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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Wess” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wess” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wess” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wess” 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
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 -100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 -100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 -100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 -100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 -100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 13 0.000003284 13 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1968 12 0.000003552 12 -100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1971 11 0.000003205 11 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 -100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 -100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 -100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 -100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 -100%

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