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How popular is “Weldon” in the USA?

Number of people named “Weldon” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Weldon” by birth year

This chart shows how “Weldon” 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%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1888 10 0.000033392 10 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 -100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 -100%
1894 11 0.000032478 11 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1896 13 0.000036365 13 -100%
1897 16 0.000046115 16 -100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 -100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 -100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 -100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 -100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 -100%
1903 14 0.000036726 14 -100%
1904 14 0.000034698 14 -100%
1905 19 0.00004482 19 -100%
1906 22 0.000051348 22 -100%
1907 20 0.000042975 20 -100%
1908 40 0.000081858 40 -100%
1909 37 0.000072375 37 -100%
1910 47 0.000079565 47 -100%
1911 56 0.000086919 56 -100%
1912 106 0.000107281 106 -100%
1913 130 0.000114325 130 -100%
1914 174 0.000122852 174 -100%
1915 219 0.000119514 219 -100%
1916 212 0.000109594 212 -100%
1917 200 0.000099664 200 -100%
1918 221 0.000101791 5 216 -95%
1919 237 0.000112309 237 -100%
1920 325 0.000143637 325 -100%
1921 280 0.00011994 280 -100%
1922 321 0.000140226 5 316 -97%
1923 287 0.000124648 287 -100%
1924 283 0.000118827 10 273 -93%
1925 268 0.000114859 268 -100%
1926 310 0.000135023 310 -100%
1927 269 0.00011598 269 -100%
1928 279 0.0001234 279 -100%
1929 280 0.000127728 280 -100%
1930 244 0.000109747 244 -100%
1931 253 0.000120225 5 248 -96%
1932 291 0.00013783 291 -100%
1933 230 0.000115032 230 -100%
1934 236 0.000113635 236 -100%
1935 226 0.000108139 226 -100%
1936 221 0.000106374 221 -100%
1937 234 0.000109825 234 -100%
1938 225 0.000101692 225 -100%
1939 239 0.000108467 239 -100%
1940 204 0.000088592 204 -100%
1941 216 0.000088654 216 -100%
1942 230 0.000084193 230 -100%
1943 224 0.000079361 224 -100%
1944 204 0.000075834 204 -100%
1945 200 0.000075389 200 -100%
1946 201 0.000062905 201 -100%
1947 243 0.000067456 243 -100%
1948 197 0.00005706 197 -100%
1949 189 0.000054236 189 -100%
1950 176 0.000050238 176 -100%
1951 179 0.000048592 179 -100%
1952 160 0.000042127 160 -100%
1953 180 0.000046709 180 -100%
1954 144 0.000036174 144 -100%
1955 159 0.000039601 159 -100%
1956 177 0.00004293 177 -100%
1957 172 0.000040931 172 -100%
1958 144 0.000034834 144 -100%
1959 138 0.000033189 138 -100%
1960 125 0.000030093 125 -100%
1961 115 0.000027762 115 -100%
1962 106 0.000026268 106 -100%
1963 123 0.000031075 123 -100%
1964 112 0.00002881 112 -100%
1965 100 0.000027583 100 -100%
1966 99 0.000028484 99 -100%
1967 83 0.000024448 83 -100%
1968 84 0.000024864 84 -100%
1969 79 0.000022732 79 -100%
1970 77 0.00002135 77 -100%
1971 86 0.000025056 86 -100%
1972 81 0.000025772 81 -100%
1973 66 0.000021877 66 -100%
1974 63 0.000020724 63 -100%
1975 65 0.000021527 65 -100%
1976 56 0.000018456 56 -100%
1977 58 0.000018259 58 -100%
1978 57 0.000017959 57 -100%
1979 55 0.000016531 55 -100%
1980 52 0.000015097 52 -100%
1981 52 0.000015032 52 -100%
1982 58 0.000016534 58 -100%
1983 52 0.000015014 52 -100%
1984 43 0.000012325 43 -100%
1985 46 0.000012888 46 -100%
1986 43 0.000012089 43 -100%
1987 38 0.000010539 38 -100%
1988 40 0.000010825 40 -100%
1989 42 0.000010925 42 -100%
1990 31 0.000007843 31 -100%
1991 39 0.000010012 39 -100%
1992 27 0.000007029 27 -100%
1993 41 0.000010875 41 -100%
1994 45 0.000012104 45 -100%
1995 25 0.000006827 25 -100%
1996 25 0.000006855 25 -100%
1997 31 0.00000855 31 -100%
1998 20 0.000005437 20 -100%
1999 29 0.000007851 29 -100%
2000 22 0.00000582 22 -100%
2001 28 0.00000748 28 -100%
2002 24 0.00000642 24 -100%
2003 20 0.00000526 20 -100%
2004 23 0.000006019 23 -100%
2005 30 0.000007803 30 -100%
2006 34 0.000008594 34 -100%
2007 23 0.000005753 23 -100%
2008 21 0.000005343 21 -100%
2009 17 0.00000445 17 -100%
2010 23 0.000006223 23 -100%
2011 27 0.000007382 27 -100%
2012 22 0.000006015 22 -100%
2013 30 0.000008229 30 -100%
2014 34 0.000009173 34 -100%
2015 31 0.000008376 31 -100%
2016 43 0.000011721 43 -100%
2017 46 0.000012863 46 -100%
2018 35 0.000009955 35 -100%
2019 47 0.000013541 47 -100%
2020 40 0.000011974 40 -100%
2021 30 0.000008855 30 -100%
2022 44 0.000013006 44 -100%
2023 49 0.000014798 49 -100%
2024 41 0.000012318 41 -100%

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