Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Cay” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cay” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Cay” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cay” 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
1919 6 0.000002843 6 -100%
1927 5 0.000002156 5 -100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 100%
1954 23 0.000005778 23 100%
1955 38 0.000009464 38 100%
1956 23 0.000005578 23 100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 100%
1958 12 0.000002903 12 100%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 100%
1960 19 0.000004574 19 100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 100%

Explore other names

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