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How popular is “Winfred” in the USA?

Number of people named “Winfred” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Winfred” by birth year

This chart shows how “Winfred” 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 12 0.000059558 12 -100%
1881 12 0.000062277 12 -100%
1882 9 0.000040626 9 -100%
1883 11 0.000050704 11 -100%
1884 15 0.000061612 15 -100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 -100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 -100%
1890 13 0.000043132 13 -100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 -100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 -100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 -100%
1895 13 0.000037035 13 -100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1898 12 0.000031458 12 -100%
1899 13 0.000038322 13 -100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 -100%
1902 17 0.000043958 17 -100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 -100%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 -100%
1905 18 0.000042461 18 -100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 -100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 -100%
1908 20 0.000040929 20 -100%
1909 25 0.000048902 5 20 -60%
1910 18 0.000030472 18 -100%
1911 23 0.000035699 23 -100%
1912 71 0.000071858 6 65 -83%
1913 102 0.000089701 6 96 -88%
1914 116 0.000081901 116 -100%
1915 151 0.000082404 5 146 -93%
1916 204 0.000105458 12 192 -88%
1917 229 0.000114115 15 214 -87%
1918 218 0.000100409 7 211 -94%
1919 245 0.0001161 23 222 -81%
1920 236 0.000104303 8 228 -93%
1921 230 0.000098522 7 223 -94%
1922 260 0.000113579 16 244 -88%
1923 241 0.00010467 11 230 -91%
1924 241 0.000101192 10 231 -92%
1925 222 0.000095144 14 208 -87%
1926 214 0.000093209 11 203 -90%
1927 202 0.000087093 10 192 -90%
1928 203 0.000089786 5 198 -95%
1929 197 0.000089866 7 190 -93%
1930 194 0.000087258 9 185 -91%
1931 172 0.000081734 9 163 -90%
1932 176 0.000083361 6 170 -93%
1933 144 0.00007202 8 136 -89%
1934 148 0.000071263 9 139 -88%
1935 153 0.000073209 7 146 -91%
1936 142 0.000068349 7 135 -90%
1937 158 0.000074155 158 -100%
1938 161 0.000072766 6 155 -93%
1939 121 0.000054914 8 113 -87%
1940 162 0.000070353 7 155 -91%
1941 141 0.000057872 6 135 -91%
1942 152 0.000055641 5 147 -93%
1943 156 0.000055269 8 148 -90%
1944 121 0.00004498 121 -100%
1945 145 0.000054657 5 140 -93%
1946 109 0.000034113 109 -100%
1947 136 0.000037753 5 131 -93%
1948 126 0.000036495 126 -100%
1949 135 0.00003874 5 130 -93%
1950 133 0.000037964 133 -100%
1951 146 0.000039634 146 -100%
1952 169 0.000044497 5 164 -94%
1953 150 0.000038924 150 -100%
1954 145 0.000036426 145 -100%
1955 168 0.000041842 5 163 -94%
1956 199 0.000048265 6 193 -94%
1957 169 0.000040218 169 -100%
1958 131 0.000031689 131 -100%
1959 139 0.00003343 139 -100%
1960 155 0.000037315 7 148 -91%
1961 131 0.000031625 8 123 -88%
1962 144 0.000035684 7 137 -90%
1963 114 0.000028801 7 107 -88%
1964 95 0.000024437 95 -100%
1965 90 0.000024825 90 -100%
1966 85 0.000024456 85 -100%
1967 45 0.000013255 45 -100%
1968 62 0.000018352 8 54 -74%
1969 50 0.000014387 50 -100%
1970 62 0.000017191 5 57 -84%
1971 55 0.000016024 55 -100%
1972 37 0.000011772 37 -100%
1973 47 0.000015579 47 -100%
1974 44 0.000014474 44 -100%
1975 32 0.000010598 32 -100%
1976 33 0.000010876 33 -100%
1977 42 0.000013222 42 -100%
1978 25 0.000007877 25 -100%
1979 28 0.000008416 28 -100%
1980 49 0.000014226 5 44 -80%
1981 38 0.000010985 38 -100%
1982 33 0.000009407 33 -100%
1983 27 0.000007796 27 -100%
1984 25 0.000007166 25 -100%
1985 35 0.000009806 35 -100%
1986 18 0.00000506 18 -100%
1987 27 0.000007488 27 -100%
1988 28 0.000007578 28 -100%
1989 28 0.000007283 28 -100%
1990 19 0.000004807 19 -100%
1991 28 0.000007188 28 -100%
1992 15 0.000003905 15 -100%
1993 17 0.000004509 17 -100%
1994 20 0.00000538 20 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 -100%
1997 18 0.000004964 18 -100%
1998 16 0.00000435 16 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%

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