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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Chief” in the USA?

Number of people named “Chief” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Chief” by birth year

This chart shows how “Chief” 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 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 -100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2013 13 0.000003566 13 -100%
2014 16 0.000004317 16 -100%
2015 17 0.000004593 17 -100%
2016 17 0.000004634 17 -100%
2017 20 0.000005593 20 -100%
2018 20 0.000005688 20 -100%
2019 27 0.000007779 27 -100%
2020 34 0.000010178 34 -100%
2021 32 0.000009445 32 -100%
2022 27 0.000007981 27 -100%
2023 30 0.00000906 30 -100%
2024 26 0.000007811 26 -100%

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