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How popular is “Wilma” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wilma” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wilma” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wilma” 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 5 0.000024816 5 100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 100%
1882 14 0.000063196 14 100%
1883 18 0.00008297 18 100%
1884 17 0.000069826 17 100%
1885 23 0.000095494 23 100%
1886 26 0.000101835 26 100%
1887 22 0.000088928 22 100%
1888 37 0.00012355 37 100%
1889 40 0.000138434 40 100%
1890 64 0.000212342 64 100%
1891 59 0.000205809 59 100%
1892 86 0.000257197 86 100%
1893 81 0.00024906 81 100%
1894 90 0.00026573 90 100%
1895 99 0.000282035 99 100%
1896 105 0.000293719 105 100%
1897 131 0.000377568 131 100%
1898 159 0.000416825 159 100%
1899 235 0.000692737 235 100%
1900 285 0.00063297 285 100%
1901 245 0.000708477 245 100%
1902 272 0.000703328 272 100%
1903 293 0.000768625 293 100%
1904 352 0.000872399 352 100%
1905 357 0.000842136 357 100%
1906 408 0.000952268 408 100%
1907 525 0.001128086 525 100%
1908 635 0.001299501 630 5 98%
1909 650 0.001271458 645 5 98%
1910 698 0.001181627 698 100%
1911 914 0.001418642 914 100%
1912 1247 0.001262067 1241 6 99%
1913 1484 0.001305063 1469 15 98%
1914 1795 0.001267347 1788 7 99%
1915 2780 0.001517114 2773 7 99%
1916 2980 0.001540516 2962 18 99%
1917 3089 0.001539305 3071 18 99%
1918 3319 0.00152871 3298 21 99%
1919 3185 0.001509303 3170 15 99%
1920 3687 0.00162951 3670 17 99%
1921 3845 0.00164703 3824 21 99%
1922 3548 0.001549916 3535 13 99%
1923 3731 0.001620426 3706 25 99%
1924 4085 0.001715226 4066 19 99%
1925 4202 0.001800881 4175 27 99%
1926 4075 0.001774899 4054 21 99%
1927 4177 0.001800929 4153 24 99%
1928 3961 0.001751928 3937 24 99%
1929 4036 0.001841106 4007 29 99%
1930 4101 0.001844565 4074 27 99%
1931 3767 0.001790069 3741 26 99%
1932 3632 0.001720274 3611 21 99%
1933 3438 0.001719475 3417 21 99%
1934 3337 0.001606787 3311 26 98%
1935 3383 0.001618738 3361 22 99%
1936 3136 0.00150945 3123 13 99%
1937 3002 0.001408946 2977 25 98%
1938 2898 0.001309787 2871 27 98%
1939 2727 0.001237609 2701 26 98%
1940 2642 0.001147356 2621 21 98%
1941 2449 0.001005161 2427 22 98%
1942 2476 0.000906356 2457 19 98%
1943 2389 0.000846395 2377 12 99%
1944 2145 0.000797374 2128 17 98%
1945 1900 0.000716195 1890 10 99%
1946 1925 0.000602446 1914 11 99%
1947 1917 0.000532157 1910 7 99%
1948 1751 0.000507166 1742 9 99%
1949 1726 0.000495297 1726 100%
1950 1662 0.000474402 1655 7 99%
1951 1650 0.000447914 1645 5 99%
1952 1434 0.000377567 1423 11 98%
1953 1441 0.000373932 1435 6 99%
1954 1309 0.000328836 1303 6 99%
1955 1101 0.000274216 1101 100%
1956 1086 0.000263398 1086 100%
1957 991 0.000235832 986 5 99%
1958 890 0.000215293 890 100%
1959 759 0.00018254 754 5 99%
1960 724 0.000174298 724 100%
1961 727 0.000175506 717 10 97%
1962 583 0.000144472 583 100%
1963 555 0.000140215 555 100%
1964 458 0.00011781 458 100%
1965 395 0.000108952 395 100%
1966 339 0.000097536 339 100%
1967 281 0.000082771 281 100%
1968 224 0.000066303 224 100%
1969 249 0.000071648 249 100%
1970 202 0.00005601 202 100%
1971 187 0.000054482 187 100%
1972 142 0.00004518 142 100%
1973 130 0.000043091 130 100%
1974 114 0.0000375 114 100%
1975 109 0.0000361 109 100%
1976 102 0.000033616 102 100%
1977 82 0.000025815 82 100%
1978 88 0.000027726 88 100%
1979 83 0.000024947 83 100%
1980 79 0.000022935 79 100%
1981 78 0.000022547 78 100%
1982 81 0.00002309 81 100%
1983 65 0.000018768 65 100%
1984 54 0.000015478 54 100%
1985 51 0.000014289 51 100%
1986 56 0.000015743 56 100%
1987 40 0.000011094 40 100%
1988 51 0.000013802 51 100%
1989 54 0.000014046 54 100%
1990 59 0.000014927 59 100%
1991 41 0.000010526 41 100%
1992 45 0.000011715 45 100%
1993 47 0.000012466 47 100%
1994 40 0.000010759 40 100%
1995 46 0.000012561 46 100%
1996 32 0.000008774 32 100%
1997 36 0.000009929 36 100%
1998 33 0.000008972 33 100%
1999 39 0.000010558 39 100%
2000 32 0.000008466 32 100%
2001 29 0.000007747 29 100%
2002 34 0.000009095 34 100%
2003 26 0.000006838 26 100%
2004 29 0.00000759 29 100%
2005 26 0.000006762 26 100%
2006 23 0.000005814 23 100%
2007 26 0.000006504 26 100%
2008 27 0.000006869 27 100%
2009 31 0.000008115 31 100%
2010 28 0.000007576 28 100%
2011 28 0.000007655 28 100%
2012 25 0.000006836 25 100%
2013 32 0.000008778 32 100%
2014 20 0.000005396 20 100%
2015 32 0.000008647 32 100%
2016 23 0.000006269 23 100%
2017 34 0.000009507 34 100%
2018 42 0.000011946 42 100%
2019 36 0.000010372 36 100%
2020 38 0.000011375 38 100%
2021 31 0.00000915 31 100%
2022 43 0.00001271 43 100%
2023 33 0.000009966 33 100%
2024 36 0.000010816 36 100%

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