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How popular is “Sherwin” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sherwin” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Sherwin” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sherwin” 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
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 -100%
1916 19 0.000009822 19 -100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 -100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 -100%
1919 13 0.00000616 13 -100%
1920 22 0.000009723 22 -100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 -100%
1922 31 0.000013542 31 -100%
1923 25 0.000010858 25 -100%
1924 27 0.000011337 27 -100%
1925 41 0.000017572 41 -100%
1926 27 0.00001176 27 -100%
1927 42 0.000018108 42 -100%
1928 45 0.000019903 45 -100%
1929 55 0.000025089 55 -100%
1930 52 0.000023389 52 -100%
1931 52 0.00002471 52 -100%
1932 41 0.000019419 41 -100%
1933 46 0.000023006 46 -100%
1934 46 0.000022149 46 -100%
1935 66 0.00003158 66 -100%
1936 58 0.000027917 58 -100%
1937 38 0.000017835 38 -100%
1938 49 0.000022146 49 -100%
1939 37 0.000016792 37 -100%
1940 42 0.00001824 42 -100%
1941 35 0.000014365 35 -100%
1942 39 0.000014276 39 -100%
1943 41 0.000014526 41 -100%
1944 32 0.000011896 32 -100%
1945 37 0.000013947 37 -100%
1946 48 0.000015022 48 -100%
1947 41 0.000011382 41 -100%
1948 47 0.000013613 47 -100%
1949 50 0.000014348 50 -100%
1950 53 0.000015128 53 -100%
1951 56 0.000015202 5 51 -82%
1952 49 0.000012902 49 -100%
1953 57 0.000014791 57 -100%
1954 50 0.000012561 50 -100%
1955 42 0.000010461 42 -100%
1956 37 0.000008974 37 -100%
1957 44 0.000010471 44 -100%
1958 38 0.000009192 38 -100%
1959 40 0.00000962 40 -100%
1960 27 0.0000065 27 -100%
1961 30 0.000007242 30 -100%
1962 22 0.000005452 22 -100%
1963 24 0.000006063 24 -100%
1964 42 0.000010804 5 37 -76%
1965 30 0.000008275 30 -100%
1966 47 0.000013523 5 42 -79%
1967 35 0.00001031 35 -100%
1968 41 0.000012136 41 -100%
1969 47 0.000013524 47 -100%
1970 56 0.000015527 56 -100%
1971 57 0.000016607 57 -100%
1972 47 0.000014954 47 -100%
1973 56 0.000018562 56 -100%
1974 43 0.000014145 43 -100%
1975 39 0.000012916 39 -100%
1976 48 0.000015819 48 -100%
1977 43 0.000013537 43 -100%
1978 54 0.000017014 54 -100%
1979 50 0.000015029 50 -100%
1980 53 0.000015387 53 -100%
1981 43 0.00001243 43 -100%
1982 41 0.000011688 41 -100%
1983 46 0.000013282 46 -100%
1984 42 0.000012039 42 -100%
1985 52 0.000014569 52 -100%
1986 46 0.000012932 46 -100%
1987 48 0.000013313 48 -100%
1988 39 0.000010555 39 -100%
1989 37 0.000009624 37 -100%
1990 37 0.000009361 37 -100%
1991 33 0.000008472 33 -100%
1992 50 0.000013017 50 -100%
1993 32 0.000008487 32 -100%
1994 35 0.000009415 35 -100%
1995 32 0.000008738 32 -100%
1996 30 0.000008225 30 -100%
1997 27 0.000007447 27 -100%
1998 26 0.000007069 26 -100%
1999 21 0.000005685 21 -100%
2000 20 0.000005291 20 -100%
2001 24 0.000006411 24 -100%
2002 25 0.000006688 25 -100%
2003 19 0.000004997 19 -100%
2004 19 0.000004973 19 -100%
2005 25 0.000006502 25 -100%
2006 19 0.000004803 19 -100%
2007 20 0.000005003 20 -100%
2008 15 0.000003816 15 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 11 0.000002976 11 -100%
2011 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2013 15 0.000004114 15 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 14 0.000003783 14 -100%
2016 16 0.000004361 16 -100%
2017 14 0.000003915 14 -100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 -100%
2019 9 0.000002593 9 -100%
2020 14 0.000004191 14 -100%
2021 17 0.000005018 17 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 -100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 -100%

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