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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Laray” in the USA?

Number of people named “Laray” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Laray” by birth year

This chart shows how “Laray” 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
1924 5 0.000002099 5 100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 -100%
1950 12 0.000003425 5 7 -17%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 11 0.000002648 6 5 9%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 100%
1963 16 0.000004042 10 6 25%
1964 11 0.00000283 6 5 9%
1965 17 0.000004689 7 10 -18%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1967 17 0.000005008 7 10 -18%
1968 10 0.00000296 5 5 0%
1969 12 0.000003453 7 5 17%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 100%
1971 16 0.000004662 9 7 13%
1972 15 0.000004773 7 8 -7%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1974 11 0.000003618 5 6 -9%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 14 0.000004614 6 8 -14%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 100%
1978 15 0.000004726 9 6 20%
1979 17 0.00000511 7 10 -18%
1980 19 0.000005516 8 11 -16%
1981 13 0.000003758 8 5 23%
1982 17 0.000004846 6 11 -29%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 -100%
1984 20 0.000005733 8 12 -20%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1986 20 0.000005623 7 13 -30%
1987 15 0.00000416 10 5 33%
1988 16 0.00000433 5 11 -38%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 20 0.000005134 7 13 -30%
1992 16 0.000004165 5 11 -38%
1993 17 0.000004509 12 5 41%
1994 12 0.000003228 6 6 0%
1995 16 0.000004369 11 5 38%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1999 15 0.000004061 9 6 20%
2001 16 0.000004274 6 10 -25%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 100%
2007 10 0.000002501 5 5 0%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 100%
2009 19 0.000004974 5 14 -47%
2010 15 0.000004059 10 5 33%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 100%
2015 13 0.000003513 5 8 -23%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%
2021 17 0.000005018 6 11 -29%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 -100%
2024 12 0.000003605 5 7 -17%

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