Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Walda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Walda” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Walda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Walda” 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
1911 6 0.000009313 6 100%
1915 5 0.000002729 5 100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 100%
1932 14 0.000006631 14 100%
1933 14 0.000007002 14 100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 100%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 100%
1938 23 0.000010395 23 100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 100%
1940 17 0.000007383 17 100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 100%
1948 36 0.000010427 36 100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 100%
1951 15 0.000004072 15 100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 100%

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