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How popular is “West” in the USA?

Number of people named “West” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “West” by birth year

This chart shows how “West” 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 13 0.000064521 13 -100%
1881 15 0.000077846 15 -100%
1882 11 0.000049654 11 -100%
1883 11 0.000050704 11 -100%
1884 19 0.000078041 19 -100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 -100%
1886 21 0.000082251 21 -100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 -100%
1888 12 0.00004007 12 -100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1890 13 0.000043132 13 -100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 -100%
1892 12 0.000035888 12 -100%
1893 11 0.000033823 11 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1895 11 0.000031337 11 -100%
1896 11 0.000030771 11 -100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 -100%
1898 16 0.000041945 16 -100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 -100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 -100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 -100%
1902 12 0.000031029 12 -100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 -100%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 -100%
1905 13 0.000030666 13 -100%
1906 9 0.000021006 9 -100%
1907 12 0.000025785 12 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 19 0.000032165 19 -100%
1911 14 0.00002173 14 -100%
1912 20 0.000020242 20 -100%
1913 28 0.000024624 28 -100%
1914 19 0.000013415 19 -100%
1915 21 0.00001146 21 -100%
1916 23 0.00001189 23 -100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 -100%
1918 29 0.000013357 29 -100%
1919 30 0.000014216 30 -100%
1920 29 0.000012817 29 -100%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 -100%
1922 27 0.000011795 27 -100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 28 0.000011757 28 -100%
1925 29 0.000012429 29 -100%
1926 26 0.000011325 26 -100%
1927 36 0.000015522 36 -100%
1928 21 0.000009288 21 -100%
1929 17 0.000007755 17 -100%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 -100%
1931 17 0.000008078 17 -100%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 -100%
1933 17 0.000008502 17 -100%
1934 17 0.000008186 17 -100%
1935 16 0.000007656 16 -100%
1936 18 0.000008664 18 -100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 -100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 -100%
1939 18 0.000008169 18 -100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1941 15 0.000006157 15 -100%
1942 16 0.000005857 16 -100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 -100%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 -100%
1945 22 0.000008293 22 -100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 -100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 -100%
1948 12 0.000003476 12 -100%
1949 19 0.000005452 19 -100%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 -100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 -100%
1952 21 0.000005529 21 -100%
1953 19 0.00000493 19 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 16 0.000003985 16 -100%
1956 18 0.000004366 18 -100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 -100%
1958 19 0.000004596 19 -100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 -100%
1960 14 0.00000337 14 -100%
1961 17 0.000004104 17 -100%
1962 15 0.000003717 15 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1964 18 0.00000463 18 -100%
1965 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1966 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 -100%
1968 19 0.000005624 19 -100%
1969 17 0.000004892 17 -100%
1970 24 0.000006655 24 -100%
1971 19 0.000005536 19 -100%
1972 16 0.000005091 16 -100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 -100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 -100%
1977 19 0.000005981 19 -100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 -100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 -100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 -100%
1981 24 0.000006938 24 -100%
1982 18 0.000005131 18 -100%
1983 18 0.000005197 18 -100%
1984 15 0.0000043 15 -100%
1985 22 0.000006164 22 -100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 -100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 17 0.000004422 17 -100%
1990 17 0.000004301 17 -100%
1991 18 0.000004621 18 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 -100%
1993 20 0.000005305 20 -100%
1994 23 0.000006187 23 -100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 -100%
1996 22 0.000006032 22 -100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 -100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 -100%
1999 22 0.000005956 22 -100%
2000 17 0.000004497 17 -100%
2001 28 0.00000748 28 -100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 -100%
2003 18 0.000004734 18 -100%
2004 29 0.00000759 29 -100%
2005 25 0.000006502 25 -100%
2006 42 0.000010616 42 -100%
2007 40 0.000010006 40 -100%
2008 42 0.000010685 42 -100%
2009 60 0.000015706 60 -100%
2010 52 0.00001407 52 -100%
2011 61 0.000016677 61 -100%
2012 74 0.000020233 74 -100%
2013 78 0.000021395 78 -100%
2014 60 0.000016188 60 -100%
2015 76 0.000020535 76 -100%
2016 72 0.000019625 72 -100%
2017 80 0.00002237 80 -100%
2018 82 0.000023323 82 -100%
2019 103 0.000029675 5 98 -90%
2020 80 0.000023948 80 -100%
2021 90 0.000026565 90 -100%
2022 137 0.000040495 7 130 -90%
2023 87 0.000026274 87 -100%
2024 151 0.000045366 8 143 -89%

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