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How popular is “Westley” in the USA?

Number of people named “Westley” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Westley” by birth year

This chart shows how “Westley” 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
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1896 10 0.000027973 10 -100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 -100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 -100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 -100%
1904 8 0.000019827 8 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1908 10 0.000020465 10 -100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 -100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 -100%
1912 14 0.000014169 14 -100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 -100%
1914 16 0.000011297 16 -100%
1915 22 0.000012006 22 -100%
1916 20 0.000010339 20 -100%
1917 18 0.00000897 18 -100%
1918 24 0.000011054 24 -100%
1919 36 0.00001706 36 -100%
1920 22 0.000009723 22 -100%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 -100%
1922 23 0.000010047 23 -100%
1923 34 0.000014767 34 -100%
1924 28 0.000011757 28 -100%
1925 32 0.000013714 32 -100%
1926 25 0.000010889 25 -100%
1927 29 0.000012503 29 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 17 0.000007755 17 -100%
1930 27 0.000012144 27 -100%
1931 18 0.000008554 18 -100%
1932 28 0.000013262 28 -100%
1933 18 0.000009002 18 -100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 -100%
1935 23 0.000011005 23 -100%
1936 11 0.000005295 11 -100%
1937 21 0.000009856 21 -100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 -100%
1939 20 0.000009077 20 -100%
1940 22 0.000009554 22 -100%
1941 21 0.000008619 21 -100%
1942 28 0.00001025 28 -100%
1943 28 0.00000992 28 -100%
1944 20 0.000007435 20 -100%
1945 25 0.000009424 25 -100%
1946 23 0.000007198 23 -100%
1947 30 0.000008328 30 -100%
1948 48 0.000013903 48 -100%
1949 29 0.000008322 29 -100%
1950 27 0.000007707 27 -100%
1951 32 0.000008687 32 -100%
1952 30 0.000007899 30 -100%
1953 33 0.000008563 33 -100%
1954 39 0.000009797 39 -100%
1955 44 0.000010959 44 -100%
1956 44 0.000010672 44 -100%
1957 40 0.000009519 40 -100%
1958 22 0.000005322 22 -100%
1959 32 0.000007696 32 -100%
1960 31 0.000007463 31 -100%
1961 40 0.000009656 40 -100%
1962 41 0.00001016 41 -100%
1963 28 0.000007074 28 -100%
1964 38 0.000009775 38 -100%
1965 31 0.000008551 31 -100%
1966 44 0.000012659 44 -100%
1967 31 0.000009131 31 -100%
1968 53 0.000015688 53 -100%
1969 45 0.000012948 45 -100%
1970 60 0.000016637 60 -100%
1971 66 0.000019229 66 -100%
1972 41 0.000013045 41 -100%
1973 53 0.000017568 53 -100%
1974 53 0.000017434 53 -100%
1975 52 0.000017222 52 -100%
1976 65 0.000021422 65 -100%
1977 118 0.000037148 118 -100%
1978 105 0.000033083 105 -100%
1979 69 0.000020739 69 -100%
1980 84 0.000024387 84 -100%
1981 97 0.00002804 97 -100%
1982 76 0.000021665 76 -100%
1983 83 0.000023965 83 -100%
1984 79 0.000022644 79 -100%
1985 94 0.000026337 94 -100%
1986 148 0.000041607 148 -100%
1987 208 0.000057688 208 -100%
1988 276 0.000074695 5 271 -96%
1989 231 0.000060087 231 -100%
1990 194 0.000049083 194 -100%
1991 152 0.000039022 152 -100%
1992 146 0.000038008 146 -100%
1993 126 0.000033419 126 -100%
1994 131 0.000035237 131 -100%
1995 109 0.000029764 109 -100%
1996 80 0.000021935 80 -100%
1997 79 0.000021789 79 -100%
1998 91 0.00002474 91 -100%
1999 89 0.000024094 89 -100%
2000 65 0.000017196 65 -100%
2001 57 0.000015227 57 -100%
2002 90 0.000024075 90 -100%
2003 69 0.000018147 69 -100%
2004 65 0.000017012 65 -100%
2005 79 0.000020547 79 -100%
2006 81 0.000020474 81 -100%
2007 89 0.000022263 89 -100%
2008 105 0.000026713 105 -100%
2009 109 0.000028533 109 -100%
2010 108 0.000029223 108 -100%
2011 116 0.000031713 116 -100%
2012 140 0.000038279 140 -100%
2013 186 0.000051019 186 -100%
2014 174 0.000046946 174 -100%
2015 205 0.000055392 5 200 -95%
2016 239 0.000065146 239 -100%
2017 268 0.00007494 6 262 -96%
2018 296 0.000084189 5 291 -97%
2019 291 0.000083839 291 -100%
2020 330 0.000098785 6 324 -96%
2021 350 0.000103307 10 340 -94%
2022 372 0.000109957 5 367 -97%
2023 409 0.00012352 9 400 -96%
2024 424 0.000127385 5 419 -98%

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