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How popular is “Waverly” in the USA?

Number of people named “Waverly” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Waverly” by birth year

This chart shows how “Waverly” 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
1881 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 -100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 -100%
1905 10 0.000023589 10 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1911 13 0.000020178 13 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 21 0.000014827 5 16 -52%
1915 20 0.000010914 20 -100%
1916 23 0.00001189 23 -100%
1917 23 0.000011461 23 -100%
1918 19 0.000008751 19 -100%
1919 38 0.000018007 7 31 -63%
1920 30 0.000013259 5 25 -67%
1921 27 0.000011566 27 -100%
1922 34 0.000014853 34 -100%
1923 35 0.000015201 35 -100%
1924 40 0.000016795 40 -100%
1925 33 0.000014143 6 27 -64%
1926 34 0.000014809 9 25 -47%
1927 31 0.000013366 31 -100%
1928 24 0.000010615 24 -100%
1929 42 0.000019159 42 -100%
1930 24 0.000010795 24 -100%
1931 22 0.000010454 22 -100%
1932 33 0.00001563 8 25 -52%
1933 31 0.000015504 31 -100%
1934 27 0.000013001 7 20 -48%
1935 22 0.000010527 22 -100%
1936 29 0.000013959 6 23 -59%
1937 28 0.000013141 5 23 -64%
1938 27 0.000012203 5 22 -63%
1939 30 0.000013615 7 23 -53%
1940 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1941 35 0.000014365 7 28 -60%
1942 30 0.000010982 5 25 -67%
1943 27 0.000009566 6 21 -56%
1944 29 0.00001078 6 23 -59%
1945 27 0.000010178 27 -100%
1946 40 0.000012518 6 34 -70%
1947 34 0.000009438 5 29 -71%
1948 42 0.000012165 9 33 -57%
1949 35 0.000010044 7 28 -60%
1950 41 0.000011703 7 34 -66%
1951 51 0.000013845 5 46 -80%
1952 34 0.000008952 6 28 -65%
1953 38 0.000009861 14 24 -26%
1954 32 0.000008039 7 25 -56%
1955 33 0.000008219 6 27 -64%
1956 45 0.000010914 5 40 -78%
1957 38 0.000009043 5 33 -74%
1958 24 0.000005806 5 19 -58%
1959 37 0.000008899 6 31 -68%
1960 36 0.000008667 7 29 -61%
1961 30 0.000007242 30 -100%
1962 33 0.000008178 13 20 -21%
1963 36 0.000009095 9 27 -50%
1964 24 0.000006173 8 16 -33%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1966 24 0.000006905 24 -100%
1967 20 0.000005891 6 14 -40%
1968 23 0.000006808 7 16 -39%
1969 13 0.000003741 13 -100%
1970 24 0.000006655 5 19 -58%
1971 19 0.000005536 6 13 -37%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1973 15 0.000004972 5 10 -33%
1974 19 0.00000625 5 14 -47%
1975 17 0.00000563 7 10 -18%
1976 21 0.000006921 7 14 -33%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1978 21 0.000006617 6 15 -43%
1979 9 0.000002705 9 -100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 -100%
1981 12 0.000003469 12 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1983 15 0.000004331 6 9 -20%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 -100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 -100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 100%
1988 11 0.000002977 5 6 -9%
1989 17 0.000004422 6 11 -29%
1990 17 0.000004301 6 11 -29%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 5 5 0%
1993 10 0.000002652 5 5 0%
1994 58 0.000015601 50 8 72%
1995 58 0.000015838 52 6 79%
1996 35 0.000009596 35 100%
1997 48 0.000013239 39 9 63%
1998 35 0.000009516 27 8 54%
1999 30 0.000008122 25 5 67%
2000 34 0.000008995 28 6 65%
2001 40 0.000010686 33 7 65%
2002 30 0.000008025 30 100%
2003 44 0.000011572 38 6 73%
2004 27 0.000007066 27 100%
2005 38 0.000009883 38 100%
2006 40 0.000010111 40 100%
2007 40 0.000010006 40 100%
2008 56 0.000014247 51 5 82%
2009 65 0.000017015 65 100%
2010 61 0.000016505 56 5 84%
2011 76 0.000020778 69 7 82%
2012 76 0.00002078 76 100%
2013 114 0.00003127 109 5 91%
2014 133 0.000035884 133 100%
2015 127 0.000034316 121 6 91%
2016 230 0.000062693 225 5 96%
2017 264 0.000073821 255 9 93%
2018 274 0.000077932 269 5 96%
2019 343 0.000098821 337 6 97%
2020 371 0.000111059 371 100%
2021 387 0.000114228 381 6 97%
2022 384 0.000113504 384 100%
2023 305 0.000092112 305 100%
2024 294 0.000088328 289 5 97%

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