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How popular is “Werner” in the USA?

Number of people named “Werner” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Werner” by birth year

This chart shows how “Werner” 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
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 -100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 -100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 -100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 -100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 -100%
1910 12 0.000020315 12 -100%
1911 15 0.000023282 15 -100%
1912 22 0.000022266 22 -100%
1913 34 0.0000299 34 -100%
1914 48 0.00003389 48 -100%
1915 74 0.000040384 74 -100%
1916 79 0.000040839 79 -100%
1917 77 0.000038371 77 -100%
1918 64 0.000029478 64 -100%
1919 66 0.000031276 66 -100%
1920 71 0.000031379 71 -100%
1921 60 0.000025701 60 -100%
1922 53 0.000023153 53 -100%
1923 70 0.000030402 70 -100%
1924 60 0.000025193 60 -100%
1925 63 0.000027 63 -100%
1926 83 0.000036151 83 -100%
1927 82 0.000035355 82 -100%
1928 80 0.000035384 80 -100%
1929 74 0.000033757 74 -100%
1930 93 0.00004183 93 -100%
1931 77 0.00003659 77 -100%
1932 74 0.00003505 74 -100%
1933 64 0.000032009 64 -100%
1934 45 0.000021668 45 -100%
1935 66 0.00003158 66 -100%
1936 46 0.000022141 46 -100%
1937 64 0.000030037 64 -100%
1938 51 0.00002305 51 -100%
1939 39 0.0000177 39 -100%
1940 51 0.000022148 51 -100%
1941 34 0.000013955 34 -100%
1942 44 0.000016106 44 -100%
1943 41 0.000014526 41 -100%
1944 25 0.000009293 25 -100%
1945 25 0.000009424 25 -100%
1946 23 0.000007198 23 -100%
1947 30 0.000008328 30 -100%
1948 22 0.000006372 22 -100%
1949 19 0.000005452 19 -100%
1950 24 0.000006851 24 -100%
1951 26 0.000007058 26 -100%
1952 22 0.000005793 22 -100%
1953 40 0.00001038 40 -100%
1954 26 0.000006532 26 -100%
1955 40 0.000009962 40 -100%
1956 37 0.000008974 37 -100%
1957 35 0.000008329 35 -100%
1958 47 0.000011369 47 -100%
1959 36 0.000008658 36 -100%
1960 53 0.000012759 53 -100%
1961 40 0.000009656 40 -100%
1962 29 0.000007186 29 -100%
1963 34 0.00000859 34 -100%
1964 43 0.000011061 43 -100%
1965 44 0.000012136 44 -100%
1966 26 0.000007481 26 -100%
1967 31 0.000009131 31 -100%
1968 26 0.000007696 26 -100%
1969 32 0.000009208 32 -100%
1970 18 0.000004991 18 -100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 -100%
1973 14 0.000004641 14 -100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 14 0.000004064 14 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 -100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1991 15 0.000003851 15 -100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 -100%
1995 13 0.00000355 13 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 -100%
2001 19 0.000005076 19 -100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 -100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2007 15 0.000003752 15 -100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 -100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 -100%
2012 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 -100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 -100%
2015 10 0.000002702 10 -100%
2016 14 0.000003816 14 -100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2019 12 0.000003457 12 -100%
2021 11 0.000003247 11 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%
2024 10 0.000003004 10 -100%

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