0.000003996 14 -100%
1951 16 0.000004343 16 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 -100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 -100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 -100%
1956 15 0.000003638 15 -100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 -100%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 -100%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 -100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%

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