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How popular is “Caldwell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Caldwell” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Caldwell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Caldwell” 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
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 -100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 -100%
1918 21 0.000009672 21 -100%
1919 20 0.000009478 20 -100%
1920 16 0.000007071 16 -100%
1921 16 0.000006854 16 -100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 -100%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 -100%
1925 7 0.000003 7 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 -100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 -100%
1929 14 0.000006386 14 -100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 -100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 -100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 -100%
1933 9 0.000004501 9 -100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 -100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 -100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 -100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 -100%
2019 9 0.000002593 9 -100%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 -100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 -100%
2024 14 0.000004206 14 -100%

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