Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Male” in the USA?

Number of people named “Male” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Male” by birth year

This chart shows how “Male” 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%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 -100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 -100%
1987 36 0.000009984 36 -100%
1988 67 0.000018132 67 -100%
1989 35 0.000009104 35 -100%
1990 211 0.000053384 211 -100%
1991 223 0.000057249 223 -100%
1992 104 0.000027074 104 -100%
1993 126 0.000033419 126 -100%
1994 131 0.000035237 131 -100%
1995 105 0.000028672 105 -100%
1996 43 0.00001179 43 -100%
1997 26 0.000007171 26 -100%
1998 25 0.000006797 25 -100%
1999 23 0.000006227 23 -100%
2000 32 0.000008466 32 -100%
2001 21 0.00000561 21 -100%
2002 21 0.000005618 21 -100%
2003 15 0.000003945 15 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 -100%
2010 20 0.000005412 20 -100%
2011 18 0.000004921 18 -100%
2012 36 0.000009843 36 -100%
2013 50 0.000013715 50 -100%
2014 64 0.000017268 64 -100%
2015 18 0.000004864 18 -100%

Explore other names

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  1. Malcome
  2. Malcon
  3. Malcum
  4. Malda
  5. Malden
  6. Male (this page)
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  8. Maleah
  9. Maleaha
  10. Maleak
  11. Maleana