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How popular is “Waldo” in the USA?

Number of people named “Waldo” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Waldo” by birth year

This chart shows how “Waldo” 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 10 0.000049632 10 -100%
1881 23 0.000119364 23 -100%
1882 16 0.000072224 16 -100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1885 17 0.000070582 17 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1887 14 0.00005659 14 -100%
1888 15 0.000050088 15 -100%
1889 18 0.000062295 18 -100%
1890 22 0.000072992 22 -100%
1891 15 0.000052324 15 -100%
1892 22 0.000065795 22 -100%
1893 19 0.000058421 19 -100%
1894 17 0.000050193 17 -100%
1895 20 0.000056977 20 -100%
1896 14 0.000039163 14 -100%
1897 22 0.000063408 22 -100%
1898 21 0.000055052 21 -100%
1899 24 0.000070748 24 -100%
1900 22 0.000048861 22 -100%
1901 15 0.000043376 15 -100%
1902 22 0.000056887 22 -100%
1903 22 0.000057712 22 -100%
1904 25 0.00006196 25 -100%
1905 24 0.000056614 24 -100%
1906 18 0.000042012 18 -100%
1907 27 0.000058016 27 -100%
1908 36 0.000073673 36 -100%
1909 17 0.000033254 17 -100%
1910 36 0.000060944 36 -100%
1911 44 0.000068293 44 -100%
1912 79 0.000079954 79 -100%
1913 116 0.000102013 116 -100%
1914 124 0.000087549 124 -100%
1915 174 0.000094956 174 -100%
1916 154 0.000079611 154 -100%
1917 164 0.000081724 164 -100%
1918 163 0.000075077 163 -100%
1919 124 0.000058761 124 -100%
1920 148 0.00006541 148 -100%
1921 159 0.000068109 6 153 -92%
1922 149 0.000065089 149 -100%
1923 139 0.00006037 139 -100%
1924 163 0.000068441 163 -100%
1925 121 0.000051858 121 -100%
1926 132 0.000057494 132 -100%
1927 124 0.000053463 124 -100%
1928 110 0.000048652 110 -100%
1929 116 0.000052916 116 -100%
1930 114 0.000051275 114 -100%
1931 95 0.000045144 95 -100%
1932 96 0.00004547 96 -100%
1933 85 0.000042512 85 -100%
1934 76 0.000036594 76 -100%
1935 70 0.000033494 70 -100%
1936 92 0.000044282 92 -100%
1937 63 0.000029568 63 -100%
1938 63 0.000028474 63 -100%
1939 66 0.000029953 66 -100%
1940 57 0.000024754 57 -100%
1941 51 0.000020932 51 -100%
1942 62 0.000022696 62 -100%
1943 58 0.000020549 58 -100%
1944 43 0.000015985 43 -100%
1945 38 0.000014324 38 -100%
1946 46 0.000014396 46 -100%
1947 47 0.000013047 47 -100%
1948 41 0.000011875 41 -100%
1949 28 0.000008035 28 -100%
1950 38 0.000010847 38 -100%
1951 38 0.000010316 38 -100%
1952 42 0.000011058 42 -100%
1953 41 0.000010639 41 -100%
1954 35 0.000008792 35 -100%
1955 39 0.000009713 39 -100%
1956 42 0.000010187 42 -100%
1957 30 0.000007139 30 -100%
1958 25 0.000006048 25 -100%
1959 29 0.000006975 29 -100%
1960 31 0.000007463 31 -100%
1961 38 0.000009174 38 -100%
1962 25 0.000006195 25 -100%
1963 43 0.000010864 43 -100%
1964 31 0.000007974 31 -100%
1965 26 0.000007172 26 -100%
1966 20 0.000005754 20 -100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 -100%
1968 23 0.000006808 23 -100%
1969 24 0.000006906 24 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 19 0.000005536 19 -100%
1972 15 0.000004773 15 -100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 -100%
1974 19 0.00000625 19 -100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 -100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 -100%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 -100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 -100%
1979 19 0.000005711 19 -100%
1980 15 0.000004355 15 -100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 -100%
1982 16 0.000004561 16 -100%
1983 24 0.00000693 24 -100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 -100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 -100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 -100%
1987 16 0.000004438 16 -100%
1988 26 0.000007036 26 -100%
1989 29 0.000007543 29 -100%
1990 19 0.000004807 19 -100%
1991 19 0.000004878 19 -100%
1992 18 0.000004686 18 -100%
1993 13 0.000003448 13 -100%
1994 13 0.000003497 13 -100%
1995 15 0.000004096 15 -100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 -100%
1997 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1998 15 0.000004078 15 -100%
1999 13 0.000003519 13 -100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 -100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 -100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 -100%
2003 14 0.000003682 14 -100%
2004 13 0.000003402 13 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 -100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 -100%
2008 12 0.000003053 12 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%
2015 8 0.000002162 8 -100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 -100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 -100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 -100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 -100%

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