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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Raye” in the USA?

Number of people named “Raye” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Raye” by birth year

This chart shows how “Raye” 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
1889 6 0.000020765 6 100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 100%
1912 21 0.000021254 21 100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 100%
1914 21 0.000014827 16 5 52%
1915 26 0.000014189 26 100%
1916 27 0.000013958 22 5 63%
1917 24 0.00001196 24 100%
1918 27 0.000012436 20 7 48%
1919 14 0.000006634 14 100%
1920 31 0.000013701 26 5 68%
1921 25 0.000010709 25 100%
1922 24 0.000010484 17 7 42%
1923 22 0.000009555 22 100%
1924 26 0.000010917 20 6 54%
1925 21 0.000009 21 100%
1926 27 0.00001176 21 6 56%
1927 17 0.00000733 17 100%
1928 29 0.000012827 21 8 45%
1929 21 0.00000958 14 7 33%
1930 21 0.000009445 15 6 43%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 100%
1932 28 0.000013262 22 6 57%
1933 23 0.000011503 23 100%
1934 24 0.000011556 18 6 50%
1935 16 0.000007656 16 100%
1936 19 0.000009145 19 100%
1937 25 0.000011733 19 6 52%
1938 27 0.000012203 27 100%
1939 35 0.000015884 25 10 43%
1940 29 0.000012594 22 7 52%
1941 33 0.000013544 22 11 33%
1942 40 0.000014642 32 8 60%
1943 51 0.000018069 41 10 61%
1944 46 0.0000171 41 5 78%
1945 44 0.000016586 38 6 73%
1946 52 0.000016274 42 10 62%
1947 41 0.000011382 36 5 76%
1948 50 0.000014482 35 15 40%
1949 40 0.000011478 32 8 60%
1950 49 0.000013987 42 7 71%
1951 42 0.000011401 36 6 71%
1952 53 0.000013955 45 8 70%
1953 54 0.000014013 42 12 56%
1954 52 0.000013063 43 9 65%
1955 57 0.000014196 52 5 82%
1956 74 0.000017948 67 7 81%
1957 57 0.000013565 49 8 72%
1958 47 0.000011369 41 6 74%
1959 39 0.00000938 39 100%
1960 43 0.000010352 37 6 72%
1961 51 0.000012312 46 5 80%
1962 53 0.000013134 45 8 70%
1963 45 0.000011369 36 9 60%
1964 46 0.000011832 38 8 65%
1965 28 0.000007723 20 8 43%
1966 22 0.00000633 22 100%
1967 24 0.000007069 24 100%
1968 29 0.000008584 29 100%
1969 26 0.000007481 26 100%
1970 26 0.000007209 26 100%
1971 36 0.000010488 28 8 56%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 100%
1973 18 0.000005966 18 100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 100%
1975 19 0.000006293 19 100%
1976 13 0.000004284 13 100%
1977 15 0.000004722 10 5 33%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 100%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 100%
1982 15 0.000004276 9 6 20%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 100%
2015 10 0.000002702 10 100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 100%
2018 15 0.000004266 15 100%
2019 15 0.000004322 15 100%
2020 19 0.000005688 19 100%
2021 13 0.000003837 13 100%
2022 16 0.000004729 16 100%
2023 15 0.00000453 15 100%
2024 14 0.000004206 14 100%

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