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How popular is “Walt” in the USA?

Number of people named “Walt” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Walt” by birth year

This chart shows how “Walt” 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
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1912 8 0.000008097 8 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 -100%
1916 9 0.000004653 9 -100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 -100%
1918 12 0.000005527 12 -100%
1919 14 0.000006634 14 -100%
1920 13 0.000005745 13 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 -100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1924 13 0.000005458 13 -100%
1925 20 0.000008572 20 -100%
1926 20 0.000008711 20 -100%
1927 12 0.000005174 12 -100%
1928 25 0.000011057 25 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1930 25 0.000011245 25 -100%
1931 26 0.000012355 26 -100%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 -100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 -100%
1934 19 0.000009149 19 -100%
1935 26 0.000012441 26 -100%
1936 26 0.000012515 26 -100%
1937 23 0.000010795 23 -100%
1938 25 0.000011299 25 -100%
1939 30 0.000013615 30 -100%
1940 27 0.000011725 27 -100%
1941 39 0.000016007 39 -100%
1942 51 0.000018669 51 -100%
1943 44 0.000015589 44 -100%
1944 44 0.000016356 44 -100%
1945 47 0.000017716 47 -100%
1946 53 0.000016587 53 -100%
1947 52 0.000014435 52 -100%
1948 37 0.000010717 37 -100%
1949 22 0.000006313 22 -100%
1950 18 0.000005138 18 -100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 -100%
1952 18 0.000004739 18 -100%
1953 17 0.000004411 17 -100%
1954 22 0.000005527 22 -100%
1955 28 0.000006974 28 -100%
1956 31 0.000007519 31 -100%
1957 54 0.000012851 54 -100%
1958 80 0.000019352 80 -100%
1959 81 0.000019481 81 -100%
1960 61 0.000014685 61 -100%
1961 53 0.000012795 53 -100%
1962 61 0.000015116 61 -100%
1963 52 0.000013137 52 -100%
1964 41 0.000010546 41 -100%
1965 28 0.000007723 28 -100%
1966 36 0.000010358 36 -100%
1967 35 0.00001031 35 -100%
1968 25 0.0000074 25 -100%
1969 27 0.000007769 27 -100%
1970 28 0.000007764 28 -100%
1971 23 0.000006701 23 -100%
1972 20 0.000006363 20 -100%
1973 21 0.000006961 21 -100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 -100%
1975 19 0.000006293 19 -100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 -100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 -100%
1978 18 0.000005671 18 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 14 0.000004064 14 -100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 -100%
1982 15 0.000004276 15 -100%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 -100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 -100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 -100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 -100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 -100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 -100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2001 11 0.000002939 11 -100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 -100%
2007 9 0.000002251 9 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 14 0.000003665 14 -100%
2010 16 0.000004329 16 -100%
2011 18 0.000004921 18 -100%
2012 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2013 19 0.000005212 19 -100%
2014 29 0.000007824 29 -100%
2015 21 0.000005674 21 -100%
2016 30 0.000008177 30 -100%
2017 29 0.000008109 29 -100%
2018 42 0.000011946 42 -100%
2019 35 0.000010084 35 -100%
2020 42 0.000012573 42 -100%
2021 43 0.000012692 43 -100%
2022 43 0.00001271 43 -100%
2023 45 0.00001359 45 -100%
2024 34 0.000010215 34 -100%

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