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How popular is “Wilfred” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wilfred” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wilfred” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wilfred” 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 21 0.000104227 21 -100%
1881 22 0.000114174 22 -100%
1882 22 0.000099308 22 -100%
1883 42 0.000193597 42 -100%
1884 33 0.000135545 33 -100%
1885 37 0.00015362 37 -100%
1886 27 0.000105751 27 -100%
1887 31 0.000125307 31 -100%
1888 36 0.000120211 36 -100%
1889 37 0.000128052 37 -100%
1890 45 0.000149303 45 -100%
1891 40 0.000139532 40 -100%
1892 45 0.00013458 45 -100%
1893 50 0.000153741 50 -100%
1894 44 0.000129912 44 -100%
1895 41 0.000116802 41 -100%
1896 71 0.00019861 71 -100%
1897 46 0.000132581 46 -100%
1898 76 0.000199237 76 -100%
1899 52 0.000153287 52 -100%
1900 81 0.000179897 81 -100%
1901 47 0.000135912 47 -100%
1902 63 0.000162903 63 -100%
1903 64 0.000167891 64 -100%
1904 80 0.000198273 80 -100%
1905 75 0.000176919 75 -100%
1906 75 0.000175049 75 -100%
1907 93 0.000199832 93 -100%
1908 98 0.000200553 98 -100%
1909 91 0.000178004 91 -100%
1910 102 0.000172673 5 97 -90%
1911 168 0.000260757 168 -100%
1912 317 0.00032083 317 -100%
1913 389 0.000342095 5 384 -97%
1914 463 0.000326898 463 -100%
1915 637 0.000347627 11 626 -97%
1916 723 0.000373756 723 -100%
1917 772 0.000384702 772 -100%
1918 736 0.000338997 5 731 -99%
1919 703 0.000333137 8 695 -98%
1920 811 0.00035843 9 802 -98%
1921 747 0.000319982 10 737 -97%
1922 728 0.000318021 8 720 -98%
1923 779 0.000338331 779 -100%
1924 728 0.000305676 728 -100%
1925 743 0.000318433 6 737 -98%
1926 651 0.000283548 10 641 -97%
1927 747 0.000322072 5 742 -99%
1928 646 0.000285722 10 636 -97%
1929 618 0.000281914 6 612 -98%
1930 601 0.00027032 601 -100%
1931 514 0.000244252 514 -100%
1932 521 0.000246768 521 -100%
1933 432 0.00021606 432 -100%
1934 422 0.000203196 422 -100%
1935 409 0.000195703 409 -100%
1936 420 0.000202158 420 -100%
1937 397 0.000186326 397 -100%
1938 404 0.000182593 404 -100%
1939 369 0.000167465 369 -100%
1940 325 0.00014114 325 -100%
1941 308 0.000126415 308 -100%
1942 341 0.000124825 341 -100%
1943 395 0.000139944 395 -100%
1944 350 0.000130108 350 -100%
1945 293 0.000110445 293 -100%
1946 321 0.00010046 321 -100%
1947 322 0.000089387 322 -100%
1948 292 0.000084576 292 -100%
1949 316 0.00009068 316 -100%
1950 305 0.000087059 305 -100%
1951 306 0.000083068 306 -100%
1952 297 0.000078199 297 -100%
1953 294 0.000076291 294 -100%
1954 255 0.000064059 255 -100%
1955 283 0.000070484 283 -100%
1956 273 0.000066213 5 268 -96%
1957 301 0.00007163 301 -100%
1958 258 0.000062411 258 -100%
1959 266 0.000063973 266 -100%
1960 249 0.000059945 249 -100%
1961 237 0.000057215 237 -100%
1962 232 0.000057492 232 -100%
1963 233 0.000058865 233 -100%
1964 200 0.000051446 200 -100%
1965 198 0.000054614 198 -100%
1966 190 0.000054666 190 -100%
1967 143 0.000042122 143 -100%
1968 127 0.000037592 127 -100%
1969 146 0.00004201 146 -100%
1970 145 0.000040205 145 -100%
1971 146 0.000042536 146 -100%
1972 110 0.000034998 110 -100%
1973 83 0.000027512 83 -100%
1974 122 0.000040132 122 -100%
1975 76 0.000025171 76 -100%
1976 99 0.000032627 99 -100%
1977 93 0.000029278 93 -100%
1978 88 0.000027726 88 -100%
1979 102 0.000030658 102 -100%
1980 74 0.000021483 74 -100%
1981 84 0.000024282 84 -100%
1982 111 0.000031642 111 -100%
1983 87 0.00002512 87 -100%
1984 96 0.000027517 96 -100%
1985 78 0.000021854 78 -100%
1986 66 0.000018555 66 -100%
1987 55 0.000015254 55 -100%
1988 70 0.000018944 70 -100%
1989 83 0.00002159 83 -100%
1990 57 0.000014421 57 -100%
1991 84 0.000021565 84 -100%
1992 65 0.000016921 65 -100%
1993 56 0.000014853 56 -100%
1994 62 0.000016677 62 -100%
1995 42 0.000011469 42 -100%
1996 37 0.000010145 37 -100%
1997 48 0.000013239 48 -100%
1998 60 0.000016312 60 -100%
1999 30 0.000008122 30 -100%
2000 42 0.000011111 42 -100%
2001 40 0.000010686 40 -100%
2002 44 0.00001177 44 -100%
2003 31 0.000008153 31 -100%
2004 40 0.000010469 40 -100%
2005 31 0.000008063 31 -100%
2006 29 0.00000733 29 -100%
2007 32 0.000008005 32 -100%
2008 33 0.000008396 33 -100%
2009 21 0.000005497 21 -100%
2010 31 0.000008388 31 -100%
2011 23 0.000006288 23 -100%
2012 18 0.000004922 18 -100%
2013 30 0.000008229 30 -100%
2014 28 0.000007555 28 -100%
2015 23 0.000006215 23 -100%
2016 33 0.000008995 33 -100%
2017 23 0.000006431 23 -100%
2018 28 0.000007964 28 -100%
2019 25 0.000007203 25 -100%
2020 27 0.000008082 27 -100%
2021 39 0.000011511 39 -100%
2022 24 0.000007094 24 -100%
2023 29 0.000008758 29 -100%
2024 20 0.000006009 20 -100%

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