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How popular is “Willma” in the USA?

Number of people named “Willma” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Willma” by birth year

This chart shows how “Willma” 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
1898 5 0.000013108 5 100%
1902 7 0.0000181 7 100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 100%
1915 17 0.000009277 17 100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 100%
1917 18 0.00000897 18 100%
1918 27 0.000012436 27 100%
1919 22 0.000010425 22 100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 100%
1921 15 0.000006425 15 100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 100%
1923 16 0.000006949 16 100%
1924 25 0.000010497 25 100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 100%
1927 20 0.000008623 20 100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 100%
1931 22 0.000010454 22 100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 100%
1933 24 0.000012003 24 100%
1934 18 0.000008667 18 100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 100%
1936 11 0.000005295 11 100%
1937 20 0.000009387 20 100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 100%
1943 13 0.000004606 13 100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 100%
1949 15 0.000004304 15 100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 100%

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