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How popular is “Wendolyn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wendolyn” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wendolyn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wendolyn” 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
1928 5 0.000002211 5 100%
1932 10 0.000004736 5 5 0%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 100%
1948 12 0.000003476 12 100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 100%
1951 22 0.000005972 22 100%
1952 24 0.000006319 19 5 58%
1953 28 0.000007266 28 100%
1954 29 0.000007285 29 100%
1955 30 0.000007472 30 100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 100%
1957 31 0.000007377 31 100%
1958 30 0.000007257 30 100%
1959 30 0.000007215 30 100%
1960 34 0.000008185 34 100%
1961 32 0.000007725 32 100%
1962 37 0.000009169 37 100%
1963 24 0.000006063 24 100%
1964 36 0.00000926 36 100%
1965 30 0.000008275 30 100%
1966 39 0.000011221 39 100%
1967 33 0.00000972 33 100%
1968 30 0.00000888 30 100%
1969 29 0.000008345 29 100%
1970 31 0.000008596 31 100%
1971 32 0.000009323 32 100%
1972 24 0.000007636 24 100%
1973 26 0.000008618 26 100%
1974 26 0.000008553 26 100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 100%
1976 20 0.000006591 20 100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 100%
1978 19 0.000005986 19 100%
1979 18 0.00000541 18 100%
1980 22 0.000006387 22 100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 100%
1982 16 0.000004561 16 100%
1983 12 0.000003465 12 100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 100%

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