Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Sherl” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sherl” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Sherl” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sherl” 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
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 100%
1952 14 0.000003686 14 100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 100%
1955 15 0.000003736 15 100%
1956 17 0.000004123 17 100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 100%
1958 24 0.000005806 24 100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 100%
1960 25 0.000006019 25 100%
1961 14 0.00000338 14 100%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 100%
1963 26 0.000006569 26 100%
1964 29 0.00000746 29 100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 100%
1967 15 0.000004418 15 100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 100%
1970 13 0.000003605 13 100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 100%

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