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How popular is “Whitman” in the USA?

Number of people named “Whitman” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Whitman” by birth year

This chart shows how “Whitman” 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
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1914 10 0.00000706 10 -100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 -100%
1918 10 0.000004606 10 -100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 -100%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 -100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 -100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 -100%
2001 16 0.000004274 16 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2003 14 0.000003682 14 -100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 -100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2006 14 0.000003539 14 -100%
2007 23 0.000005753 23 -100%
2008 23 0.000005851 23 -100%
2009 18 0.000004712 18 -100%
2010 24 0.000006494 24 -100%
2011 24 0.000006561 24 -100%
2012 26 0.000007109 26 -100%
2013 35 0.0000096 35 -100%
2014 25 0.000006745 25 -100%
2015 31 0.000008376 31 -100%
2016 36 0.000009813 36 -100%
2017 36 0.000010067 36 -100%
2018 39 0.000011092 39 -100%
2019 32 0.000009219 32 -100%
2020 29 0.000008681 29 -100%
2021 25 0.000007379 25 -100%
2022 26 0.000007685 26 -100%
2023 28 0.000008456 28 -100%
2024 26 0.000007811 26 -100%

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