Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Wolfgang” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wolfgang” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wolfgang” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wolfgang” 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
1929 8 0.000003649 8 -100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 -100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1953 13 0.000003373 13 -100%
1954 14 0.000003517 14 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 -100%
1957 13 0.000003094 13 -100%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 -100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 -100%
1960 16 0.000003852 16 -100%
1961 14 0.00000338 14 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 -100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 -100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 -100%
1969 13 0.000003741 13 -100%
1970 26 0.000007209 26 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 -100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 -100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 -100%
1988 18 0.000004871 18 -100%
1989 16 0.000004162 16 -100%
1990 16 0.000004048 16 -100%
1991 27 0.000006931 27 -100%
1992 49 0.000012756 49 -100%
1993 30 0.000007957 30 -100%
1994 66 0.000017753 66 -100%
1995 59 0.000016111 59 -100%
1996 48 0.000013161 48 -100%
1997 53 0.000014618 53 -100%
1998 62 0.000016856 62 -100%
1999 58 0.000015702 58 -100%
2000 51 0.000013492 51 -100%
2001 56 0.00001496 56 -100%
2002 50 0.000013375 50 -100%
2003 49 0.000012887 49 -100%
2004 50 0.000013086 50 -100%
2005 52 0.000013525 52 -100%
2006 48 0.000012133 48 -100%
2007 38 0.000009506 38 -100%
2008 50 0.00001272 50 -100%
2009 64 0.000016753 64 -100%
2010 69 0.00001867 69 -100%
2011 84 0.000022965 84 -100%
2012 67 0.000018319 67 -100%
2013 68 0.000018652 68 -100%
2014 93 0.000025092 93 -100%
2015 113 0.000030533 113 -100%
2016 119 0.000032437 119 -100%
2017 117 0.000032716 117 -100%
2018 126 0.000035837 126 -100%
2019 146 0.000042064 146 -100%
2020 132 0.000039514 132 -100%
2021 148 0.000043684 148 -100%
2022 131 0.000038721 131 -100%
2023 144 0.000043489 144 -100%
2024 115 0.00003455 115 -100%

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