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How popular is “Mae” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mae” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Mae” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mae” 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 344 0.001707332 344 100%
1881 314 0.001629577 314 100%
1882 406 0.001832684 406 100%
1883 423 0.001949794 423 100%
1884 542 0.002226229 542 100%
1885 583 0.002420553 578 5 98%
1886 641 0.002510614 641 100%
1887 680 0.002748674 680 100%
1888 836 0.002791561 836 100%
1889 883 0.003055934 883 100%
1890 926 0.003072319 920 6 99%
1891 933 0.003254579 933 100%
1892 1108 0.003313655 1101 7 99%
1893 1077 0.003311574 1071 6 99%
1894 1134 0.003348195 1134 100%
1895 1198 0.003412911 1193 5 99%
1896 1148 0.003211332 1148 100%
1897 1144 0.003297239 1144 100%
1898 1245 0.003263819 1239 6 99%
1899 1035 0.003050991 1035 100%
1900 1416 0.003144864 1406 10 99%
1901 1140 0.003296589 1140 100%
1902 1270 0.003283919 1261 9 99%
1903 1192 0.003126967 1192 100%
1904 1219 0.003021178 1214 5 99%
1905 1294 0.003052448 1284 10 98%
1906 1225 0.002859137 1225 100%
1907 1375 0.002954511 1375 100%
1908 1392 0.002848671 1384 8 99%
1909 1244 0.002433376 1230 14 98%
1910 1461 0.002473291 1453 8 99%
1911 1455 0.002258342 1449 6 99%
1912 1785 0.001806567 1775 10 99%
1913 1829 0.001608464 1814 15 98%
1914 2055 0.001450919 2049 6 99%
1915 2499 0.001363766 2486 13 99%
1916 2617 0.001352862 2607 10 99%
1917 2515 0.00125327 2507 8 99%
1918 2769 0.001275384 2756 13 99%
1919 2649 0.001255304 2634 15 99%
1920 2744 0.001212741 2730 14 99%
1921 2599 0.001113298 2589 10 99%
1922 2414 0.001054537 2404 10 99%
1923 2440 0.001059726 2428 12 99%
1924 2379 0.000998904 2369 10 99%
1925 2349 0.001006728 2332 17 99%
1926 2285 0.00099525 2261 24 98%
1927 2088 0.000900249 2072 16 98%
1928 1826 0.000807629 1808 18 98%
1929 1781 0.00081244 1766 15 98%
1930 1669 0.00075069 1651 18 98%
1931 1473 0.000699966 1462 11 99%
1932 1473 0.000697677 1456 17 98%
1933 1304 0.00065218 1290 14 98%
1934 1399 0.000673627 1384 15 98%
1935 1282 0.000613426 1267 15 98%
1936 1146 0.000551604 1136 10 98%
1937 1086 0.000509699 1071 15 97%
1938 1092 0.000493543 1083 9 98%
1939 1075 0.000487873 1060 15 97%
1940 1024 0.000444698 1018 6 99%
1941 1001 0.000410848 993 8 98%
1942 1014 0.000371181 997 17 97%
1943 885 0.000313545 876 9 98%
1944 879 0.000326756 868 11 97%
1945 868 0.000327188 854 14 97%
1946 811 0.00025381 806 5 99%
1947 868 0.000240956 859 9 98%
1948 884 0.000256045 884 100%
1949 798 0.000228996 792 6 98%
1950 745 0.000212653 737 8 98%
1951 730 0.000198168 730 100%
1952 646 0.000170089 640 6 98%
1953 640 0.000166077 640 100%
1954 554 0.000139171 554 100%
1955 584 0.000145452 575 9 97%
1956 465 0.000112781 465 100%
1957 466 0.000110896 459 7 97%
1958 380 0.000091923 374 6 97%
1959 368 0.000088504 368 100%
1960 346 0.000083297 346 100%
1961 359 0.000086667 359 100%
1962 259 0.000064182 259 100%
1963 247 0.000062402 247 100%
1964 205 0.000052732 205 100%
1965 189 0.000052131 189 100%
1966 181 0.000052077 181 100%
1967 147 0.0000433 147 100%
1968 112 0.000033152 112 100%
1969 127 0.000036543 127 100%
1970 120 0.000033273 120 100%
1971 75 0.000021851 75 100%
1972 92 0.000029271 92 100%
1973 90 0.000029832 90 100%
1974 87 0.000028618 87 100%
1975 86 0.000028483 86 100%
1976 69 0.00002274 69 100%
1977 75 0.000023611 75 100%
1978 71 0.00002237 71 100%
1979 65 0.000019537 65 100%
1980 79 0.000022935 79 100%
1981 59 0.000017055 59 100%
1982 64 0.000018244 64 100%
1983 60 0.000017324 60 100%
1984 63 0.000018058 63 100%
1985 56 0.00001569 56 100%
1986 53 0.0000149 53 100%
1987 59 0.000016363 59 100%
1988 55 0.000014885 55 100%
1989 58 0.000015087 58 100%
1990 59 0.000014927 59 100%
1991 64 0.00001643 64 100%
1992 53 0.000013798 53 100%
1993 45 0.000011935 45 100%
1994 66 0.000017753 66 100%
1995 61 0.000016657 61 100%
1996 56 0.000015354 56 100%
1997 68 0.000018755 68 100%
1998 83 0.000022565 83 100%
1999 99 0.000026801 99 100%
2000 132 0.000034922 132 100%
2001 112 0.000029919 112 100%
2002 140 0.00003745 140 100%
2003 119 0.000031297 119 100%
2004 151 0.000039519 151 100%
2005 175 0.000045515 175 100%
2006 207 0.000052323 207 100%
2007 208 0.00005203 208 100%
2008 230 0.000058514 230 100%
2009 240 0.000062824 240 100%
2010 259 0.000070081 259 100%
2011 337 0.000092132 337 100%
2012 373 0.000101986 373 100%
2013 419 0.000114931 419 100%
2014 413 0.00011143 413 100%
2015 513 0.000138614 513 100%
2016 535 0.000145828 535 100%
2017 461 0.000128908 461 100%
2018 561 0.000159561 561 100%
2019 556 0.000160187 556 100%
2020 511 0.000152968 511 100%
2021 620 0.000183002 620 100%
2022 614 0.000181488 614 100%
2023 604 0.000182411 599 5 98%
2024 574 0.00017245 574 100%

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