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How popular is “Cherokee” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cherokee” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Cherokee” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cherokee” 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
1920 5 0.00000221 5 100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 100%
1972 17 0.000005409 17 100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 100%
1975 23 0.000007617 18 5 57%
1976 29 0.000009557 23 6 59%
1977 22 0.000006926 22 100%
1978 26 0.000008192 20 6 54%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 100%
1980 14 0.000004064 14 100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 100%
1983 14 0.000004042 14 100%
1984 20 0.000005733 15 5 50%
1985 20 0.000005604 20 100%
1986 34 0.000009558 34 100%
1987 19 0.00000527 12 7 26%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 100%
1989 42 0.000010925 42 100%
1990 40 0.00001012 40 100%
1991 70 0.000017971 62 8 77%
1992 99 0.000025773 89 10 80%
1993 110 0.000029176 92 18 67%
1994 161 0.000043307 124 37 54%
1995 174 0.000047513 134 40 54%
1996 158 0.000043321 135 23 71%
1997 153 0.000042198 126 27 65%
1998 162 0.000044043 143 19 77%
1999 140 0.000037901 122 18 74%
2000 137 0.000036244 118 19 72%
2001 108 0.000028851 91 17 69%
2002 102 0.000027285 89 13 75%
2003 93 0.000024459 82 11 76%
2004 88 0.000023031 82 6 86%
2005 61 0.000015865 54 7 77%
2006 56 0.000014155 51 5 82%
2007 42 0.000010506 42 100%
2008 47 0.000011957 40 7 70%
2009 31 0.000008115 25 6 61%
2010 33 0.000008929 26 7 58%
2011 39 0.000010662 39 100%
2012 30 0.000008203 30 100%
2013 19 0.000005212 19 100%
2014 30 0.000008094 30 100%
2015 35 0.000009457 30 5 71%
2016 44 0.000011993 44 100%
2017 36 0.000010067 31 5 72%
2018 33 0.000009386 33 100%
2019 20 0.000005762 20 100%
2020 26 0.000007783 26 100%
2021 27 0.000007969 27 100%
2022 13 0.000003843 13 100%
2023 16 0.000004832 16 100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 100%

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