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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Malachi” in the USA?

Number of people named “Malachi” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Malachi” by birth year

This chart shows how “Malachi” 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 10 0.000049632 10 -100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 -100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1908 10 0.000020465 10 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 12 0.000020315 12 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 17 0.000017205 17 -100%
1913 21 0.000018468 21 -100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 -100%
1915 19 0.000010369 19 -100%
1916 13 0.00000672 13 -100%
1917 18 0.00000897 18 -100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 -100%
1919 23 0.000010899 23 -100%
1920 21 0.000009281 21 -100%
1921 18 0.00000771 18 -100%
1922 26 0.000011358 26 -100%
1923 16 0.000006949 16 -100%
1924 20 0.000008398 20 -100%
1925 22 0.000009429 22 -100%
1926 22 0.000009582 22 -100%
1927 17 0.00000733 17 -100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 -100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 -100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 -100%
1933 22 0.000011003 22 -100%
1934 18 0.000008667 18 -100%
1935 21 0.000010048 21 -100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 -100%
1937 15 0.00000704 15 -100%
1938 19 0.000008587 19 -100%
1939 22 0.000009984 22 -100%
1940 24 0.000010423 24 -100%
1941 16 0.000006567 16 -100%
1942 22 0.000008053 22 -100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 -100%
1944 11 0.000004089 11 -100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 -100%
1946 25 0.000007824 25 -100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 -100%
1948 23 0.000006662 23 -100%
1949 19 0.000005452 19 -100%
1950 20 0.000005709 20 -100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 -100%
1952 17 0.000004476 17 -100%
1953 11 0.000002854 11 -100%
1954 14 0.000003517 14 -100%
1955 13 0.000003238 13 -100%
1956 20 0.000004851 20 -100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 -100%
1958 16 0.00000387 16 -100%
1959 11 0.000002646 11 -100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 -100%
1961 17 0.000004104 17 -100%
1962 16 0.000003965 16 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1964 13 0.000003344 13 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 -100%
1969 17 0.000004892 17 -100%
1970 24 0.000006655 24 -100%
1971 31 0.000009032 31 -100%
1972 20 0.000006363 20 -100%
1973 31 0.000010275 31 -100%
1974 35 0.000011513 35 -100%
1975 53 0.000017553 53 -100%
1976 44 0.000014501 44 -100%
1977 49 0.000015426 49 -100%
1978 41 0.000012918 41 -100%
1979 62 0.000018635 62 -100%
1980 62 0.000018 62 -100%
1981 44 0.000012719 44 -100%
1982 51 0.000014538 51 -100%
1983 68 0.000019634 68 -100%
1984 67 0.000019205 67 -100%
1985 75 0.000021014 75 -100%
1986 83 0.000023334 83 -100%
1987 92 0.000025516 92 -100%
1988 90 0.000024357 90 -100%
1989 114 0.000029653 114 -100%
1990 119 0.000030108 119 -100%
1991 154 0.000039535 5 149 -94%
1992 178 0.000046339 178 -100%
1993 253 0.000067104 6 247 -95%
1994 276 0.00007424 5 271 -96%
1995 367 0.000100214 8 359 -96%
1996 414 0.000113512 414 -100%
1997 515 0.00014204 10 505 -96%
1998 588 0.000159861 11 577 -96%
1999 706 0.000191128 706 -100%
2000 777 0.000205561 10 767 -97%
2001 1335 0.000356629 10 1325 -99%
2002 1686 0.000451008 13 1673 -98%
2003 1925 0.00050627 6 1919 -99%
2004 2261 0.000591742 15 2246 -99%
2005 2571 0.000668688 18 2553 -99%
2006 2790 0.000705224 14 2776 -99%
2007 2720 0.000680394 10 2710 -99%
2008 2462 0.000626357 5 2457 -100%
2009 2363 0.000618558 11 2352 -99%
2010 2423 0.00065562 8 2415 -99%
2011 2360 0.000645198 9 2351 -99%
2012 2335 0.000638437 9 2326 -99%
2013 2345 0.000643229 10 2335 -99%
2014 2407 0.000649421 10 2397 -99%
2015 2617 0.000707123 16 2601 -99%
2016 2643 0.000720419 9 2634 -99%
2017 2553 0.000713887 7 2546 -99%
2018 2519 0.00071646 9 2510 -99%
2019 2463 0.000709607 10 2453 -99%
2020 2405 0.000719936 5 2400 -100%
2021 2328 0.000687141 8 2320 -99%
2022 2303 0.00068073 2303 -100%
2023 2486 0.000750786 8 2478 -99%
2024 2410 0.00072405 6 2404 -100%

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