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How popular is “Wardell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wardell” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wardell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wardell” 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
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 -100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 -100%
1909 15 0.000029341 15 -100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 -100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 -100%
1912 20 0.000020242 20 -100%
1913 22 0.000019347 22 -100%
1914 18 0.000012709 18 -100%
1915 33 0.000018009 33 -100%
1916 40 0.000020678 40 -100%
1917 40 0.000019933 40 -100%
1918 59 0.000027175 8 51 -73%
1919 51 0.000024168 51 -100%
1920 50 0.000022098 50 -100%
1921 52 0.000022275 52 -100%
1922 58 0.000025337 5 53 -83%
1923 48 0.000020847 48 -100%
1924 56 0.000023514 56 -100%
1925 60 0.000025715 5 55 -83%
1926 54 0.00002352 54 -100%
1927 62 0.000026732 62 -100%
1928 59 0.000026095 59 -100%
1929 65 0.000029651 5 60 -85%
1930 44 0.000019791 44 -100%
1931 43 0.000020433 43 -100%
1932 64 0.000030313 64 -100%
1933 60 0.000030008 60 -100%
1934 70 0.000033705 70 -100%
1935 71 0.000033973 71 -100%
1936 49 0.000023585 49 -100%
1937 52 0.000024405 52 -100%
1938 41 0.00001853 41 -100%
1939 51 0.000023146 51 -100%
1940 61 0.000026491 61 -100%
1941 64 0.000026268 64 -100%
1942 74 0.000027088 8 66 -78%
1943 65 0.000023029 65 -100%
1944 66 0.000024535 5 61 -85%
1945 66 0.000024878 66 -100%
1946 63 0.000019716 63 -100%
1947 66 0.000018322 66 -100%
1948 80 0.000023171 80 -100%
1949 84 0.000024105 84 -100%
1950 87 0.000024833 87 -100%
1951 75 0.00002036 75 -100%
1952 84 0.000022117 84 -100%
1953 68 0.000017646 68 -100%
1954 71 0.000017836 71 -100%
1955 82 0.000020423 82 -100%
1956 86 0.000020858 86 -100%
1957 67 0.000015944 67 -100%
1958 80 0.000019352 80 -100%
1959 79 0.000019 79 -100%
1960 71 0.000017093 71 -100%
1961 57 0.00001376 57 -100%
1962 64 0.00001586 64 -100%
1963 50 0.000012632 50 -100%
1964 48 0.000012347 48 -100%
1965 47 0.000012964 47 -100%
1966 42 0.000012084 42 -100%
1967 34 0.000010015 34 -100%
1968 46 0.000013616 46 -100%
1969 37 0.000010646 37 -100%
1970 36 0.000009982 36 -100%
1971 38 0.000011071 38 -100%
1972 47 0.000014954 47 -100%
1973 35 0.000011601 35 -100%
1974 39 0.000012829 39 -100%
1975 38 0.000012585 38 -100%
1976 36 0.000011864 36 -100%
1977 28 0.000008815 28 -100%
1978 30 0.000009452 30 -100%
1979 28 0.000008416 28 -100%
1980 27 0.000007839 27 -100%
1981 22 0.00000636 22 -100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 -100%
1983 28 0.000008085 28 -100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 -100%
1985 23 0.000006444 23 -100%
1986 41 0.000011526 41 -100%
1987 21 0.000005824 21 -100%
1988 30 0.000008119 30 -100%
1989 22 0.000005723 22 -100%
1990 23 0.000005819 23 -100%
1991 14 0.000003594 14 -100%
1992 19 0.000004946 19 -100%
1993 13 0.000003448 13 -100%
1994 16 0.000004304 16 -100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 -100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 -100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 -100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2006 14 0.000003539 14 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%

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