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How popular is “Margretta” in the USA?

Number of people named “Margretta” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Margretta” by birth year

This chart shows how “Margretta” 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
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 100%
1906 10 0.00002334 10 100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 100%
1913 21 0.000018468 21 100%
1914 10 0.00000706 10 100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 100%
1918 17 0.00000783 17 100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 100%
1920 21 0.000009281 21 100%
1921 22 0.000009424 22 100%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1924 18 0.000007558 18 100%
1925 17 0.000007286 17 100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 100%
1927 13 0.000005605 13 100%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 100%
1929 18 0.000008211 18 100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 100%
1940 9 0.000003908 9 100%
1941 17 0.000006977 17 100%
1942 13 0.000004759 13 100%
1943 15 0.000005314 15 100%
1944 16 0.000005948 16 100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 100%
1950 16 0.000004567 16 100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 100%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 100%
1953 11 0.000002854 11 100%
1954 14 0.000003517 14 100%
1955 13 0.000003238 13 100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 100%
1960 17 0.000004093 17 100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 100%
1968 8 0.000002368 8 100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 100%

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