Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Cha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cha” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Cha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cha” 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
1975 5 0.000001656 5 100%
1980 17 0.000004935 6 11 -29%
1981 12 0.000003469 12 -100%
1982 16 0.000004561 8 8 0%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 -100%
1987 18 0.000004992 18 -100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
1989 22 0.000005723 6 16 -45%
1990 21 0.000005313 5 16 -52%
1991 21 0.000005391 21 -100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 -100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 -100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 -100%
1995 23 0.00000628 7 16 -39%
1996 12 0.00000329 12 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 -100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 -100%
2004 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%

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