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How popular is “Maye” in the USA?

Number of people named “Maye” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Maye” by birth year

This chart shows how “Maye” 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 9 0.000044669 9 100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 100%
1883 11 0.000050704 11 100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 100%
1885 16 0.00006643 16 100%
1886 19 0.000074418 19 100%
1887 16 0.000064675 16 100%
1888 20 0.000066784 20 100%
1889 18 0.000062295 18 100%
1890 18 0.000059721 18 100%
1891 22 0.000076742 22 100%
1892 23 0.000068785 23 100%
1893 22 0.000067646 22 100%
1894 27 0.000079719 27 100%
1895 30 0.000085465 30 100%
1896 22 0.000061541 22 100%
1897 26 0.000074937 26 100%
1898 30 0.000078646 30 100%
1899 18 0.000053061 18 100%
1900 36 0.000079954 36 100%
1901 20 0.000057835 20 100%
1902 25 0.000064644 25 100%
1903 40 0.000104932 40 100%
1904 38 0.000094179 38 100%
1905 30 0.000070768 30 100%
1906 22 0.000051348 22 100%
1907 30 0.000064462 30 100%
1908 34 0.00006958 34 100%
1909 29 0.000056727 29 100%
1910 32 0.000054172 32 100%
1911 40 0.000062085 40 100%
1912 37 0.000037447 37 100%
1913 42 0.000036936 42 100%
1914 43 0.00003036 43 100%
1915 48 0.000026195 48 100%
1916 55 0.000028432 55 100%
1917 36 0.000017939 36 100%
1918 41 0.000018884 41 100%
1919 50 0.000023694 50 100%
1920 54 0.000023866 54 100%
1921 58 0.000024845 58 100%
1922 42 0.000018347 42 100%
1923 30 0.000013029 30 100%
1924 29 0.000012177 29 100%
1925 31 0.000013286 31 100%
1926 25 0.000010889 25 100%
1927 26 0.00001121 26 100%
1928 30 0.000013269 30 100%
1929 16 0.000007299 16 100%
1930 16 0.000007197 16 100%
1931 19 0.000009029 19 100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 100%
1933 16 0.000008002 16 100%
1934 25 0.000012038 25 100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 100%
1937 29 0.000013611 29 100%
1938 14 0.000006327 14 100%
1939 15 0.000006808 15 100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 100%
1941 14 0.000005746 14 100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 100%
1943 18 0.000006377 18 100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%
2012 10 0.000002734 10 100%
2015 10 0.000002702 10 100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 100%
2019 9 0.000002593 9 100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 100%
2022 11 0.000003251 11 100%
2023 14 0.000004228 14 100%
2024 11 0.000003305 11 100%

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