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How popular is “Wright” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wright” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wright” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wright” 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 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 -100%
1884 8 0.000032859 8 -100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 -100%
1892 13 0.000038879 13 -100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 -100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1897 10 0.000028822 10 -100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 -100%
1899 14 0.000041269 14 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 -100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1907 12 0.000025785 12 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 -100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 -100%
1911 12 0.000018626 12 -100%
1912 21 0.000021254 21 -100%
1913 18 0.00001583 18 -100%
1914 28 0.000019769 28 -100%
1915 35 0.0000191 35 -100%
1916 28 0.000014475 28 -100%
1917 24 0.00001196 24 -100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 -100%
1919 28 0.000013269 28 -100%
1920 22 0.000009723 22 -100%
1921 30 0.000012851 30 -100%
1922 24 0.000010484 24 -100%
1923 29 0.000012595 29 -100%
1924 27 0.000011337 27 -100%
1925 28 0.000012 28 -100%
1926 15 0.000006533 15 -100%
1927 25 0.000010779 25 -100%
1928 24 0.000010615 24 -100%
1929 16 0.000007299 16 -100%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 -100%
1931 24 0.000011405 24 -100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 -100%
1933 18 0.000009002 18 -100%
1934 14 0.000006741 14 -100%
1935 17 0.000008134 17 -100%
1936 14 0.000006739 14 -100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 -100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 -100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 -100%
1940 22 0.000009554 22 -100%
1941 14 0.000005746 14 -100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 -100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 -100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 -100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 17 0.000004719 17 -100%
1948 12 0.000003476 12 -100%
1949 19 0.000005452 19 -100%
1950 17 0.000004852 17 -100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 -100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 -100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 -100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 -100%
1958 12 0.000002903 12 -100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 -100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 10 0.000002478 10 -100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1970 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 -100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 -100%
2012 16 0.000004375 16 -100%
2013 13 0.000003566 13 -100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 -100%
2015 13 0.000003513 13 -100%
2016 14 0.000003816 14 -100%
2017 29 0.000008109 29 -100%
2018 15 0.000004266 15 -100%
2019 16 0.00000461 16 -100%
2020 23 0.000006885 23 -100%
2021 16 0.000004723 16 -100%
2022 28 0.000008276 28 -100%
2023 25 0.00000755 25 -100%
2024 25 0.000007511 25 -100%

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