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How popular is “Fairy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Fairy” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Fairy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Fairy” 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
1882 5 0.00002257 5 100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 100%
1889 13 0.000044991 13 100%
1890 13 0.000043132 13 100%
1891 11 0.000038371 11 100%
1892 15 0.00004486 15 100%
1893 16 0.000049197 16 100%
1894 11 0.000032478 11 100%
1895 11 0.000031337 11 100%
1896 21 0.000058744 21 100%
1897 22 0.000063408 22 100%
1898 19 0.000049809 19 100%
1899 21 0.000061904 21 100%
1900 24 0.000053303 24 100%
1901 14 0.000040484 14 100%
1902 20 0.000051715 20 100%
1903 11 0.000028856 11 100%
1904 22 0.000054525 22 100%
1905 32 0.000075486 32 100%
1906 25 0.00005835 25 100%
1907 26 0.000055867 26 100%
1908 29 0.000059347 29 100%
1909 31 0.000060639 31 100%
1910 29 0.000049093 29 100%
1911 28 0.00004346 28 100%
1912 33 0.000033399 33 100%
1913 37 0.000032539 37 100%
1914 46 0.000032478 46 100%
1915 52 0.000028378 52 100%
1916 57 0.000029466 57 100%
1917 80 0.000039865 80 100%
1918 75 0.000034545 75 100%
1919 51 0.000024168 51 100%
1920 70 0.000030937 70 100%
1921 64 0.000027415 64 100%
1922 73 0.000031889 73 100%
1923 58 0.00002519 58 100%
1924 64 0.000026873 64 100%
1925 53 0.000022715 53 100%
1926 59 0.000025698 59 100%
1927 46 0.000019833 46 100%
1928 55 0.000024326 55 100%
1929 55 0.000025089 55 100%
1930 48 0.00002159 48 100%
1931 55 0.000026136 55 100%
1932 55 0.00002605 55 100%
1933 36 0.000018005 36 100%
1934 39 0.000018779 39 100%
1935 39 0.000018661 39 100%
1936 20 0.000009627 20 100%
1937 29 0.000013611 29 100%
1938 31 0.000014011 31 100%
1939 39 0.0000177 39 100%
1940 35 0.0000152 35 100%
1941 24 0.00000985 24 100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 100%
1943 28 0.00000992 28 100%
1944 21 0.000007806 21 100%
1945 14 0.000005277 14 100%
1946 19 0.000005946 19 100%
1947 26 0.000007218 26 100%
1948 16 0.000004634 16 100%
1949 16 0.000004591 16 100%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 100%
1952 18 0.000004739 18 100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 100%
1954 15 0.000003768 15 100%
1955 18 0.000004483 18 100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 100%
1959 11 0.000002646 11 100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 100%
2017 10 0.000002796 10 100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 100%

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