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How popular is “Whitfield” in the USA?

Number of people named “Whitfield” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Whitfield” by birth year

This chart shows how “Whitfield” 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
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 -100%
1916 6 0.000003102 6 -100%
1917 12 0.00000598 12 -100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 -100%
1919 18 0.00000853 18 -100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 -100%
1921 18 0.00000771 18 -100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 -100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 -100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 -100%
1927 12 0.000005174 12 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 14 0.000006386 14 -100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 -100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 -100%

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