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How popular is “Webster” in the USA?

Number of people named “Webster” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Webster” by birth year

This chart shows how “Webster” 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 13 0.000064521 13 -100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1882 17 0.000076738 17 -100%
1883 20 0.000092189 20 -100%
1884 16 0.000065719 16 -100%
1885 14 0.000058127 14 -100%
1886 17 0.000066584 17 -100%
1887 11 0.000044464 11 -100%
1888 19 0.000063445 19 -100%
1889 16 0.000055374 16 -100%
1890 22 0.000072992 22 -100%
1891 11 0.000038371 11 -100%
1892 12 0.000035888 12 -100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 -100%
1894 20 0.000059051 20 -100%
1895 16 0.000045581 16 -100%
1896 15 0.00004196 15 -100%
1897 10 0.000028822 10 -100%
1898 22 0.000057674 22 -100%
1899 12 0.000035374 12 -100%
1900 23 0.000051082 23 -100%
1901 14 0.000040484 14 -100%
1902 20 0.000051715 20 -100%
1903 15 0.000039349 15 -100%
1904 14 0.000034698 14 -100%
1905 18 0.000042461 18 -100%
1906 26 0.000060684 26 -100%
1907 23 0.000049421 23 -100%
1908 24 0.000049115 24 -100%
1909 16 0.000031297 16 -100%
1910 19 0.000032165 19 -100%
1911 31 0.000048116 31 -100%
1912 49 0.000049592 49 -100%
1913 56 0.000049248 56 -100%
1914 72 0.000050835 72 -100%
1915 101 0.000055118 101 -100%
1916 100 0.000051695 100 -100%
1917 77 0.000038371 77 -100%
1918 85 0.00003915 85 -100%
1919 87 0.000041227 87 -100%
1920 85 0.000037567 85 -100%
1921 70 0.000029985 70 -100%
1922 89 0.000038879 89 -100%
1923 85 0.000036917 85 -100%
1924 86 0.00003611 86 -100%
1925 80 0.000034286 80 -100%
1926 68 0.000029618 68 -100%
1927 57 0.000024576 57 -100%
1928 69 0.000030518 69 -100%
1929 57 0.000026002 57 -100%
1930 49 0.000022039 49 -100%
1931 57 0.000027086 57 -100%
1932 53 0.000025103 53 -100%
1933 55 0.000027508 55 -100%
1934 57 0.000027446 57 -100%
1935 49 0.000023446 49 -100%
1936 46 0.000022141 46 -100%
1937 51 0.000023936 51 -100%
1938 49 0.000022146 49 -100%
1939 42 0.000019061 42 -100%
1940 38 0.000016502 38 -100%
1941 51 0.000020932 51 -100%
1942 37 0.000013544 37 -100%
1943 39 0.000013817 39 -100%
1944 55 0.000020445 55 -100%
1945 35 0.000013193 35 -100%
1946 54 0.0000169 54 -100%
1947 51 0.000014158 51 -100%
1948 42 0.000012165 42 -100%
1949 55 0.000015783 55 -100%
1950 45 0.000012845 45 -100%
1951 48 0.00001303 48 -100%
1952 43 0.000011322 43 -100%
1953 48 0.000012456 48 -100%
1954 44 0.000011053 44 -100%
1955 39 0.000009713 39 -100%
1956 51 0.00001237 51 -100%
1957 45 0.000010709 45 -100%
1958 45 0.000010886 45 -100%
1959 34 0.000008177 34 -100%
1960 35 0.000008426 35 -100%
1961 20 0.000004828 20 -100%
1962 34 0.000008425 34 -100%
1963 31 0.000007832 31 -100%
1964 38 0.000009775 38 -100%
1965 20 0.000005517 20 -100%
1966 22 0.00000633 22 -100%
1967 21 0.000006186 21 -100%
1968 22 0.000006512 22 -100%
1969 26 0.000007481 26 -100%
1970 16 0.000004436 16 -100%
1971 22 0.00000641 22 -100%
1972 20 0.000006363 20 -100%
1973 24 0.000007955 24 -100%
1974 17 0.000005592 17 -100%
1975 18 0.000005961 18 -100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 -100%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 -100%
1978 22 0.000006932 22 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 -100%
1981 27 0.000007805 27 -100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 -100%
1983 23 0.000006641 23 -100%
1984 54 0.000015478 54 -100%
1985 32 0.000008966 32 -100%
1986 26 0.000007309 26 -100%
1987 24 0.000006656 24 -100%
1988 26 0.000007036 26 -100%
1989 23 0.000005983 23 -100%
1990 18 0.000004554 18 -100%
1991 19 0.000004878 19 -100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 -100%
1993 17 0.000004509 17 -100%
1994 21 0.000005649 21 -100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1997 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 -100%
1999 15 0.000004061 15 -100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 -100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 -100%
2002 16 0.00000428 16 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2012 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2013 12 0.000003292 12 -100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2016 16 0.000004361 16 -100%
2017 9 0.000002517 9 -100%
2018 17 0.000004835 17 -100%
2019 14 0.000004033 14 -100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 -100%
2022 17 0.000005025 17 -100%
2023 8 0.000002416 8 -100%
2024 11 0.000003305 11 -100%

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