Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Char” in the USA?

Number of people named “Char” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Char” by birth year

This chart shows how “Char” 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
1945 5 0.000001885 5 100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 100%
1952 20 0.000005266 20 100%
1954 15 0.000003768 15 100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 100%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 100%
1960 26 0.000006259 26 100%
1961 17 0.000004104 17 100%
1962 15 0.000003717 15 100%
1963 13 0.000003284 13 100%
1964 10 0.000002572 10 100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 100%
1972 18 0.000005727 18 100%
1973 19 0.000006298 19 100%
1974 18 0.000005921 18 100%
1975 15 0.000004968 15 100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 100%
1981 11 0.00000318 11 100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 100%
1990 15 0.000003795 15 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%

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