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How popular is “Margaretha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Margaretha” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Margaretha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Margaretha” 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
1884 5 0.000020537 5 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 100%
1887 15 0.000060633 15 100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1894 12 0.000035431 12 100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 100%
1899 12 0.000035374 12 100%
1900 9 0.000019989 9 100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 100%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 100%
1917 15 0.000007475 15 100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 100%
1920 14 0.000006187 14 100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1924 8 0.000003359 8 100%
1925 15 0.000006429 15 100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 100%
1932 9 0.000004263 9 100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 100%

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