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How popular is “Karel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Karel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Karel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Karel” 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
1916 8 0.000004136 8 -100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 -100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 -100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 -100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 100%
1934 14 0.000006741 5 9 -29%
1935 11 0.000005263 6 5 9%
1936 18 0.000008664 12 6 33%
1937 15 0.00000704 15 100%
1938 21 0.000009491 21 100%
1939 76 0.000034491 69 7 82%
1940 55 0.000023885 50 5 82%
1941 33 0.000013544 33 100%
1942 39 0.000014276 31 8 59%
1943 36 0.000012754 30 6 67%
1944 35 0.000013011 35 100%
1945 32 0.000012062 32 100%
1946 32 0.000010015 32 100%
1947 57 0.000015823 51 6 79%
1948 37 0.000010717 32 5 73%
1949 44 0.000012626 35 9 59%
1950 41 0.000011703 36 5 76%
1951 43 0.000011673 35 8 63%
1952 41 0.000010795 35 6 71%
1953 52 0.000013494 52 100%
1954 45 0.000011305 39 6 73%
1955 30 0.000007472 23 7 53%
1956 20 0.000004851 20 100%
1957 32 0.000007615 25 7 56%
1958 37 0.00000895 31 6 68%
1959 41 0.000009861 35 6 71%
1960 26 0.000006259 26 100%
1961 37 0.000008932 32 5 73%
1962 30 0.000007434 23 7 53%
1963 31 0.000007832 26 5 68%
1964 26 0.000006688 19 7 46%
1965 20 0.000005517 20 100%
1966 21 0.000006042 15 6 43%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 100%
1968 12 0.000003552 12 100%
1969 19 0.000005467 11 8 16%
1970 15 0.000004159 10 5 33%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 -100%
1972 13 0.000004136 5 8 -23%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 16 0.000005037 9 7 13%
1978 11 0.000003466 5 6 -9%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 13 0.000003706 6 7 -8%
1983 14 0.000004042 7 7 0%
1984 14 0.000004013 8 6 14%
1985 20 0.000005604 7 13 -30%
1986 13 0.000003655 6 7 -8%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 -100%
1989 13 0.000003382 7 6 8%
1990 14 0.000003542 7 7 0%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 16 0.000004165 10 6 25%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 -100%
1995 17 0.000004642 11 6 29%
1996 13 0.000003564 7 6 8%
1997 15 0.000004137 6 9 -20%
1998 17 0.000004622 9 8 6%
1999 17 0.000004602 7 10 -18%
2000 10 0.000002646 5 5 0%
2001 15 0.000004007 7 8 -7%
2003 13 0.000003419 5 8 -23%
2004 23 0.000006019 7 16 -39%
2005 15 0.000003901 15 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 -100%
2009 26 0.000006806 9 17 -31%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2012 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%
2019 11 0.000003169 11 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2022 13 0.000003843 13 -100%
2023 22 0.000006644 22 -100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 -100%

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