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How popular is “Wilhelm” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wilhelm” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wilhelm” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wilhelm” 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 6 0.000029779 6 -100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 -100%
1913 18 0.00001583 18 -100%
1914 26 0.000018357 26 -100%
1915 21 0.00001146 21 -100%
1916 35 0.000018093 35 -100%
1917 26 0.000012956 26 -100%
1918 17 0.00000783 17 -100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 -100%
1920 16 0.000007071 16 -100%
1921 17 0.000007282 17 -100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 -100%
1923 12 0.000005212 12 -100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 -100%
1925 13 0.000005572 13 -100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 -100%
1927 13 0.000005605 13 -100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 -100%
1929 15 0.000006843 15 -100%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 -100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 -100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1936 13 0.000006257 13 -100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 15 0.000006514 15 -100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 -100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 -100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 -100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1952 17 0.000004476 17 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 -100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 16 0.00000387 16 -100%
1959 12 0.000002886 12 -100%
1960 19 0.000004574 19 -100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 -100%
1962 19 0.000004708 19 -100%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 -100%
1964 18 0.00000463 18 -100%
1965 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 16 0.000004713 16 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 -100%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 -100%
1970 26 0.000007209 26 -100%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 -100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 -100%
1973 15 0.000004972 15 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 21 0.000005986 21 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 -100%
1985 15 0.000004203 15 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 -100%
1988 16 0.00000433 16 -100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 14 0.000003594 14 -100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 -100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 -100%
1994 13 0.000003497 13 -100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 -100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 -100%
1997 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 -100%
1999 18 0.000004873 18 -100%
2000 13 0.000003439 13 -100%
2001 21 0.00000561 21 -100%
2002 22 0.000005885 22 -100%
2003 25 0.000006575 25 -100%
2004 21 0.000005496 21 -100%
2005 24 0.000006242 24 -100%
2006 17 0.000004297 17 -100%
2007 22 0.000005503 22 -100%
2008 20 0.000005088 20 -100%
2009 20 0.000005235 20 -100%
2010 26 0.000007035 26 -100%
2011 16 0.000004374 16 -100%
2012 24 0.000006562 24 -100%
2013 19 0.000005212 19 -100%
2014 38 0.000010253 38 -100%
2015 21 0.000005674 21 -100%
2016 24 0.000006542 24 -100%
2017 24 0.000006711 24 -100%
2018 29 0.000008248 29 -100%
2019 12 0.000003457 12 -100%
2020 26 0.000007783 26 -100%
2021 25 0.000007379 25 -100%
2022 33 0.000009754 33 -100%
2023 18 0.000005436 18 -100%
2024 25 0.000007511 25 -100%

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