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How popular is “Chan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Chan” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Chan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Chan” 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%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 -100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 -100%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1943 10 0.000003543 10 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 -100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 -100%
1955 18 0.000004483 18 -100%
1956 20 0.000004851 6 14 -40%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1958 23 0.000005564 10 13 -13%
1959 10 0.000002405 5 5 0%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 18 0.000004548 18 -100%
1964 10 0.000002572 10 -100%
1965 20 0.000005517 20 -100%
1966 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 26 0.000007481 5 21 -62%
1970 23 0.000006377 23 -100%
1971 20 0.000005827 5 15 -50%
1972 24 0.000007636 5 19 -58%
1973 17 0.000005635 17 -100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 -100%
1975 22 0.000007286 5 17 -55%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 -100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1978 13 0.000004096 13 -100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 -100%
1980 22 0.000006387 6 16 -45%
1981 35 0.000010117 16 19 -9%
1982 38 0.000010833 15 23 -21%
1983 33 0.000009528 18 15 9%
1984 33 0.000009459 13 20 -21%
1985 33 0.000009246 11 22 -33%
1986 38 0.000010683 14 24 -26%
1987 35 0.000009707 11 24 -37%
1988 22 0.000005954 6 16 -45%
1989 26 0.000006763 6 20 -54%
1990 32 0.000008096 11 21 -31%
1991 28 0.000007188 10 18 -29%
1992 23 0.000005988 6 17 -48%
1993 21 0.00000557 5 16 -52%
1994 29 0.000007801 11 18 -24%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1997 18 0.000004964 18 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 18 0.000004762 7 11 -22%
2001 17 0.000004541 17 -100%
2002 12 0.00000321 12 -100%
2003 21 0.000005523 5 16 -52%
2004 13 0.000003402 13 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2016 13 0.000003543 13 -100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 -100%

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