Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Chip” in the USA?

Number of people named “Chip” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Chip” by birth year

This chart shows how “Chip” 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
1942 6 0.000002196 6 -100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 -100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 -100%
1946 22 0.000006885 22 -100%
1947 29 0.00000805 29 -100%
1948 23 0.000006662 23 -100%
1949 29 0.000008322 29 -100%
1950 35 0.00000999 35 -100%
1951 33 0.000008958 33 -100%
1952 47 0.000012375 47 -100%
1953 62 0.000016089 62 -100%
1954 70 0.000017585 70 -100%
1955 96 0.00002391 96 -100%
1956 111 0.000026922 111 -100%
1957 96 0.000022845 96 -100%
1958 93 0.000022497 93 -100%
1959 138 0.000033189 138 -100%
1960 133 0.000032019 133 -100%
1961 164 0.000039592 164 -100%
1962 171 0.000042375 171 -100%
1963 171 0.000043201 171 -100%
1964 162 0.000041671 162 -100%
1965 109 0.000030065 109 -100%
1966 84 0.000024168 84 -100%
1967 75 0.000022092 75 -100%
1968 76 0.000022496 76 -100%
1969 84 0.00002417 84 -100%
1970 91 0.000025232 91 -100%
1971 83 0.000024182 83 -100%
1972 57 0.000018136 57 -100%
1973 55 0.000018231 55 -100%
1974 41 0.000013487 41 -100%
1975 29 0.000009605 29 -100%
1976 39 0.000012853 39 -100%
1977 53 0.000016685 53 -100%
1978 76 0.000023946 76 -100%
1979 42 0.000012624 42 -100%
1980 47 0.000013645 47 -100%
1981 36 0.000010407 36 -100%
1982 27 0.000007697 27 -100%
1983 31 0.000008951 31 -100%
1984 26 0.000007453 26 -100%
1985 25 0.000007005 25 -100%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 -100%
1987 17 0.000004715 17 -100%
1988 31 0.00000839 31 -100%
1989 19 0.000004942 19 -100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 -100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 -100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 -100%
2015 14 0.000003783 14 -100%
2016 16 0.000004361 16 -100%
2017 35 0.000009787 35 -100%
2018 31 0.000008817 31 -100%
2019 47 0.000013541 47 -100%
2020 47 0.000014069 47 -100%
2021 39 0.000011511 39 -100%
2022 43 0.00001271 43 -100%
2023 32 0.000009664 32 -100%
2024 36 0.000010816 36 -100%

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