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How popular is “Wayne” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wayne” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wayne” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wayne” 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 23 0.000114153 23 -100%
1881 30 0.000155692 30 -100%
1882 22 0.000099308 22 -100%
1883 25 0.000115236 25 -100%
1884 34 0.000139653 34 -100%
1885 24 0.000099645 24 -100%
1886 23 0.000090084 23 -100%
1887 29 0.000117223 29 -100%
1888 41 0.000136907 41 -100%
1889 32 0.000110747 32 -100%
1890 45 0.000149303 45 -100%
1891 29 0.000101161 29 -100%
1892 35 0.000104673 35 -100%
1893 55 0.000169115 55 -100%
1894 58 0.000171248 58 -100%
1895 56 0.000159535 56 -100%
1896 55 0.000153853 55 -100%
1897 51 0.000146992 51 -100%
1898 68 0.000178265 68 -100%
1899 57 0.000168026 57 -100%
1900 85 0.000188781 85 -100%
1901 87 0.000251582 87 -100%
1902 90 0.000232719 90 -100%
1903 92 0.000241343 92 -100%
1904 92 0.000228013 92 -100%
1905 107 0.000252405 107 -100%
1906 116 0.000270743 116 -100%
1907 148 0.000318013 148 -100%
1908 178 0.00036427 178 -100%
1909 163 0.000318843 163 -100%
1910 234 0.000396133 6 228 -95%
1911 286 0.000443908 6 280 -96%
1912 624 0.000631539 7 617 -98%
1913 771 0.000678035 11 760 -97%
1914 1007 0.000710985 6 1001 -99%
1915 1533 0.000836596 16 1517 -98%
1916 1601 0.00082764 14 1587 -98%
1917 1732 0.000863087 17 1715 -98%
1918 1935 0.000891249 23 1912 -98%
1919 1975 0.00093591 20 1955 -98%
1920 2200 0.000972314 20 2180 -98%
1921 2439 0.001044761 22 2417 -98%
1922 2493 0.001089048 17 2476 -99%
1923 2621 0.001138337 24 2597 -98%
1924 2753 0.001155941 23 2730 -98%
1925 2734 0.00117173 21 2713 -98%
1926 2829 0.001232194 17 2812 -99%
1927 2911 0.001255089 30 2881 -98%
1928 2884 0.001275577 29 2855 -98%
1929 2770 0.001263593 29 2741 -98%
1930 3009 0.001353401 28 2981 -98%
1931 3240 0.00153964 23 3217 -99%
1932 3414 0.00161702 26 3388 -98%
1933 3592 0.001796497 30 3562 -98%
1934 4050 0.001950101 15 4035 -99%
1935 4079 0.001951768 22 4057 -99%
1936 4423 0.002128921 15 4408 -99%
1937 4636 0.002175841 23 4613 -99%
1938 5256 0.002375514 30 5226 -99%
1939 5678 0.002576877 25 5653 -99%
1940 5747 0.002495782 20 5727 -99%
1941 6131 0.002516392 20 6111 -99%
1942 6505 0.002381198 21 6484 -99%
1943 6784 0.002403493 21 6763 -99%
1944 6737 0.002504387 15 6722 -100%
1945 6750 0.002544376 12 6738 -100%
1946 8827 0.002762489 19 8808 -100%
1947 10201 0.002831785 33 10168 -99%
1948 8699 0.00251961 17 8682 -100%
1949 8955 0.002569749 28 8927 -99%
1950 9278 0.002648316 19 9259 -100%
1951 9348 0.002537639 21 9327 -100%
1952 9106 0.002397574 18 9088 -100%
1953 8934 0.002318325 29 8905 -99%
1954 9212 0.002314161 37 9175 -99%
1955 8755 0.002180529 28 8727 -99%
1956 8750 0.002122222 33 8717 -99%
1957 8715 0.002073942 28 8687 -99%
1958 8357 0.002021576 28 8329 -99%
1959 7911 0.001902601 33 7878 -99%
1960 7214 0.001736717 25 7189 -99%
1961 6787 0.001638461 27 6760 -99%
1962 6351 0.001573833 29 6322 -99%
1963 6052 0.001528978 22 6030 -99%
1964 5856 0.001506326 23 5833 -99%
1965 5135 0.001416376 20 5115 -99%
1966 4911 0.001412971 23 4888 -99%
1967 4487 0.00132169 18 4469 -99%
1968 4267 0.001263019 14 4253 -99%
1969 3919 0.001127665 21 3898 -99%
1970 4034 0.001118532 28 4006 -99%
1971 3352 0.000976589 19 3333 -99%
1972 2806 0.000892779 14 2792 -99%
1973 2462 0.000816073 14 2448 -99%
1974 2240 0.000736842 23 2217 -98%
1975 2147 0.00071107 13 2134 -99%
1976 2031 0.000669347 11 2020 -99%
1977 1968 0.000619551 18 1950 -98%
1978 1906 0.000600529 18 1888 -98%
1979 1839 0.00055275 8 1831 -99%
1980 1850 0.000537087 8 1842 -99%
1981 1758 0.000508184 7 1751 -99%
1982 1726 0.000492024 12 1714 -99%
1983 1553 0.000448411 25 1528 -97%
1984 1493 0.000427946 15 1478 -98%
1985 1398 0.000391694 14 1384 -98%
1986 1360 0.000382336 17 1343 -98%
1987 1312 0.000363877 14 1298 -98%
1988 1258 0.000340456 16 1242 -97%
1989 1175 0.000305636 8 1167 -99%
1990 1148 0.000290451 1148 -100%
1991 1031 0.00026468 1031 -100%
1992 922 0.000240025 5 917 -99%
1993 834 0.000221204 834 -100%
1994 746 0.000200664 746 -100%
1995 674 0.000184045 674 -100%
1996 605 0.000165881 605 -100%
1997 515 0.00014204 515 -100%
1998 526 0.000143004 526 -100%
1999 507 0.000137255 507 -100%
2000 453 0.000119844 453 -100%
2001 421 0.000112465 421 -100%
2002 420 0.000112351 420 -100%
2003 382 0.000100465 382 -100%
2004 364 0.000095265 364 -100%
2005 319 0.000082968 319 -100%
2006 358 0.000090491 358 -100%
2007 354 0.000088551 354 -100%
2008 344 0.000087517 344 -100%
2009 304 0.000079578 304 -100%
2010 284 0.000076845 284 -100%
2011 327 0.000089398 327 -100%
2012 291 0.000079565 291 -100%
2013 301 0.000082564 301 -100%
2014 292 0.000078783 292 -100%
2015 325 0.000087816 325 -100%
2016 330 0.00008995 330 -100%
2017 281 0.000078575 281 -100%
2018 299 0.000085042 299 -100%
2019 321 0.000092482 321 -100%
2020 305 0.000091302 305 -100%
2021 316 0.000093272 316 -100%
2022 329 0.000097247 329 -100%
2023 359 0.00010842 359 -100%
2024 394 0.000118372 394 -100%

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