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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Kal” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kal” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Kal” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kal” 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
1947 5 0.000001388 5 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 -100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 -100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 -100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 -100%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 -100%
1964 13 0.000003344 13 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 -100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 -100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 -100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 -100%
1997 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 -100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2003 14 0.000003682 14 -100%
2004 16 0.000004187 16 -100%
2005 14 0.000003641 14 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2007 15 0.000003752 15 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2009 13 0.000003403 13 -100%
2010 18 0.00000487 18 -100%
2011 13 0.000003554 13 -100%
2012 30 0.000008203 30 -100%
2013 18 0.000004937 18 -100%
2014 68 0.000018347 68 -100%
2015 55 0.000014861 55 -100%
2016 52 0.000014174 52 -100%
2017 55 0.000015379 55 -100%
2018 56 0.000015928 56 -100%
2019 55 0.000015846 55 -100%
2020 55 0.000016464 55 -100%
2021 72 0.000021252 72 -100%
2022 56 0.000016553 56 -100%
2023 64 0.000019328 64 -100%
2024 60 0.000018026 60 -100%

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