Name Trends

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How popular is “Chael” in the USA?

Number of people named “Chael” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Chael” by birth year

This chart shows how “Chael” 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
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 -100%
2009 26 0.000006806 26 -100%
2010 30 0.000008117 30 -100%
2011 34 0.000009295 34 -100%
2012 61 0.000016679 61 -100%
2013 96 0.000026333 96 -100%
2014 60 0.000016188 60 -100%
2015 35 0.000009457 35 -100%
2016 30 0.000008177 30 -100%
2017 21 0.000005872 21 -100%
2018 21 0.000005973 21 -100%
2019 13 0.000003745 13 -100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 -100%
2021 14 0.000004132 14 -100%
2022 18 0.000005321 18 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%
2024 16 0.000004807 16 -100%

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