Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Chuck” in the USA?

Number of people named “Chuck” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Chuck” by birth year

This chart shows how “Chuck” 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
1914 8 0.000005648 8 -100%
1916 6 0.000003102 6 -100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 -100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 -100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 -100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 -100%
1923 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1924 16 0.000006718 16 -100%
1925 12 0.000005143 12 -100%
1926 32 0.000013938 32 -100%
1927 28 0.000012072 28 -100%
1928 32 0.000014153 32 -100%
1929 27 0.000012317 27 -100%
1930 32 0.000014393 32 -100%
1931 30 0.000014256 30 -100%
1932 48 0.000022735 48 -100%
1933 51 0.000025507 51 -100%
1934 73 0.00003515 73 -100%
1935 68 0.000032537 68 -100%
1936 73 0.000035137 73 -100%
1937 98 0.000045995 98 -100%
1938 103 0.000046552 103 -100%
1939 87 0.000039484 87 -100%
1940 123 0.000053416 123 -100%
1941 134 0.000054999 134 -100%
1942 173 0.000063328 173 -100%
1943 187 0.000066252 187 -100%
1944 207 0.000076949 207 -100%
1945 245 0.000092351 245 -100%
1946 334 0.000104528 334 -100%
1947 356 0.000098825 356 -100%
1948 325 0.000094134 325 -100%
1949 265 0.000076045 265 -100%
1950 205 0.000058515 205 -100%
1951 146 0.000039634 146 -100%
1952 150 0.000039494 150 -100%
1953 161 0.000041779 161 -100%
1954 149 0.000037431 149 -100%
1955 206 0.000051307 206 -100%
1956 341 0.000082706 341 -100%
1957 629 0.000149686 629 -100%
1958 905 0.000218921 905 -100%
1959 1221 0.000293651 1221 -100%
1960 1273 0.000306465 1273 -100%
1961 1285 0.000310214 1285 -100%
1962 1118 0.00027705 1118 -100%
1963 973 0.000245819 973 -100%
1964 794 0.000204239 794 -100%
1965 592 0.00016329 592 -100%
1966 435 0.000125156 435 -100%
1967 373 0.000109871 373 -100%
1968 364 0.000107743 364 -100%
1969 408 0.000117399 408 -100%
1970 346 0.000095938 346 -100%
1971 268 0.00007808 268 -100%
1972 226 0.000071906 226 -100%
1973 186 0.000061653 186 -100%
1974 175 0.000057566 175 -100%
1975 209 0.000069219 209 -100%
1976 152 0.000050094 152 -100%
1977 137 0.000043129 137 -100%
1978 100 0.000031507 100 -100%
1979 81 0.000024346 81 -100%
1980 64 0.00001858 64 -100%
1981 68 0.000019657 68 -100%
1982 80 0.000022805 80 -100%
1983 66 0.000019057 66 -100%
1984 56 0.000016052 56 -100%
1985 58 0.000016251 58 -100%
1986 49 0.000013775 49 -100%
1987 47 0.000013035 47 -100%
1988 52 0.000014073 52 -100%
1989 36 0.000009364 36 -100%
1990 37 0.000009361 37 -100%
1991 25 0.000006418 25 -100%
1992 31 0.00000807 31 -100%
1993 30 0.000007957 30 -100%
1994 21 0.000005649 21 -100%
1995 13 0.00000355 13 -100%
1996 20 0.000005484 20 -100%
1997 20 0.000005516 20 -100%
1998 16 0.00000435 16 -100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 -100%
2000 17 0.000004497 17 -100%
2001 17 0.000004541 17 -100%
2002 12 0.00000321 12 -100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 -100%
2007 15 0.000003752 15 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 -100%
2015 16 0.000004323 16 -100%
2016 12 0.000003271 12 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 -100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 -100%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%

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