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How popular is “Paige” in the USA?

Number of people named “Paige” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Paige” by birth year

This chart shows how “Paige” 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
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 14 0.00000764 9 5 29%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 -100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 -100%
1918 10 0.000004606 10 -100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 -100%
1920 25 0.000011049 10 15 -20%
1921 26 0.000011137 12 14 -8%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 21 0.000009121 7 14 -33%
1924 16 0.000006718 5 11 -38%
1925 22 0.000009429 9 13 -18%
1926 20 0.000008711 7 13 -30%
1927 22 0.000009485 8 14 -27%
1928 20 0.000008846 7 13 -30%
1929 20 0.000009123 8 12 -20%
1930 12 0.000005397 5 7 -17%
1931 25 0.00001188 8 17 -36%
1932 20 0.000009473 9 11 -10%
1933 18 0.000009002 9 9 0%
1934 19 0.000009149 6 13 -37%
1935 13 0.00000622 7 6 8%
1936 13 0.000006257 6 7 -8%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 -100%
1938 18 0.000008135 6 12 -33%
1939 27 0.000012254 18 9 33%
1940 43 0.000018674 36 7 67%
1941 41 0.000016828 31 10 51%
1942 39 0.000014276 25 14 28%
1943 34 0.000012046 23 11 35%
1944 32 0.000011896 24 8 50%
1945 27 0.000010178 17 10 26%
1946 78 0.000024411 66 12 69%
1947 62 0.000017211 52 10 68%
1948 71 0.000020565 49 22 38%
1949 53 0.000015209 44 9 66%
1950 55 0.000015699 42 13 53%
1951 98 0.000026603 78 20 59%
1952 117 0.000030806 107 10 83%
1953 100 0.000025949 87 13 74%
1954 117 0.000029392 95 22 62%
1955 123 0.000030635 105 18 71%
1956 135 0.000032743 114 21 69%
1957 119 0.000028319 98 21 65%
1958 147 0.00003556 130 17 77%
1959 142 0.000034151 132 10 86%
1960 211 0.000050797 188 23 78%
1961 363 0.000087632 345 18 90%
1962 561 0.000139021 548 13 95%
1963 521 0.000131625 510 11 96%
1964 549 0.000141218 537 12 96%
1965 537 0.00014812 521 16 94%
1966 807 0.000232186 788 19 95%
1967 806 0.000237415 788 18 96%
1968 716 0.000211934 695 21 94%
1969 754 0.000216958 734 20 95%
1970 787 0.000218216 762 25 94%
1971 611 0.000178012 594 17 94%
1972 497 0.000158129 483 14 94%
1973 472 0.000156453 456 16 93%
1974 486 0.000159868 475 11 95%
1975 436 0.0001444 418 18 92%
1976 398 0.000131167 384 14 93%
1977 367 0.000115536 352 15 92%
1978 374 0.000117837 365 9 95%
1979 400 0.000120228 389 11 94%
1980 474 0.00013761 474 100%
1981 624 0.000180379 611 13 96%
1982 600 0.000171039 586 14 95%
1983 599 0.000172954 587 12 96%
1984 622 0.000178287 608 14 95%
1985 735 0.000205934 723 12 97%
1986 892 0.000250768 878 14 97%
1987 1662 0.000460948 1637 25 97%
1988 1890 0.000511496 1860 30 97%
1989 2417 0.000628699 2392 25 98%
1990 4135 0.001046179 4113 22 99%
1991 4536 0.001164491 4516 20 99%
1992 5336 0.001389123 5305 31 99%
1993 5630 0.001493258 5612 18 99%
1994 5223 0.001404919 5209 14 99%
1995 5746 0.001569021 5733 13 100%
1996 5350 0.001466881 5342 8 100%
1997 5038 0.001389506 5030 8 100%
1998 4994 0.001357727 4976 18 99%
1999 4728 0.001279959 4717 11 100%
2000 4626 0.001223841 4609 17 99%
2001 4284 0.001144417 4274 10 100%
2002 5483 0.001466713 5470 13 100%
2003 5763 0.001515654 5758 5 100%
2004 5467 0.001430806 5441 26 99%
2005 4911 0.001277295 4906 5 100%
2006 4279 0.001081596 4267 12 99%
2007 3806 0.000952051 3796 10 99%
2008 3661 0.000931395 3647 14 99%
2009 3412 0.000893153 3412 100%
2010 3012 0.000814993 3012 100%
2011 2819 0.000770684 2819 100%
2012 2914 0.000796748 2914 100%
2013 2575 0.000706318 2575 100%
2014 2421 0.000653199 2416 5 100%
2015 2293 0.000619577 2293 100%
2016 2056 0.000560417 2056 100%
2017 1705 0.000476764 1700 5 99%
2018 1454 0.00041355 1454 100%
2019 1375 0.000396147 1375 100%
2020 1137 0.00034036 1137 100%
2021 1064 0.000314054 1064 100%
2022 1012 0.000299131 1012 100%
2023 863 0.000260631 863 100%
2024 826 0.00024816 826 100%

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