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How popular is “Norbert” in the USA?

Number of people named “Norbert” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Norbert” by birth year

This chart shows how “Norbert” 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 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 -100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1891 11 0.000038371 11 -100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 -100%
1893 11 0.000033823 11 -100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 -100%
1895 18 0.000051279 18 -100%
1896 12 0.000033568 12 -100%
1897 16 0.000046115 16 -100%
1898 22 0.000057674 22 -100%
1899 13 0.000038322 13 -100%
1900 21 0.00004664 21 -100%
1901 15 0.000043376 15 -100%
1902 22 0.000056887 22 -100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 -100%
1904 14 0.000034698 14 -100%
1905 29 0.000068409 29 -100%
1906 25 0.00005835 25 -100%
1907 28 0.000060165 28 -100%
1908 31 0.00006344 31 -100%
1909 36 0.000070419 36 -100%
1910 39 0.000066022 39 -100%
1911 55 0.000085367 55 -100%
1912 126 0.000127522 126 -100%
1913 204 0.000179402 204 -100%
1914 288 0.00020334 288 -100%
1915 332 0.000181181 332 -100%
1916 436 0.000225391 436 -100%
1917 466 0.000232216 466 -100%
1918 484 0.000222927 484 -100%
1919 449 0.000212771 449 -100%
1920 515 0.00022761 515 -100%
1921 577 0.000247162 577 -100%
1922 628 0.000274337 628 -100%
1923 602 0.000261457 602 -100%
1924 635 0.000266626 635 -100%
1925 609 0.000261004 609 -100%
1926 581 0.000253059 581 -100%
1927 603 0.000259986 603 -100%
1928 599 0.000264934 599 -100%
1929 590 0.000269141 6 584 -98%
1930 559 0.000251429 559 -100%
1931 501 0.000238074 501 -100%
1932 470 0.000222613 470 -100%
1933 425 0.000212559 425 -100%
1934 421 0.000202714 421 -100%
1935 400 0.000191397 400 -100%
1936 368 0.000177129 368 -100%
1937 333 0.000156289 333 -100%
1938 335 0.000151407 335 -100%
1939 330 0.000149766 330 -100%
1940 287 0.000124637 287 -100%
1941 265 0.000108766 265 -100%
1942 308 0.000112745 308 -100%
1943 271 0.000096012 271 -100%
1944 243 0.000090332 243 -100%
1945 196 0.000073881 196 -100%
1946 236 0.000073858 236 -100%
1947 255 0.000070788 255 -100%
1948 210 0.000060825 210 -100%
1949 227 0.00006514 227 -100%
1950 213 0.000060799 213 -100%
1951 214 0.000058093 214 -100%
1952 201 0.000052923 201 -100%
1953 217 0.00005631 217 -100%
1954 203 0.000050996 203 -100%
1955 190 0.000047322 190 -100%
1956 170 0.000041232 170 -100%
1957 173 0.000041169 173 -100%
1958 167 0.000040398 167 -100%
1959 170 0.000040885 170 -100%
1960 181 0.000043574 181 -100%
1961 152 0.000036695 152 -100%
1962 135 0.000033454 135 -100%
1963 145 0.000036633 145 -100%
1964 128 0.000032925 128 -100%
1965 111 0.000030617 111 -100%
1966 106 0.000030498 106 -100%
1967 98 0.000028867 98 -100%
1968 64 0.000018944 64 -100%
1969 87 0.000025034 87 -100%
1970 81 0.000022459 81 -100%
1971 76 0.000022142 76 -100%
1972 49 0.00001559 49 -100%
1973 54 0.000017899 54 -100%
1974 51 0.000016776 51 -100%
1975 50 0.00001656 50 -100%
1976 34 0.000011205 34 -100%
1977 41 0.000012907 41 -100%
1978 47 0.000014808 47 -100%
1979 36 0.000010821 36 -100%
1980 48 0.000013935 48 -100%
1981 37 0.000010696 37 -100%
1982 39 0.000011118 39 -100%
1983 26 0.000007507 26 -100%
1984 39 0.000011179 39 -100%
1985 27 0.000007565 27 -100%
1986 36 0.000010121 36 -100%
1987 37 0.000010262 37 -100%
1988 29 0.000007848 29 -100%
1989 30 0.000007803 30 -100%
1990 31 0.000007843 31 -100%
1991 25 0.000006418 25 -100%
1992 27 0.000007029 27 -100%
1993 26 0.000006896 26 -100%
1994 24 0.000006456 24 -100%
1995 24 0.000006554 24 -100%
1996 21 0.000005758 21 -100%
1997 19 0.00000524 19 -100%
1998 18 0.000004894 18 -100%
1999 16 0.000004332 16 -100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 -100%
2001 20 0.000005343 20 -100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 -100%
2003 17 0.000004471 17 -100%
2004 18 0.000004711 18 -100%
2005 18 0.000004682 18 -100%
2006 19 0.000004803 19 -100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 -100%
2008 13 0.000003307 13 -100%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 -100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2019 17 0.000004898 17 -100%
2020 10 0.000002993 10 -100%
2021 14 0.000004132 14 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 -100%
2024 14 0.000004206 14 -100%

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