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How popular is “Wellington” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wellington” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wellington” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wellington” 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 12 0.000059558 12 -100%
1881 13 0.000067467 13 -100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 -100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 -100%
1885 11 0.000045671 11 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 -100%
1891 14 0.000048836 14 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 -100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 -100%
1900 9 0.000019989 9 -100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 -100%
1906 9 0.000021006 9 -100%
1907 12 0.000025785 12 -100%
1908 12 0.000024558 12 -100%
1909 19 0.000037166 19 -100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 -100%
1911 17 0.000026386 17 -100%
1912 24 0.00002429 24 -100%
1913 25 0.000021986 25 -100%
1914 32 0.000022593 32 -100%
1915 42 0.00002292 42 -100%
1916 46 0.00002378 46 -100%
1917 58 0.000028902 58 -100%
1918 57 0.000026254 57 -100%
1919 48 0.000022746 48 -100%
1920 58 0.000025634 58 -100%
1921 46 0.000019704 46 -100%
1922 60 0.000026211 60 -100%
1923 42 0.000018241 42 -100%
1924 53 0.000022254 53 -100%
1925 39 0.000016715 39 -100%
1926 37 0.000016116 37 -100%
1927 27 0.000011641 27 -100%
1928 33 0.000014596 33 -100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 -100%
1930 27 0.000012144 27 -100%
1931 33 0.000015682 33 -100%
1932 20 0.000009473 20 -100%
1933 23 0.000011503 23 -100%
1934 28 0.000013482 28 -100%
1935 22 0.000010527 22 -100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 -100%
1937 24 0.000011264 24 -100%
1938 20 0.000009039 20 -100%
1939 15 0.000006808 15 -100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 -100%
1941 24 0.00000985 24 -100%
1942 26 0.000009517 26 -100%
1943 22 0.000007794 22 -100%
1944 19 0.000007063 19 -100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 -100%
1946 25 0.000007824 25 -100%
1947 22 0.000006107 22 -100%
1948 18 0.000005214 18 -100%
1949 26 0.000007461 26 -100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 -100%
1951 16 0.000004343 16 -100%
1952 16 0.000004213 16 -100%
1953 26 0.000006747 26 -100%
1954 23 0.000005778 23 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 17 0.000004123 17 -100%
1957 18 0.000004284 18 -100%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 -100%
1959 11 0.000002646 11 -100%
1960 20 0.000004815 20 -100%
1961 21 0.00000507 21 -100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 -100%
1963 14 0.000003537 14 -100%
1964 17 0.000004373 17 -100%
1965 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 26 0.000007659 26 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1970 16 0.000004436 16 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 19 0.000006045 19 -100%
1973 17 0.000005635 17 -100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 -100%
1975 16 0.000005299 16 -100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 -100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 23 0.000006677 23 -100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 -100%
1982 20 0.000005701 20 -100%
1983 17 0.000004909 17 -100%
1984 14 0.000004013 14 -100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 -100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 -100%
1987 17 0.000004715 17 -100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
1990 18 0.000004554 18 -100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 -100%
1992 21 0.000005467 21 -100%
1993 16 0.000004244 16 -100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 -100%
1995 17 0.000004642 17 -100%
1996 25 0.000006855 25 -100%
1997 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 -100%
1999 18 0.000004873 18 -100%
2000 23 0.000006085 23 -100%
2001 18 0.000004808 18 -100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 -100%
2003 15 0.000003945 15 -100%
2004 23 0.000006019 23 -100%
2005 15 0.000003901 15 -100%
2006 19 0.000004803 19 -100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 -100%
2008 17 0.000004325 17 -100%
2009 17 0.00000445 17 -100%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2012 24 0.000006562 24 -100%
2013 15 0.000004114 15 -100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 -100%
2015 22 0.000005944 22 -100%
2016 32 0.000008722 32 -100%
2017 32 0.000008948 32 -100%
2018 33 0.000009386 33 -100%
2019 43 0.000012389 43 -100%
2020 43 0.000012872 43 -100%
2021 39 0.000011511 39 -100%
2022 31 0.000009163 31 -100%
2023 31 0.000009362 31 -100%
2024 37 0.000011116 37 -100%

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