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How popular is “Wilbur” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wilbur” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wilbur” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wilbur” 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 82 0.00040698 82 -100%
1881 81 0.000420369 81 -100%
1882 81 0.000365634 81 -100%
1883 73 0.000336489 73 -100%
1884 82 0.00033681 82 -100%
1885 92 0.000381974 92 -100%
1886 106 0.000415172 106 -100%
1887 112 0.000452723 112 -100%
1888 103 0.000343936 103 -100%
1889 102 0.000353007 102 -100%
1890 94 0.000311877 94 -100%
1891 97 0.000338365 97 -100%
1892 116 0.000346917 116 -100%
1893 104 0.000319781 104 -100%
1894 104 0.000307065 104 -100%
1895 125 0.000356105 125 -100%
1896 120 0.000335679 120 -100%
1897 111 0.000319924 111 -100%
1898 156 0.00040896 156 -100%
1899 115 0.000338999 115 -100%
1900 161 0.000357573 161 -100%
1901 130 0.000375927 130 -100%
1902 163 0.000421479 163 -100%
1903 165 0.000432844 165 -100%
1904 177 0.000438678 177 -100%
1905 167 0.00039394 167 -100%
1906 175 0.000408448 175 -100%
1907 209 0.000449086 209 -100%
1908 233 0.000476825 233 -100%
1909 259 0.000506627 259 -100%
1910 298 0.000504477 298 -100%
1911 386 0.00059912 386 -100%
1912 839 0.000849137 7 832 -98%
1913 1049 0.000922514 5 1044 -99%
1914 1256 0.00088679 8 1248 -99%
1915 1685 0.000919546 1685 -100%
1916 1688 0.000872614 8 1680 -99%
1917 1759 0.000876542 10 1749 -99%
1918 1809 0.000833214 9 1800 -99%
1919 1706 0.000808437 17 1689 -98%
1920 1755 0.000775642 14 1741 -98%
1921 1767 0.000756906 12 1755 -99%
1922 1731 0.000756174 15 1716 -98%
1923 1682 0.000730516 10 1672 -99%
1924 1677 0.000704146 10 1667 -99%
1925 1609 0.000689581 12 1597 -99%
1926 1527 0.000665097 17 1510 -98%
1927 1375 0.000592836 14 1361 -98%
1928 1410 0.000623635 10 1400 -99%
1929 1301 0.000593478 7 1294 -99%
1930 1223 0.000550086 9 1214 -99%
1931 1095 0.000520341 8 1087 -99%
1932 1021 0.00048359 5 1016 -99%
1933 905 0.000452625 9 896 -98%
1934 926 0.000445875 6 920 -99%
1935 869 0.000415809 8 861 -98%
1936 791 0.000380732 11 780 -97%
1937 735 0.000344962 9 726 -98%
1938 842 0.000380552 842 -100%
1939 702 0.000318592 702 -100%
1940 711 0.00030877 6 705 -98%
1941 667 0.000273762 667 -100%
1942 687 0.000251481 687 -100%
1943 674 0.00023879 7 667 -98%
1944 591 0.000219696 5 586 -98%
1945 513 0.000193373 5 508 -98%
1946 523 0.000163678 523 -100%
1947 595 0.000165171 595 -100%
1948 537 0.000155539 537 -100%
1949 487 0.000139751 487 -100%
1950 488 0.000139295 488 -100%
1951 436 0.000118358 436 -100%
1952 416 0.000109531 416 -100%
1953 442 0.000114697 5 437 -98%
1954 436 0.000109528 7 429 -97%
1955 435 0.000108342 435 -100%
1956 402 0.000097501 402 -100%
1957 384 0.000091382 384 -100%
1958 352 0.00008515 352 -100%
1959 359 0.00008634 5 354 -97%
1960 355 0.000085464 355 -100%
1961 309 0.000074596 309 -100%
1962 310 0.000076821 310 -100%
1963 268 0.000067708 268 -100%
1964 276 0.000070995 276 -100%
1965 255 0.000070336 255 -100%
1966 238 0.000068476 238 -100%
1967 176 0.000051843 176 -100%
1968 180 0.000053279 180 -100%
1969 204 0.0000587 204 -100%
1970 149 0.000041314 149 -100%
1971 193 0.00005623 193 -100%
1972 132 0.000041998 132 -100%
1973 127 0.000042096 127 -100%
1974 124 0.000040789 124 -100%
1975 122 0.000040405 122 -100%
1976 104 0.000034275 104 -100%
1977 106 0.00003337 106 -100%
1978 112 0.000035288 112 -100%
1979 105 0.00003156 105 -100%
1980 95 0.00002758 95 -100%
1981 103 0.000029774 103 -100%
1982 97 0.000027651 97 -100%
1983 73 0.000021078 73 -100%
1984 74 0.000021211 74 -100%
1985 80 0.000022415 80 -100%
1986 65 0.000018273 65 -100%
1987 62 0.000017195 62 -100%
1988 72 0.000019486 72 -100%
1989 62 0.000016127 62 -100%
1990 52 0.000013156 52 -100%
1991 59 0.000015147 59 -100%
1992 53 0.000013798 53 -100%
1993 39 0.000010344 39 -100%
1994 42 0.000011297 42 -100%
1995 41 0.000011196 41 -100%
1996 37 0.000010145 37 -100%
1997 38 0.000010481 38 -100%
1998 41 0.000011147 41 -100%
1999 31 0.000008392 31 -100%
2000 30 0.000007937 30 -100%
2001 28 0.00000748 28 -100%
2002 27 0.000007223 27 -100%
2003 29 0.000007627 29 -100%
2004 26 0.000006805 26 -100%
2005 19 0.000004942 19 -100%
2006 24 0.000006066 24 -100%
2007 28 0.000007004 28 -100%
2008 24 0.000006106 24 -100%
2009 24 0.000006282 24 -100%
2010 22 0.000005953 22 -100%
2011 21 0.000005741 21 -100%
2012 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2013 22 0.000006035 22 -100%
2014 23 0.000006206 23 -100%
2015 30 0.000008106 30 -100%
2016 25 0.000006814 25 -100%
2017 28 0.00000783 28 -100%
2018 28 0.000007964 28 -100%
2019 37 0.00001066 37 -100%
2020 21 0.000006286 21 -100%
2021 25 0.000007379 25 -100%
2022 30 0.000008868 30 -100%
2023 33 0.000009966 33 -100%
2024 42 0.000012618 42 -100%

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