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How popular is “Wilford” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wilford” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wilford” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wilford” 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 18 0.000089337 18 -100%
1881 18 0.000093415 18 -100%
1882 25 0.00011285 25 -100%
1883 20 0.000092189 20 -100%
1884 16 0.000065719 16 -100%
1885 20 0.000083038 20 -100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 -100%
1887 13 0.000052548 13 -100%
1888 17 0.000056766 17 -100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 -100%
1890 16 0.000053085 16 -100%
1891 20 0.000069766 20 -100%
1892 15 0.00004486 15 -100%
1893 28 0.000086095 28 -100%
1894 28 0.000082671 28 -100%
1895 18 0.000051279 18 -100%
1896 18 0.000050352 18 -100%
1897 22 0.000063408 22 -100%
1898 15 0.000039323 15 -100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 -100%
1900 24 0.000053303 24 -100%
1901 15 0.000043376 15 -100%
1902 17 0.000043958 17 -100%
1903 18 0.000047219 18 -100%
1904 18 0.000044611 18 -100%
1905 25 0.000058973 25 -100%
1906 29 0.000067686 29 -100%
1907 31 0.000066611 31 -100%
1908 38 0.000077765 38 -100%
1909 31 0.000060639 31 -100%
1910 39 0.000066022 39 -100%
1911 69 0.000107097 69 -100%
1912 92 0.000093112 92 -100%
1913 123 0.000108169 123 -100%
1914 169 0.000119321 169 -100%
1915 240 0.000130974 240 -100%
1916 225 0.000116314 225 -100%
1917 232 0.00011561 232 -100%
1918 271 0.000124821 271 -100%
1919 238 0.000112783 238 -100%
1920 249 0.000110048 249 -100%
1921 271 0.000116085 271 -100%
1922 268 0.000117074 268 -100%
1923 223 0.000096852 223 -100%
1924 257 0.00010791 257 -100%
1925 257 0.000110144 5 252 -96%
1926 276 0.000120214 276 -100%
1927 232 0.000100028 232 -100%
1928 249 0.000110131 249 -100%
1929 215 0.000098077 215 -100%
1930 210 0.000094455 210 -100%
1931 208 0.000098841 208 -100%
1932 169 0.000080046 169 -100%
1933 139 0.000069519 139 -100%
1934 193 0.000092931 193 -100%
1935 153 0.000073209 153 -100%
1936 158 0.00007605 158 -100%
1937 164 0.000076971 164 -100%
1938 150 0.000067794 150 -100%
1939 145 0.000065806 145 -100%
1940 143 0.000062101 143 -100%
1941 122 0.000050073 122 -100%
1942 151 0.000055275 151 -100%
1943 144 0.000051018 144 -100%
1944 144 0.00005353 144 -100%
1945 128 0.000048249 128 -100%
1946 125 0.00003912 125 -100%
1947 129 0.00003581 129 -100%
1948 128 0.000037074 128 -100%
1949 132 0.000037879 132 -100%
1950 118 0.000033682 118 -100%
1951 132 0.000035833 132 -100%
1952 112 0.000029489 112 -100%
1953 115 0.000029842 115 -100%
1954 109 0.000027382 109 -100%
1955 116 0.000028891 116 -100%
1956 100 0.000024254 100 -100%
1957 94 0.00002237 94 -100%
1958 95 0.000022981 95 -100%
1959 80 0.00001924 80 -100%
1960 70 0.000016852 70 -100%
1961 68 0.000016416 68 -100%
1962 67 0.000016603 67 -100%
1963 64 0.000016169 64 -100%
1964 63 0.000016205 63 -100%
1965 58 0.000015998 58 -100%
1966 50 0.000014386 50 -100%
1967 44 0.000012961 44 -100%
1968 63 0.000018648 63 -100%
1969 51 0.000014675 51 -100%
1970 52 0.000014418 52 -100%
1971 37 0.00001078 37 -100%
1972 48 0.000015272 48 -100%
1973 26 0.000008618 26 -100%
1974 44 0.000014474 44 -100%
1975 43 0.000014241 43 -100%
1976 37 0.000012194 37 -100%
1977 37 0.000011648 37 -100%
1978 32 0.000010082 32 -100%
1979 34 0.000010219 34 -100%
1980 25 0.000007258 25 -100%
1981 20 0.000005781 20 -100%
1982 37 0.000010547 37 -100%
1983 24 0.00000693 24 -100%
1984 26 0.000007453 26 -100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 -100%
1986 22 0.000006185 22 -100%
1987 18 0.000004992 18 -100%
1988 20 0.000005413 20 -100%
1989 25 0.000006503 25 -100%
1990 15 0.000003795 15 -100%
1991 18 0.000004621 18 -100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 -100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 -100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 -100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 -100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 -100%
1999 17 0.000004602 17 -100%
2000 14 0.000003704 14 -100%
2001 13 0.000003473 13 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2010 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
2011 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 -100%
2014 11 0.000002968 11 -100%
2015 10 0.000002702 10 -100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 -100%
2017 10 0.000002796 10 -100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 -100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 -100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 -100%

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