Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Maja” in the USA?

Number of people named “Maja” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Maja” by birth year

This chart shows how “Maja” 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
1953 5 0.000001297 5 100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1970 13 0.000003605 13 100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 100%
1976 13 0.000004284 13 100%
1977 21 0.000006611 21 100%
1978 19 0.000005986 19 100%
1979 17 0.00000511 17 100%
1980 19 0.000005516 19 100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 100%
1982 20 0.000005701 20 100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 100%
1984 14 0.000004013 14 100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 100%
1987 20 0.000005547 20 100%
1988 19 0.000005142 19 100%
1989 19 0.000004942 19 100%
1990 15 0.000003795 15 100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 100%
1992 16 0.000004165 16 100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 100%
1994 18 0.000004842 18 100%
1995 28 0.000007646 28 100%
1996 24 0.00000658 24 100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 100%
1998 40 0.000010875 40 100%
1999 35 0.000009475 35 100%
2000 50 0.000013228 50 100%
2001 53 0.000014158 53 100%
2002 42 0.000011235 42 100%
2003 61 0.000016043 61 100%
2004 45 0.000011777 45 100%
2005 75 0.000019507 75 100%
2006 75 0.000018958 75 100%
2007 80 0.000020012 80 100%
2008 74 0.000018826 74 100%
2009 84 0.000021989 84 100%
2010 77 0.000020835 77 100%
2011 81 0.000022145 81 100%
2012 57 0.000015585 57 100%
2013 50 0.000013715 50 100%
2014 43 0.000011602 43 100%
2015 61 0.000016482 61 100%
2016 55 0.000014992 55 100%
2017 49 0.000013702 49 100%
2018 51 0.000014506 51 100%
2019 53 0.00001527 53 100%
2020 37 0.000011076 37 100%
2021 54 0.000015939 54 100%
2022 52 0.00001537 52 100%
2023 27 0.000008154 27 100%
2024 37 0.000011116 37 100%

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