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How popular is “Fae” in the USA?

Number of people named “Fae” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Fae” by birth year

This chart shows how “Fae” 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
1889 6 0.000020765 6 100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 100%
1895 15 0.000042733 15 100%
1896 13 0.000036365 13 100%
1897 21 0.000060526 21 100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 100%
1899 19 0.000056009 19 100%
1900 15 0.000033314 15 100%
1901 13 0.000037593 13 100%
1902 16 0.000041372 16 100%
1903 15 0.000039349 15 100%
1904 20 0.000049568 20 100%
1905 16 0.000037743 16 100%
1906 24 0.000056016 24 100%
1907 12 0.000025785 12 100%
1908 28 0.000057301 28 100%
1909 22 0.000043034 22 100%
1910 31 0.000052479 31 100%
1911 27 0.000041907 27 100%
1912 32 0.000032387 32 100%
1913 38 0.000033418 38 100%
1914 52 0.000036714 52 100%
1915 65 0.000035472 65 100%
1916 79 0.000040839 79 100%
1917 70 0.000034882 70 100%
1918 61 0.000028096 61 100%
1919 58 0.000027485 58 100%
1920 63 0.000027844 63 100%
1921 61 0.00002613 61 100%
1922 55 0.000024026 55 100%
1923 52 0.000022584 52 100%
1924 61 0.000025613 61 100%
1925 63 0.000027 63 100%
1926 54 0.00002352 54 100%
1927 62 0.000026732 62 100%
1928 46 0.000020346 46 100%
1929 43 0.000019615 43 100%
1930 34 0.000015293 34 100%
1931 32 0.000015206 32 100%
1932 46 0.000021788 46 100%
1933 41 0.000020506 41 100%
1934 34 0.000016371 34 100%
1935 32 0.000015312 32 100%
1936 28 0.000013477 28 100%
1937 32 0.000015019 32 100%
1938 21 0.000009491 21 100%
1939 18 0.000008169 18 100%
1940 22 0.000009554 22 100%
1941 24 0.00000985 24 100%
1942 28 0.00001025 28 100%
1943 23 0.000008149 23 100%
1944 16 0.000005948 16 100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 100%
1946 15 0.000004694 15 100%
1947 22 0.000006107 22 100%
1948 18 0.000005214 18 100%
1949 24 0.000006887 24 100%
1950 20 0.000005709 20 100%
1951 30 0.000008144 30 100%
1952 27 0.000007109 27 100%
1953 20 0.00000519 20 100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 100%
1955 14 0.000003487 14 100%
1956 10 0.000002425 10 100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 100%
1959 17 0.000004089 17 100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 100%
1961 14 0.00000338 14 100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 100%
2010 12 0.000003247 12 100%
2011 12 0.000003281 12 100%
2012 20 0.000005468 20 100%
2013 19 0.000005212 19 100%
2014 22 0.000005936 22 100%
2015 22 0.000005944 22 100%
2016 29 0.000007905 29 100%
2017 24 0.000006711 24 100%
2018 26 0.000007395 26 100%
2019 34 0.000009796 34 100%
2020 29 0.000008681 29 100%
2021 46 0.000013578 46 100%
2022 45 0.000013301 45 100%
2023 51 0.000015402 51 100%
2024 34 0.000010215 34 100%

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