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How popular is “Fate” in the USA?

Number of people named “Fate” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Fate” by birth year

This chart shows how “Fate” 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
1880 11 0.000054595 11 -100%
1881 13 0.000067467 13 -100%
1882 7 0.000031598 7 -100%
1883 9 0.000041485 9 -100%
1884 15 0.000061612 15 -100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 -100%
1888 13 0.000043409 13 -100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 -100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 -100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 -100%
1895 11 0.000031337 11 -100%
1896 12 0.000033568 12 -100%
1897 19 0.000054762 19 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 -100%
1900 15 0.000033314 15 -100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 -100%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 -100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 -100%
1913 12 0.000010553 12 -100%
1914 27 0.000019063 27 -100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 -100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 -100%
1917 26 0.000012956 26 -100%
1918 32 0.000014739 32 -100%
1919 35 0.000016586 35 -100%
1920 21 0.000009281 21 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 29 0.000012668 29 -100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1924 22 0.000009237 22 -100%
1925 15 0.000006429 15 -100%
1926 19 0.000008276 19 -100%
1927 20 0.000008623 20 -100%
1928 20 0.000008846 20 -100%
1929 17 0.000007755 17 -100%
1930 23 0.000010345 23 -100%
1931 19 0.000009029 19 -100%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 -100%
1933 24 0.000012003 24 -100%
1934 17 0.000008186 17 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1938 12 0.000005424 12 -100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 -100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 -100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 -100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 -100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 -100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 -100%
1948 12 0.000003476 12 -100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 -100%
1950 11 0.00000314 11 -100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 -100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 5 5 0%
1999 13 0.000003519 6 7 -8%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 100%
2003 14 0.000003682 9 5 29%
2004 15 0.000003926 9 6 20%
2005 10 0.000002601 5 5 0%
2006 11 0.00000278 6 5 9%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 5 6 -9%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 100%
2010 13 0.000003518 6 7 -8%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 100%
2017 11 0.000003076 5 6 -9%
2018 12 0.000003413 6 6 0%
2021 12 0.000003542 7 5 17%
2022 11 0.000003251 6 5 9%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 -100%

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