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How popular is “Ward” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ward” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ward” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ward” 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 30 0.000148895 30 -100%
1881 37 0.00019202 37 -100%
1882 30 0.00013542 30 -100%
1883 27 0.000124455 27 -100%
1884 38 0.000156082 38 -100%
1885 23 0.000095494 23 -100%
1886 25 0.000097918 25 -100%
1887 23 0.00009297 23 -100%
1888 29 0.000096836 29 -100%
1889 32 0.000110747 32 -100%
1890 37 0.00012276 37 -100%
1891 37 0.000129067 37 -100%
1892 50 0.000149533 50 -100%
1893 30 0.000092244 30 -100%
1894 31 0.000091529 31 -100%
1895 48 0.000136744 48 -100%
1896 41 0.00011469 41 -100%
1897 28 0.000080702 28 -100%
1898 28 0.000073403 28 -100%
1899 48 0.000141495 48 -100%
1900 43 0.000095501 43 -100%
1901 25 0.000072294 25 -100%
1902 46 0.000118945 46 -100%
1903 40 0.000104932 40 -100%
1904 39 0.000096658 39 -100%
1905 31 0.000073127 31 -100%
1906 34 0.000079356 34 -100%
1907 32 0.00006876 32 -100%
1908 42 0.000085951 42 -100%
1909 40 0.000078244 40 -100%
1910 50 0.000084644 50 -100%
1911 77 0.000119514 77 -100%
1912 114 0.000115377 114 -100%
1913 150 0.000131913 150 -100%
1914 193 0.000136266 193 -100%
1915 237 0.000129337 237 -100%
1916 216 0.000111662 5 211 -95%
1917 242 0.000120593 242 -100%
1918 258 0.000118833 258 -100%
1919 243 0.000115153 243 -100%
1920 286 0.000126401 286 -100%
1921 273 0.000116941 273 -100%
1922 323 0.0001411 323 -100%
1923 271 0.000117699 271 -100%
1924 276 0.000115888 276 -100%
1925 256 0.000109716 256 -100%
1926 220 0.000095823 220 -100%
1927 230 0.000099165 230 -100%
1928 188 0.000083151 5 183 -95%
1929 192 0.000087585 192 -100%
1930 223 0.000100302 223 -100%
1931 179 0.00008506 179 -100%
1932 169 0.000080046 169 -100%
1933 164 0.000082023 164 -100%
1934 187 0.000090042 187 -100%
1935 157 0.000075123 157 -100%
1936 140 0.000067386 140 -100%
1937 149 0.000069931 149 -100%
1938 175 0.000079093 175 -100%
1939 154 0.000069891 154 -100%
1940 142 0.000061667 142 -100%
1941 139 0.000057051 139 -100%
1942 158 0.000057837 158 -100%
1943 177 0.000062709 177 -100%
1944 167 0.00006208 167 -100%
1945 155 0.000058426 155 -100%
1946 219 0.000068538 219 -100%
1947 218 0.000060517 218 -100%
1948 204 0.000059087 204 -100%
1949 183 0.000052514 183 -100%
1950 167 0.000047669 167 -100%
1951 200 0.000054293 200 -100%
1952 180 0.000047393 180 -100%
1953 207 0.000053715 207 -100%
1954 196 0.000049237 196 -100%
1955 197 0.000049065 197 -100%
1956 194 0.000047053 194 -100%
1957 174 0.000041407 5 169 -94%
1958 246 0.000059508 246 -100%
1959 253 0.000060847 253 -100%
1960 283 0.00006813 283 -100%
1961 341 0.000082321 341 -100%
1962 263 0.000065174 263 -100%
1963 282 0.000071245 282 -100%
1964 244 0.000062764 244 -100%
1965 172 0.000047442 172 -100%
1966 200 0.000057543 200 -100%
1967 183 0.000053904 183 -100%
1968 141 0.000041736 141 -100%
1969 131 0.000037694 131 -100%
1970 129 0.000035769 129 -100%
1971 94 0.000027386 94 -100%
1972 94 0.000029908 94 -100%
1973 62 0.000020551 62 -100%
1974 61 0.000020066 61 -100%
1975 49 0.000016228 49 -100%
1976 66 0.000021751 66 -100%
1977 56 0.000017629 56 -100%
1978 43 0.000013548 43 -100%
1979 35 0.00001052 35 -100%
1980 45 0.000013064 45 -100%
1981 32 0.00000925 32 -100%
1982 43 0.000012258 43 -100%
1983 41 0.000011838 41 -100%
1984 29 0.000008312 29 -100%
1985 34 0.000009526 34 -100%
1986 35 0.00000984 35 -100%
1987 32 0.000008875 32 -100%
1988 28 0.000007578 28 -100%
1989 28 0.000007283 28 -100%
1990 33 0.000008349 33 -100%
1991 20 0.000005134 20 -100%
1992 24 0.000006248 24 -100%
1993 23 0.0000061 23 -100%
1994 15 0.000004035 15 -100%
1995 17 0.000004642 17 -100%
1996 21 0.000005758 21 -100%
1997 20 0.000005516 20 -100%
1998 23 0.000006253 23 -100%
1999 19 0.000005144 19 -100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 -100%
2001 17 0.000004541 17 -100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 -100%
2003 17 0.000004471 17 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2005 23 0.000005982 23 -100%
2006 19 0.000004803 19 -100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 -100%
2008 20 0.000005088 20 -100%
2009 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2010 18 0.00000487 18 -100%
2011 17 0.000004648 17 -100%
2012 25 0.000006836 25 -100%
2013 30 0.000008229 30 -100%
2014 30 0.000008094 30 -100%
2015 39 0.000010538 12 27 -38%
2016 54 0.000014719 6 48 -78%
2017 53 0.00001482 9 44 -66%
2018 50 0.000014221 10 40 -60%
2019 46 0.000013253 13 33 -43%
2020 47 0.000014069 47 -100%
2021 44 0.000012987 44 -100%
2022 59 0.000017439 5 54 -83%
2023 49 0.000014798 6 43 -76%
2024 44 0.000013219 8 36 -64%

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