Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Chet” in the USA?

Number of people named “Chet” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Chet” by birth year

This chart shows how “Chet” 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
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 -100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 -100%
1918 7 0.000003224 7 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 -100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 -100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 -100%
1925 7 0.000003 7 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 -100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 -100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 14 0.000005746 14 -100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 -100%
1943 25 0.000008857 25 -100%
1944 19 0.000007063 19 -100%
1945 27 0.000010178 27 -100%
1946 34 0.000010641 34 -100%
1947 26 0.000007218 26 -100%
1948 21 0.000006083 21 -100%
1949 26 0.000007461 26 -100%
1950 21 0.000005994 21 -100%
1951 21 0.000005701 21 -100%
1952 19 0.000005003 19 -100%
1953 28 0.000007266 28 -100%
1954 37 0.000009295 37 -100%
1955 54 0.000013449 54 -100%
1956 80 0.000019403 80 -100%
1957 87 0.000020704 87 -100%
1958 116 0.000028061 116 -100%
1959 116 0.000027898 116 -100%
1960 118 0.000028408 118 -100%
1961 158 0.000038143 158 -100%
1962 154 0.000038163 154 -100%
1963 164 0.000041433 164 -100%
1964 144 0.000037041 144 -100%
1965 113 0.000031169 113 -100%
1966 113 0.000032512 113 -100%
1967 94 0.000027689 94 -100%
1968 90 0.00002664 90 -100%
1969 84 0.00002417 84 -100%
1970 158 0.00004381 158 -100%
1971 133 0.000038749 133 -100%
1972 102 0.000032453 102 -100%
1973 99 0.000032815 99 -100%
1974 117 0.000038487 117 -100%
1975 135 0.000044711 135 -100%
1976 140 0.000046139 140 -100%
1977 128 0.000040296 128 -100%
1978 130 0.000040959 130 -100%
1979 86 0.000025849 86 -100%
1980 107 0.000031064 107 -100%
1981 107 0.00003093 107 -100%
1982 102 0.000029077 102 -100%
1983 106 0.000030606 106 -100%
1984 88 0.000025224 88 -100%
1985 76 0.000021294 76 -100%
1986 84 0.000023615 84 -100%
1987 96 0.000026625 96 -100%
1988 83 0.000022463 83 -100%
1989 76 0.000019769 76 -100%
1990 78 0.000019734 78 -100%
1991 85 0.000021821 85 -100%
1992 56 0.000014579 56 -100%
1993 75 0.000019892 75 -100%
1994 60 0.000016139 60 -100%
1995 64 0.000017476 64 -100%
1996 66 0.000018096 66 -100%
1997 45 0.000012411 45 -100%
1998 49 0.000013322 49 -100%
1999 47 0.000012724 47 -100%
2000 51 0.000013492 51 -100%
2001 53 0.000014158 53 -100%
2002 41 0.000010968 41 -100%
2003 45 0.000011835 45 -100%
2004 51 0.000013348 51 -100%
2005 43 0.000011184 43 -100%
2006 33 0.000008341 33 -100%
2007 46 0.000011507 46 -100%
2008 36 0.000009159 36 -100%
2009 24 0.000006282 24 -100%
2010 42 0.000011364 42 -100%
2011 37 0.000010115 37 -100%
2012 30 0.000008203 30 -100%
2013 38 0.000010423 38 -100%
2014 46 0.000012411 46 -100%
2015 38 0.000010268 38 -100%
2016 45 0.000012266 45 -100%
2017 37 0.000010346 37 -100%
2018 50 0.000014221 50 -100%
2019 43 0.000012389 43 -100%
2020 46 0.00001377 46 -100%
2021 51 0.000015053 51 -100%
2022 66 0.000019509 66 -100%
2023 64 0.000019328 64 -100%
2024 71 0.000021331 71 -100%

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