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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Wade” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wade” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wade” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wade” 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 56 0.000277938 56 -100%
1881 52 0.000269866 52 -100%
1882 64 0.000288896 64 -100%
1883 54 0.00024891 54 -100%
1884 51 0.000209479 51 -100%
1885 54 0.000224202 54 -100%
1886 61 0.00023892 61 -100%
1887 39 0.000157645 39 -100%
1888 50 0.000166959 50 -100%
1889 42 0.000145356 42 -100%
1890 51 0.00016921 51 -100%
1891 38 0.000132555 38 -100%
1892 54 0.000161496 54 -100%
1893 53 0.000162965 53 -100%
1894 54 0.000159438 54 -100%
1895 39 0.000111105 39 -100%
1896 63 0.000176232 63 -100%
1897 53 0.000152757 53 -100%
1898 63 0.000165157 63 -100%
1899 62 0.000182765 62 -100%
1900 56 0.000124373 56 -100%
1901 62 0.000179288 62 -100%
1902 40 0.000103431 40 -100%
1903 46 0.000120672 46 -100%
1904 57 0.000141269 57 -100%
1905 64 0.000150971 64 -100%
1906 57 0.000133037 57 -100%
1907 69 0.000148263 69 -100%
1908 37 0.000075719 37 -100%
1909 69 0.00013497 69 -100%
1910 75 0.000126966 75 -100%
1911 78 0.000121066 78 -100%
1912 181 0.000183187 181 -100%
1913 179 0.000157417 179 -100%
1914 250 0.000176511 250 -100%
1915 266 0.000145163 266 -100%
1916 333 0.000172145 5 328 -97%
1917 317 0.000157967 317 -100%
1918 324 0.000149232 324 -100%
1919 333 0.000157802 333 -100%
1920 375 0.000165735 7 368 -96%
1921 383 0.00016406 383 -100%
1922 352 0.000153768 5 347 -97%
1923 343 0.00014897 6 337 -97%
1924 391 0.000164175 6 385 -97%
1925 333 0.000142716 333 -100%
1926 343 0.000149396 343 -100%
1927 377 0.000162545 377 -100%
1928 360 0.000159226 5 355 -97%
1929 310 0.000141413 310 -100%
1930 298 0.000134036 298 -100%
1931 300 0.000142559 300 -100%
1932 305 0.000144461 305 -100%
1933 295 0.000147541 295 -100%
1934 306 0.000147341 306 -100%
1935 329 0.000157424 329 -100%
1936 300 0.000144399 300 -100%
1937 310 0.000145494 310 -100%
1938 306 0.0001383 306 -100%
1939 347 0.000157481 347 -100%
1940 411 0.000178487 411 -100%
1941 395 0.000162123 395 -100%
1942 371 0.000135807 371 -100%
1943 400 0.000141715 400 -100%
1944 411 0.000152784 411 -100%
1945 381 0.000143616 381 -100%
1946 475 0.000148656 475 -100%
1947 490 0.000136023 490 -100%
1948 486 0.000140767 486 -100%
1949 473 0.000135733 473 -100%
1950 529 0.000150998 529 -100%
1951 553 0.000150119 553 -100%
1952 599 0.000157714 599 -100%
1953 670 0.000173861 6 664 -98%
1954 755 0.000189665 755 -100%
1955 836 0.000208215 836 -100%
1956 1079 0.0002617 1079 -100%
1957 1140 0.00027129 1140 -100%
1958 1149 0.000277946 1149 -100%
1959 1235 0.000297018 5 1230 -99%
1960 1245 0.000299724 5 1240 -99%
1961 1246 0.000300799 1246 -100%
1962 1214 0.00030084 10 1204 -98%
1963 1407 0.000355465 1407 -100%
1964 1381 0.000355232 5 1376 -99%
1965 1306 0.000360231 6 1300 -99%
1966 1364 0.000392444 5 1359 -99%
1967 1244 0.000366432 1244 -100%
1968 1125 0.000332997 1125 -100%
1969 1364 0.000392482 1364 -100%
1970 1430 0.000396505 7 1423 -99%
1971 1163 0.000338834 6 1157 -99%
1972 1060 0.000337258 6 1054 -99%
1973 1115 0.000369586 5 1110 -99%
1974 1124 0.000369737 5 1119 -99%
1975 1131 0.000374578 5 1126 -99%
1976 1014 0.000334179 5 1009 -99%
1977 895 0.000281757 6 889 -99%
1978 783 0.000246702 7 776 -98%
1979 770 0.00023144 5 765 -99%
1980 735 0.000213383 735 -100%
1981 652 0.000188473 5 647 -98%
1982 663 0.000188999 663 -100%
1983 607 0.000175264 6 601 -98%
1984 666 0.000190899 666 -100%
1985 656 0.000183799 6 650 -98%
1986 733 0.000206068 6 727 -98%
1987 731 0.000202739 731 -100%
1988 777 0.000210282 777 -100%
1989 776 0.00020185 776 -100%
1990 778 0.000196839 778 -100%
1991 703 0.000180476 703 -100%
1992 686 0.000178587 686 -100%
1993 592 0.000157018 592 -100%
1994 553 0.00014875 553 -100%
1995 527 0.000143904 527 -100%
1996 593 0.000162591 593 -100%
1997 554 0.000152796 554 -100%
1998 507 0.000137839 507 -100%
1999 494 0.000133735 494 -100%
2000 496 0.00013122 496 -100%
2001 464 0.000123952 464 -100%
2002 414 0.000110746 414 -100%
2003 403 0.000105988 403 -100%
2004 470 0.000123007 7 463 -97%
2005 486 0.000126403 486 -100%
2006 454 0.000114757 454 -100%
2007 486 0.00012157 486 -100%
2008 426 0.000108379 426 -100%
2009 402 0.000105231 402 -100%
2010 415 0.000112291 415 -100%
2011 462 0.000126306 462 -100%
2012 470 0.000128508 470 -100%
2013 486 0.000133309 486 -100%
2014 508 0.000137061 508 -100%
2015 554 0.000149693 554 -100%
2016 791 0.000215608 791 -100%
2017 902 0.000252223 902 -100%
2018 916 0.000260531 916 -100%
2019 999 0.000287819 999 -100%
2020 944 0.000282586 944 -100%
2021 1023 0.000301953 5 1018 -99%
2022 952 0.000281396 952 -100%
2023 977 0.00029506 977 -100%
2024 1009 0.000303139 1009 -100%

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