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How popular is “Wash” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wash” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wash” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wash” 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 21 0.000104227 21 -100%
1881 16 0.000083036 16 -100%
1882 26 0.000117364 26 -100%
1883 20 0.000092189 20 -100%
1884 19 0.000078041 19 -100%
1885 18 0.000074734 18 -100%
1886 11 0.000043084 11 -100%
1887 11 0.000044464 11 -100%
1888 24 0.000080141 24 -100%
1889 17 0.000058835 17 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 -100%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 -100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 -100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 -100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 -100%
1897 14 0.000040351 14 -100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 -100%
1899 12 0.000035374 12 -100%
1900 19 0.000042198 19 -100%
1901 12 0.000034701 12 -100%
1902 11 0.000028443 11 -100%
1903 10 0.000026233 10 -100%
1904 12 0.000029741 12 -100%
1905 14 0.000033025 14 -100%
1906 13 0.000030342 13 -100%
1907 11 0.000023636 11 -100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 -100%
1909 14 0.000027385 14 -100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 -100%
1911 13 0.000020178 13 -100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 -100%
1913 16 0.000014071 16 -100%
1914 23 0.000016239 23 -100%
1915 26 0.000014189 26 -100%
1916 25 0.000012924 25 -100%
1917 18 0.00000897 18 -100%
1918 20 0.000009212 20 -100%
1919 29 0.000013742 29 -100%
1920 25 0.000011049 25 -100%
1921 31 0.000013279 31 -100%
1922 24 0.000010484 24 -100%
1923 28 0.000012161 28 -100%
1924 18 0.000007558 18 -100%
1925 24 0.000010286 24 -100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 -100%
1927 18 0.000007761 18 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 16 0.000007299 16 -100%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 -100%
1931 21 0.000009979 21 -100%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 -100%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 -100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 11 0.000005295 11 -100%
1937 18 0.000008448 18 -100%
1938 15 0.000006779 15 -100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 -100%
1940 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1941 15 0.000006157 15 -100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 -100%
1943 10 0.000003543 10 -100%
1944 13 0.000004833 13 -100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 -100%
1946 15 0.000004694 15 -100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 -100%
1948 16 0.000004634 16 -100%
1949 18 0.000005165 18 -100%
1950 11 0.00000314 11 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 11 0.000002854 11 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 -100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%

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