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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Wayland” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wayland” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wayland” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wayland” 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
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 -100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 -100%
1912 32 0.000032387 32 -100%
1913 34 0.0000299 34 -100%
1914 37 0.000026124 37 -100%
1915 34 0.000018555 34 -100%
1916 33 0.000017059 33 -100%
1917 37 0.000018438 37 -100%
1918 42 0.000019345 42 -100%
1919 43 0.000020377 43 -100%
1920 39 0.000017236 39 -100%
1921 40 0.000017134 40 -100%
1922 54 0.000023589 54 -100%
1923 44 0.00001911 44 -100%
1924 57 0.000023933 57 -100%
1925 59 0.000025286 59 -100%
1926 53 0.000023085 53 -100%
1927 44 0.000018971 44 -100%
1928 51 0.000022557 51 -100%
1929 41 0.000018703 41 -100%
1930 38 0.000017092 38 -100%
1931 42 0.000019958 42 -100%
1932 43 0.000020367 43 -100%
1933 46 0.000023006 46 -100%
1934 52 0.000025038 52 -100%
1935 48 0.000022968 48 -100%
1936 47 0.000022622 47 -100%
1937 47 0.000022059 47 -100%
1938 53 0.000023954 53 -100%
1939 46 0.000020876 46 -100%
1940 57 0.000024754 57 -100%
1941 50 0.000020522 50 -100%
1942 59 0.000021597 59 -100%
1943 52 0.000018423 52 -100%
1944 34 0.000012639 34 -100%
1945 31 0.000011685 31 -100%
1946 42 0.000013144 42 -100%
1947 55 0.000015268 55 -100%
1948 57 0.00001651 57 -100%
1949 42 0.000012052 42 -100%
1950 32 0.000009134 32 -100%
1951 59 0.000016016 59 -100%
1952 32 0.000008425 32 -100%
1953 44 0.000011418 44 -100%
1954 49 0.000012309 49 -100%
1955 31 0.000007721 31 -100%
1956 31 0.000007519 31 -100%
1957 30 0.000007139 30 -100%
1958 51 0.000012337 51 -100%
1959 36 0.000008658 36 -100%
1960 44 0.000010593 44 -100%
1961 34 0.000008208 34 -100%
1962 43 0.000010656 43 -100%
1963 38 0.0000096 38 -100%
1964 44 0.000011318 44 -100%
1965 30 0.000008275 30 -100%
1966 29 0.000008344 29 -100%
1967 44 0.000012961 44 -100%
1968 33 0.000009768 33 -100%
1969 51 0.000014675 51 -100%
1970 49 0.000013587 49 -100%
1971 50 0.000014567 50 -100%
1972 36 0.000011454 36 -100%
1973 49 0.000016242 49 -100%
1974 49 0.000016118 49 -100%
1975 38 0.000012585 38 -100%
1976 41 0.000013512 41 -100%
1977 46 0.000014481 46 -100%
1978 43 0.000013548 43 -100%
1979 32 0.000009618 32 -100%
1980 39 0.000011322 39 -100%
1981 25 0.000007227 25 -100%
1982 35 0.000009977 35 -100%
1983 23 0.000006641 23 -100%
1984 31 0.000008886 31 -100%
1985 22 0.000006164 22 -100%
1986 24 0.000006747 24 -100%
1987 20 0.000005547 20 -100%
1988 16 0.00000433 16 -100%
1989 29 0.000007543 29 -100%
1990 20 0.00000506 20 -100%
1991 29 0.000007445 29 -100%
1992 23 0.000005988 23 -100%
1993 20 0.000005305 20 -100%
1994 25 0.000006725 25 -100%
1995 16 0.000004369 16 -100%
1996 24 0.00000658 24 -100%
1997 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1998 18 0.000004894 18 -100%
1999 18 0.000004873 18 -100%
2000 17 0.000004497 17 -100%
2001 11 0.000002939 11 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2003 13 0.000003419 13 -100%
2004 20 0.000005234 20 -100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
2006 20 0.000005055 20 -100%
2007 22 0.000005503 22 -100%
2008 13 0.000003307 13 -100%
2009 20 0.000005235 20 -100%
2010 12 0.000003247 12 -100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2012 28 0.000007656 28 -100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 -100%
2014 33 0.000008904 33 -100%
2015 39 0.000010538 39 -100%
2016 41 0.000011176 41 -100%
2017 33 0.000009228 33 -100%
2018 47 0.000013368 47 -100%
2019 47 0.000013541 47 -100%
2020 28 0.000008382 28 -100%
2021 50 0.000014758 50 -100%
2022 47 0.000013892 47 -100%
2023 64 0.000019328 64 -100%
2024 39 0.000011717 39 -100%

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