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How popular is “Wayman” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wayman” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wayman” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wayman” 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 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 -100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 -100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 -100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 -100%
1902 7 0.0000181 7 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 8 0.000019827 8 -100%
1906 11 0.000025674 11 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 10 0.000020465 10 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 14 0.0000237 14 -100%
1911 13 0.000020178 13 -100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 -100%
1913 23 0.000020227 23 -100%
1914 21 0.000014827 21 -100%
1915 33 0.000018009 33 -100%
1916 32 0.000016542 32 -100%
1917 28 0.000013953 28 -100%
1918 40 0.000018424 40 -100%
1919 40 0.000018955 40 -100%
1920 44 0.000019446 44 -100%
1921 50 0.000021418 50 -100%
1922 49 0.000021405 49 -100%
1923 48 0.000020847 48 -100%
1924 49 0.000020574 49 -100%
1925 31 0.000013286 31 -100%
1926 31 0.000013502 31 -100%
1927 46 0.000019833 46 -100%
1928 36 0.000015923 36 -100%
1929 42 0.000019159 42 -100%
1930 40 0.000017991 40 -100%
1931 35 0.000016632 35 -100%
1932 47 0.000022261 47 -100%
1933 37 0.000018505 37 -100%
1934 38 0.000018297 38 -100%
1935 35 0.000016747 35 -100%
1936 36 0.000017328 36 -100%
1937 34 0.000015957 34 -100%
1938 39 0.000017627 39 -100%
1939 38 0.000017246 38 -100%
1940 33 0.000014331 33 -100%
1941 41 0.000016828 41 -100%
1942 46 0.000016839 46 -100%
1943 45 0.000015943 45 -100%
1944 40 0.000014869 40 -100%
1945 37 0.000013947 37 -100%
1946 47 0.000014709 47 -100%
1947 37 0.000010271 37 -100%
1948 42 0.000012165 42 -100%
1949 49 0.000014061 49 -100%
1950 59 0.000016841 59 -100%
1951 50 0.000013573 50 -100%
1952 45 0.000011848 45 -100%
1953 51 0.000013234 51 -100%
1954 57 0.000014319 57 -100%
1955 41 0.000010212 41 -100%
1956 47 0.000011399 47 -100%
1957 37 0.000008805 37 -100%
1958 44 0.000010644 44 -100%
1959 41 0.000009861 41 -100%
1960 36 0.000008667 36 -100%
1961 33 0.000007967 33 -100%
1962 27 0.000006691 27 -100%
1963 27 0.000006821 27 -100%
1964 35 0.000009003 35 -100%
1965 28 0.000007723 28 -100%
1966 17 0.000004891 17 -100%
1967 26 0.000007659 26 -100%
1968 26 0.000007696 26 -100%
1969 21 0.000006043 21 -100%
1970 25 0.000006932 25 -100%
1971 20 0.000005827 20 -100%
1972 18 0.000005727 18 -100%
1973 24 0.000007955 24 -100%
1974 21 0.000006908 21 -100%
1975 25 0.00000828 25 -100%
1976 25 0.000008239 25 -100%
1977 12 0.000003778 12 -100%
1978 15 0.000004726 15 -100%
1979 22 0.000006613 22 -100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 12 0.000003421 12 -100%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 -100%
1984 15 0.0000043 15 -100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 -100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 -100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 -100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
1989 16 0.000004162 16 -100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 -100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 -100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 12 0.00000329 12 -100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 -100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 -100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 -100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 -100%

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