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How popular is “Chaim” in the USA?

Number of people named “Chaim” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Chaim” by birth year

This chart shows how “Chaim” 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
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 17 0.000004878 17 -100%
1950 17 0.000004852 17 -100%
1951 21 0.000005701 21 -100%
1952 24 0.000006319 24 -100%
1953 31 0.000008044 31 -100%
1954 25 0.00000628 25 -100%
1955 29 0.000007223 29 -100%
1956 37 0.000008974 37 -100%
1957 51 0.000012137 51 -100%
1958 57 0.000013788 57 -100%
1959 62 0.000014911 62 -100%
1960 62 0.000014926 62 -100%
1961 51 0.000012312 51 -100%
1962 27 0.000006691 27 -100%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 -100%
1964 24 0.000006173 24 -100%
1965 25 0.000006896 25 -100%
1966 37 0.000010645 37 -100%
1967 29 0.000008542 29 -100%
1968 41 0.000012136 41 -100%
1969 40 0.00001151 40 -100%
1970 54 0.000014973 54 -100%
1971 42 0.000012236 42 -100%
1972 79 0.000025135 79 -100%
1973 72 0.000023866 72 -100%
1974 70 0.000023026 70 -100%
1975 76 0.000025171 76 -100%
1976 84 0.000027683 84 -100%
1977 82 0.000025815 82 -100%
1978 98 0.000030877 98 -100%
1979 99 0.000029757 99 -100%
1980 69 0.000020032 69 -100%
1981 104 0.000030063 104 -100%
1982 93 0.000026511 93 -100%
1983 98 0.000028296 98 -100%
1984 114 0.000032676 114 -100%
1985 115 0.000032221 6 109 -90%
1986 85 0.000023896 85 -100%
1987 114 0.000031617 114 -100%
1988 137 0.000037077 137 -100%
1989 144 0.000037457 144 -100%
1990 132 0.000033397 132 -100%
1991 127 0.000032604 127 -100%
1992 131 0.000034103 131 -100%
1993 148 0.000039254 148 -100%
1994 142 0.000038196 142 -100%
1995 130 0.000035498 130 -100%
1996 162 0.000044418 162 -100%
1997 172 0.000047438 172 -100%
1998 191 0.000051927 191 -100%
1999 179 0.000048459 179 -100%
2000 182 0.000048149 182 -100%
2001 174 0.000046482 174 -100%
2002 184 0.00004922 184 -100%
2003 213 0.000056018 213 -100%
2004 213 0.000055746 213 -100%
2005 239 0.000062161 239 -100%
2006 237 0.000059906 237 -100%
2007 275 0.00006879 275 -100%
2008 273 0.000069454 273 -100%
2009 270 0.000070677 270 -100%
2010 245 0.000066293 245 -100%
2011 299 0.000081743 299 -100%
2012 339 0.00009269 339 -100%
2013 341 0.000093536 341 -100%
2014 291 0.000078513 291 -100%
2015 347 0.000093761 347 -100%
2016 326 0.00008886 326 -100%
2017 347 0.000097031 347 -100%
2018 314 0.000089309 314 -100%
2019 360 0.000103719 360 -100%
2020 386 0.000115549 386 -100%
2021 383 0.000113048 383 -100%
2022 462 0.00013656 462 -100%
2023 441 0.000133184 441 -100%
2024 388 0.000116569 388 -100%

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