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How popular is “Chi” in the USA?

Number of people named “Chi” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Chi” by birth year

This chart shows how “Chi” 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
1970 11 0.00000305 5 6 -9%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1973 38 0.000012596 29 9 53%
1974 41 0.000013487 28 13 37%
1975 30 0.000009936 20 10 33%
1976 37 0.000012194 20 17 8%
1977 33 0.000010389 21 12 27%
1978 28 0.000008822 19 9 36%
1979 19 0.000005711 11 8 16%
1980 37 0.000010742 25 12 35%
1981 34 0.000009828 19 15 12%
1982 48 0.000013683 27 21 13%
1983 43 0.000012416 20 23 -7%
1984 39 0.000011179 26 13 33%
1985 40 0.000011207 16 24 -20%
1986 25 0.000007028 17 8 36%
1987 27 0.000007488 14 13 4%
1988 32 0.00000866 17 15 6%
1989 34 0.000008844 11 23 -35%
1990 36 0.000009108 24 12 33%
1991 30 0.000007702 19 11 27%
1992 30 0.00000781 18 12 20%
1993 22 0.000005835 13 9 18%
1994 33 0.000008877 15 18 -9%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 18 0.000004935 10 8 11%
1997 16 0.000004413 8 8 0%
1998 20 0.000005437 12 8 20%
1999 15 0.000004061 6 9 -20%
2000 14 0.000003704 7 7 0%
2001 20 0.000005343 8 12 -20%
2002 14 0.000003745 5 9 -29%
2003 12 0.000003156 5 7 -17%
2004 17 0.000004449 8 9 -6%
2005 23 0.000005982 15 8 30%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2008 12 0.000003053 5 7 -17%
2009 19 0.000004974 12 7 26%
2011 13 0.000003554 8 5 23%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 100%
2013 12 0.000003292 6 6 0%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 100%
2015 10 0.000002702 10 100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 100%
2017 22 0.000006152 12 10 9%
2018 13 0.000003697 7 6 8%
2019 29 0.000008355 18 11 24%
2020 31 0.00000928 17 14 10%
2021 36 0.000010626 26 10 44%
2022 35 0.000010345 21 14 20%
2023 47 0.000014194 32 15 36%
2024 33 0.000009914 18 15 9%

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