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How popular is “Wheeler” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wheeler” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wheeler” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wheeler” 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%
1882 7 0.000031598 7 -100%
1883 12 0.000055313 12 -100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 -100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1886 9 0.00003525 9 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1888 11 0.000036731 11 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1898 14 0.000036702 14 -100%
1899 23 0.0000678 23 -100%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 -100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 -100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1906 9 0.000021006 9 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 -100%
1909 16 0.000031297 16 -100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 -100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 -100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 -100%
1915 30 0.000016372 30 -100%
1916 41 0.000021195 41 -100%
1917 33 0.000016444 33 -100%
1918 27 0.000012436 5 22 -63%
1919 29 0.000013742 29 -100%
1920 39 0.000017236 39 -100%
1921 32 0.000013707 32 -100%
1922 27 0.000011795 27 -100%
1923 25 0.000010858 25 -100%
1924 25 0.000010497 25 -100%
1925 31 0.000013286 31 -100%
1926 26 0.000011325 26 -100%
1927 22 0.000009485 22 -100%
1928 30 0.000013269 30 -100%
1929 30 0.000013685 30 -100%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 -100%
1931 20 0.000009504 20 -100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 -100%
1933 24 0.000012003 24 -100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 -100%
1937 17 0.000007979 17 -100%
1938 17 0.000007683 17 -100%
1939 21 0.000009531 21 -100%
1940 24 0.000010423 24 -100%
1941 17 0.000006977 17 -100%
1942 15 0.000005491 15 -100%
1943 20 0.000007086 20 -100%
1944 18 0.000006691 18 -100%
1945 14 0.000005277 14 -100%
1946 18 0.000005633 18 -100%
1947 18 0.000004997 18 -100%
1948 15 0.000004345 15 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 -100%
1951 19 0.000005158 19 -100%
1952 13 0.000003423 13 -100%
1953 16 0.000004152 16 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1955 13 0.000003238 13 -100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 -100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1962 13 0.000003222 13 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 -100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 14 0.000003766 14 -100%
1996 12 0.00000329 12 -100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 -100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 -100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2008 14 0.000003562 14 -100%
2009 19 0.000004974 19 -100%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 -100%
2011 17 0.000004648 17 -100%
2012 17 0.000004648 17 -100%
2013 16 0.000004389 16 -100%
2014 21 0.000005666 21 -100%
2015 19 0.000005134 19 -100%
2016 20 0.000005452 20 -100%
2017 22 0.000006152 22 -100%
2018 34 0.00000967 34 -100%
2019 37 0.00001066 37 -100%
2020 17 0.000005089 17 -100%
2021 33 0.00000974 33 -100%
2022 34 0.00001005 34 -100%
2023 38 0.000011476 38 -100%
2024 45 0.00001352 45 -100%

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