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How popular is “Hays” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hays” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hays” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hays” 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 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 -100%
1916 24 0.000012407 24 -100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 -100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 -100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 -100%
1920 13 0.000005745 13 -100%
1921 22 0.000009424 22 -100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 -100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 -100%
1929 8 0.000003649 8 -100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 -100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 -100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 -100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 13 0.000003286 13 -100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 -100%
2014 24 0.000006475 24 -100%
2015 16 0.000004323 16 -100%
2016 17 0.000004634 17 -100%
2017 20 0.000005593 20 -100%
2018 18 0.00000512 18 -100%
2019 17 0.000004898 17 -100%
2020 19 0.000005688 19 -100%
2021 23 0.000006789 23 -100%
2022 21 0.000006207 21 -100%
2023 21 0.000006342 5 16 -52%
2024 25 0.000007511 25 -100%

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