Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Chad” in the USA?

Number of people named “Chad” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Chad” by birth year

This chart shows how “Chad” 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
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 5 0.000002729 5 -100%
1917 13 0.000006478 13 -100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 -100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 -100%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 -100%
1922 15 0.000006553 15 -100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 -100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 -100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 -100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 -100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 15 0.000007223 15 -100%
1935 22 0.000010527 22 -100%
1936 18 0.000008664 18 -100%
1937 15 0.00000704 15 -100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 -100%
1939 21 0.000009531 21 -100%
1940 23 0.000009988 23 -100%
1941 26 0.000010671 26 -100%
1942 41 0.000015008 41 -100%
1943 39 0.000013817 39 -100%
1944 36 0.000013383 36 -100%
1945 40 0.000015078 40 -100%
1946 57 0.000017839 57 -100%
1947 78 0.000021653 78 -100%
1948 55 0.00001593 55 -100%
1949 56 0.00001607 56 -100%
1950 66 0.000018839 66 -100%
1951 95 0.000025789 95 -100%
1952 118 0.000031069 118 -100%
1953 152 0.000039443 152 -100%
1954 202 0.000050745 202 -100%
1955 235 0.000058529 235 -100%
1956 221 0.000053601 221 -100%
1957 252 0.000059969 252 -100%
1958 249 0.000060234 249 -100%
1959 246 0.000059163 246 -100%
1960 255 0.000061389 255 -100%
1961 365 0.000088115 365 -100%
1962 465 0.000115231 465 -100%
1963 649 0.000163963 649 -100%
1964 875 0.000225074 875 -100%
1965 1172 0.00032327 1172 -100%
1966 2210 0.000635851 8 2202 -99%
1967 2957 0.000871013 11 2946 -99%
1968 2930 0.000867271 13 2917 -99%
1969 4078 0.001173416 18 4060 -99%
1970 6654 0.001844995 25 6629 -99%
1971 12189 0.003551206 51 12138 -99%
1972 13440 0.004276177 49 13391 -99%
1973 12952 0.004293167 67 12885 -99%
1974 12854 0.004228291 64 12790 -99%
1975 12901 0.004272711 63 12838 -99%
1976 11835 0.003900405 69 11766 -99%
1977 10887 0.003427364 56 10831 -99%
1978 10172 0.00320492 64 10108 -99%
1979 10218 0.003071235 56 10162 -99%
1980 10177 0.00295456 35 10142 -99%
1981 8462 0.002446107 49 8413 -99%
1982 7960 0.002269124 51 7909 -99%
1983 7439 0.002147927 47 7392 -99%
1984 7100 0.00203511 37 7063 -99%
1985 6517 0.001825945 50 6467 -98%
1986 6059 0.001703364 33 6026 -99%
1987 5661 0.001570052 39 5622 -99%
1988 5325 0.00144112 28 5297 -99%
1989 4734 0.001231386 11 4723 -100%
1990 4356 0.001102093 6 4350 -100%
1991 3593 0.000922402 8 3585 -100%
1992 3365 0.000876012 8 3357 -100%
1993 3143 0.000833625 3143 -100%
1994 2737 0.000736217 7 2730 -99%
1995 2439 0.000666001 5 2434 -100%
1996 2173 0.0005958 5 2168 -100%
1997 1952 0.000538372 1952 -100%
1998 1808 0.000491544 1808 -100%
1999 1584 0.000428819 1584 -100%
2000 1453 0.000384401 1453 -100%
2001 1079 0.000288241 1079 -100%
2002 929 0.000248509 929 -100%
2003 861 0.000226441 861 -100%
2004 834 0.000218272 6 828 -99%
2005 767 0.000199488 767 -100%
2006 799 0.000201962 799 -100%
2007 659 0.000164845 659 -100%
2008 613 0.000155953 613 -100%
2009 529 0.000138475 529 -100%
2010 463 0.000125279 463 -100%
2011 439 0.000120018 439 -100%
2012 434 0.000118665 434 -100%
2013 358 0.000098199 358 -100%
2014 346 0.000093353 346 -100%
2015 314 0.000084844 314 -100%
2016 290 0.000079047 290 -100%
2017 219 0.000061238 219 -100%
2018 241 0.000068546 241 -100%
2019 175 0.000050419 175 -100%
2020 150 0.000044902 150 -100%
2021 158 0.000046636 158 -100%
2022 132 0.000039017 132 -100%
2023 108 0.000032617 108 -100%
2024 90 0.000027039 90 -100%

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