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How popular is “Maher” in the USA?

Number of people named “Maher” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Maher” by birth year

This chart shows how “Maher” 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
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 -100%
1976 16 0.000005273 16 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 14 0.000004064 14 -100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 -100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 -100%
1983 20 0.000005775 20 -100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 -100%
1985 15 0.000004203 15 -100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 -100%
1987 16 0.000004438 16 -100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 -100%
1990 18 0.000004554 18 -100%
1991 27 0.000006931 27 -100%
1992 24 0.000006248 24 -100%
1993 16 0.000004244 16 -100%
1994 31 0.000008339 31 -100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 -100%
1996 29 0.000007951 29 -100%
1997 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1998 15 0.000004078 15 -100%
1999 17 0.000004602 17 -100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 -100%
2001 29 0.000007747 29 -100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 -100%
2003 29 0.000007627 29 -100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 -100%
2005 23 0.000005982 23 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2007 16 0.000004002 16 -100%
2008 14 0.000003562 14 -100%
2009 14 0.000003665 14 -100%
2010 20 0.000005412 20 -100%
2011 18 0.000004921 18 -100%
2012 21 0.000005742 21 -100%
2013 30 0.000008229 30 -100%
2014 39 0.000010522 39 -100%
2015 37 0.000009998 37 -100%
2016 35 0.00000954 35 -100%
2017 40 0.000011185 40 -100%
2018 39 0.000011092 39 -100%
2019 35 0.000010084 35 -100%
2020 34 0.000010178 34 -100%
2021 30 0.000008855 30 -100%
2022 31 0.000009163 31 -100%
2023 41 0.000012382 41 -100%
2024 28 0.000008412 28 -100%

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