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How popular is “Wendie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wendie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wendie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wendie” 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
1938 5 0.00000226 5 100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 100%
1942 17 0.000006223 17 100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 100%
1944 19 0.000007063 19 100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 100%
1946 21 0.000006572 21 100%
1947 24 0.000006662 24 100%
1948 38 0.000011006 38 100%
1949 36 0.000010331 36 100%
1950 50 0.000014272 50 100%
1951 66 0.000017917 66 100%
1952 56 0.000014745 56 100%
1953 53 0.000013753 53 100%
1954 39 0.000009797 39 100%
1955 48 0.000011955 48 100%
1956 51 0.00001237 51 100%
1957 53 0.000012613 53 100%
1958 54 0.000013063 54 100%
1959 38 0.000009139 38 100%
1960 53 0.000012759 53 100%
1961 60 0.000014485 60 100%
1962 50 0.00001239 50 100%
1963 52 0.000013137 52 100%
1964 52 0.000013376 52 100%
1965 57 0.000015722 57 100%
1966 66 0.000018989 66 100%
1967 75 0.000022092 75 100%
1968 81 0.000023976 81 100%
1969 61 0.000017552 61 100%
1970 89 0.000024678 89 100%
1971 69 0.000020103 69 100%
1972 77 0.000024499 77 100%
1973 52 0.000017236 52 100%
1974 56 0.000018421 56 100%
1975 45 0.000014904 45 100%
1976 50 0.000016478 50 100%
1977 38 0.000011963 38 100%
1978 36 0.000011343 36 100%
1979 46 0.000013826 46 100%
1980 37 0.000010742 37 100%
1981 52 0.000015032 52 100%
1982 33 0.000009407 33 100%
1983 32 0.00000924 32 100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 100%
1985 21 0.000005884 21 100%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 100%
1988 18 0.000004871 18 100%
1989 14 0.000003642 14 100%
1990 15 0.000003795 15 100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%

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