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How popular is “Woodie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Woodie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Woodie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Woodie” 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 8 0.000041518 8 -100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1884 8 0.000032859 8 -100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 -100%
1886 11 0.000043084 11 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1888 15 0.000050088 5 10 -33%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1902 12 0.000031029 5 7 -17%
1903 13 0.000034103 7 6 8%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 14 0.000032676 7 7 0%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1910 14 0.0000237 5 9 -29%
1911 16 0.000024834 6 10 -25%
1912 25 0.000025302 9 16 -28%
1913 40 0.000035177 10 30 -50%
1914 38 0.00002683 11 27 -42%
1915 43 0.000023466 11 32 -49%
1916 48 0.000024814 13 35 -46%
1917 47 0.000023421 13 34 -45%
1918 49 0.000022569 7 42 -71%
1919 50 0.000023694 14 36 -44%
1920 37 0.000016353 11 26 -41%
1921 32 0.000013707 7 25 -56%
1922 41 0.000017911 41 -100%
1923 33 0.000014332 7 26 -58%
1924 37 0.000015536 10 27 -46%
1925 25 0.000010714 5 20 -60%
1926 59 0.000025698 19 40 -36%
1927 41 0.000017677 8 33 -61%
1928 29 0.000012827 6 23 -59%
1929 22 0.000010036 22 -100%
1930 25 0.000011245 7 18 -44%
1931 35 0.000016632 8 27 -54%
1932 21 0.000009947 21 -100%
1933 36 0.000018005 6 30 -67%
1934 22 0.000010593 22 -100%
1935 26 0.000012441 6 20 -54%
1936 28 0.000013477 6 22 -57%
1937 30 0.00001408 6 24 -60%
1938 33 0.000014915 8 25 -52%
1939 35 0.000015884 6 29 -66%
1940 45 0.000019542 45 -100%
1941 52 0.000021343 6 46 -77%
1942 58 0.000021231 13 45 -55%
1943 48 0.000017006 9 39 -63%
1944 47 0.000017472 6 41 -74%
1945 44 0.000016586 7 37 -68%
1946 55 0.000017213 7 48 -75%
1947 48 0.000013325 6 42 -75%
1948 42 0.000012165 6 36 -71%
1949 29 0.000008322 29 -100%
1950 34 0.000009705 6 28 -65%
1951 32 0.000008687 32 -100%
1952 44 0.000011585 5 39 -77%
1953 30 0.000007785 30 -100%
1954 34 0.000008541 5 29 -71%
1955 30 0.000007472 30 -100%
1956 34 0.000008246 34 -100%
1957 24 0.000005711 24 -100%
1958 21 0.00000508 21 -100%
1959 21 0.000005051 21 -100%
1960 24 0.000005778 24 -100%
1961 17 0.000004104 17 -100%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 -100%
1967 14 0.000004124 14 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 -100%
1970 9 0.000002495 9 -100%
1971 13 0.000003787 13 -100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%

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