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How popular is “Wm” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wm” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wm” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wm” 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 14 0.000069484 14 -100%
1881 15 0.000077846 15 -100%
1882 18 0.000081252 18 -100%
1883 16 0.000073751 16 -100%
1884 22 0.000090364 22 -100%
1885 23 0.000095494 23 -100%
1886 15 0.000058751 15 -100%
1887 15 0.000060633 15 -100%
1888 25 0.00008348 25 -100%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 -100%
1890 21 0.000069675 21 -100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 -100%
1892 17 0.000050841 17 -100%
1893 18 0.000055347 18 -100%
1894 19 0.000056098 19 -100%
1895 14 0.000039884 14 -100%
1896 25 0.000069933 25 -100%
1897 20 0.000057644 20 -100%
1898 23 0.000060295 23 -100%
1899 19 0.000056009 19 -100%
1900 20 0.000044419 20 -100%
1901 21 0.000060727 21 -100%
1902 12 0.000031029 12 -100%
1903 25 0.000065582 25 -100%
1904 12 0.000029741 12 -100%
1905 16 0.000037743 16 -100%
1906 30 0.00007002 30 -100%
1907 28 0.000060165 28 -100%
1908 36 0.000073673 36 -100%
1909 40 0.000078244 40 -100%
1910 32 0.000054172 32 -100%
1911 32 0.000049668 32 -100%
1912 39 0.000039471 39 -100%
1913 45 0.000039574 45 -100%
1914 53 0.00003742 53 -100%
1915 83 0.000045295 6 77 -86%
1916 91 0.000047043 6 85 -87%
1917 77 0.000038371 7 70 -82%
1918 80 0.000036847 80 -100%
1919 81 0.000038384 6 75 -85%
1920 82 0.000036241 10 72 -76%
1921 80 0.000034269 10 70 -75%
1922 75 0.000032763 8 67 -79%
1923 51 0.00002215 8 43 -69%
1924 72 0.000030232 10 62 -72%
1925 84 0.000036 8 76 -81%
1926 69 0.000030054 69 -100%
1927 54 0.000023282 54 -100%
1928 39 0.000017249 39 -100%
1929 24 0.000010948 24 -100%
1930 21 0.000009445 7 14 -33%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 -100%
1936 14 0.000006739 14 -100%
1937 21 0.000009856 21 -100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 -100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 -100%
1943 13 0.000004606 13 -100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1965 13 0.000003586 13 -100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 -100%
1967 22 0.00000648 22 -100%
1968 28 0.000008288 28 -100%
1969 24 0.000006906 24 -100%
1970 39 0.000010814 39 -100%
1971 30 0.00000874 30 -100%
1972 26 0.000008272 26 -100%
1973 21 0.000006961 21 -100%
1974 27 0.000008882 27 -100%
1975 23 0.000007617 23 -100%
1976 25 0.000008239 25 -100%
1977 29 0.00000913 29 -100%
1978 21 0.000006617 21 -100%
1979 21 0.000006312 21 -100%
1980 30 0.00000871 30 -100%
1981 28 0.000008094 28 -100%
1982 39 0.000011118 39 -100%
1983 35 0.000010106 35 -100%
1984 30 0.000008599 30 -100%
1985 28 0.000007845 28 -100%
1986 24 0.000006747 24 -100%
1987 21 0.000005824 21 -100%
1988 25 0.000006766 25 -100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%

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