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How popular is “Witney” in the USA?

Number of people named “Witney” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Witney” by birth year

This chart shows how “Witney” 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
1983 9 0.000002599 9 100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 100%
1986 26 0.000007309 26 100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 18 0.000004554 18 100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 100%
1993 13 0.000003448 13 100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 100%

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