Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Cal” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cal” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Cal” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cal” 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 19 0.0000943 19 -100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 -100%
1882 16 0.000072224 16 -100%
1883 14 0.000064532 14 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 -100%
1889 13 0.000044991 13 -100%
1890 13 0.000043132 13 -100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 -100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 -100%
1893 11 0.000033823 11 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 -100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 -100%
1900 10 0.000022209 10 -100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 -100%
1906 11 0.000025674 11 -100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 -100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 -100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 -100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 -100%
1915 26 0.000014189 26 -100%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 -100%
1917 29 0.000014451 29 -100%
1918 29 0.000013357 29 -100%
1919 19 0.000009004 19 -100%
1920 22 0.000009723 22 -100%
1921 30 0.000012851 30 -100%
1922 23 0.000010047 23 -100%
1923 31 0.000013464 31 -100%
1924 32 0.000013436 32 -100%
1925 21 0.000009 21 -100%
1926 30 0.000013067 30 -100%
1927 26 0.00001121 26 -100%
1928 19 0.000008404 19 -100%
1929 15 0.000006843 15 -100%
1930 19 0.000008546 19 -100%
1931 21 0.000009979 21 -100%
1932 23 0.000010894 23 -100%
1933 21 0.000010503 21 -100%
1934 23 0.000011075 23 -100%
1935 23 0.000011005 23 -100%
1936 25 0.000012033 25 -100%
1937 21 0.000009856 21 -100%
1938 17 0.000007683 17 -100%
1939 22 0.000009984 22 -100%
1940 21 0.00000912 21 -100%
1941 25 0.000010261 25 -100%
1942 26 0.000009517 26 -100%
1943 28 0.00000992 28 -100%
1944 29 0.00001078 29 -100%
1945 26 0.000009801 26 -100%
1946 27 0.00000845 27 -100%
1947 44 0.000012214 44 -100%
1948 50 0.000014482 50 -100%
1949 33 0.00000947 33 -100%
1950 34 0.000009705 34 -100%
1951 47 0.000012759 47 -100%
1952 42 0.000011058 42 -100%
1953 49 0.000012715 49 -100%
1954 54 0.000013565 5 49 -81%
1955 52 0.000012951 5 47 -81%
1956 71 0.00001722 71 -100%
1957 78 0.000018562 78 -100%
1958 61 0.000014756 61 -100%
1959 60 0.00001443 60 -100%
1960 65 0.000015648 65 -100%
1961 48 0.000011588 48 -100%
1962 51 0.000012638 51 -100%
1963 67 0.000016927 67 -100%
1964 53 0.000013633 53 -100%
1965 33 0.000009102 33 -100%
1966 43 0.000012372 43 -100%
1967 31 0.000009131 31 -100%
1968 41 0.000012136 41 -100%
1969 26 0.000007481 26 -100%
1970 37 0.000010259 37 -100%
1971 24 0.000006992 24 -100%
1972 34 0.000010818 34 -100%
1973 25 0.000008287 25 -100%
1974 28 0.000009211 28 -100%
1975 31 0.000010267 31 -100%
1976 34 0.000011205 34 -100%
1977 31 0.000009759 31 -100%
1978 20 0.000006301 20 -100%
1979 24 0.000007214 24 -100%
1980 32 0.00000929 32 -100%
1981 33 0.000009539 33 -100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 -100%
1983 32 0.00000924 32 -100%
1984 43 0.000012325 43 -100%
1985 36 0.000010087 36 -100%
1986 36 0.000010121 36 -100%
1987 23 0.000006379 23 -100%
1988 37 0.000010013 37 -100%
1989 33 0.000008584 33 -100%
1990 41 0.000010373 41 -100%
1991 51 0.000013093 51 -100%
1992 68 0.000017702 68 -100%
1993 52 0.000013792 52 -100%
1994 47 0.000012642 47 -100%
1995 84 0.000022937 84 -100%
1996 112 0.000030709 112 -100%
1997 93 0.00002565 93 -100%
1998 72 0.000019575 72 -100%
1999 69 0.00001868 69 -100%
2000 88 0.000023281 88 -100%
2001 89 0.000023775 89 -100%
2002 95 0.000025413 95 -100%
2003 88 0.000023144 88 -100%
2004 84 0.000021984 84 -100%
2005 90 0.000023408 90 -100%
2006 85 0.000021485 85 -100%
2007 100 0.000025014 100 -100%
2008 90 0.000022897 90 -100%
2009 94 0.000024606 94 -100%
2010 88 0.000023811 88 -100%
2011 88 0.000024058 88 -100%
2012 90 0.000024608 90 -100%
2013 99 0.000027156 99 -100%
2014 129 0.000034805 129 -100%
2015 144 0.000038909 144 -100%
2016 160 0.000043612 160 -100%
2017 159 0.000044461 159 -100%
2018 150 0.000042663 150 -100%
2019 166 0.000047826 166 -100%
2020 235 0.000070347 235 -100%
2021 263 0.000077628 263 -100%
2022 343 0.000101385 343 -100%
2023 373 0.000112648 373 -100%
2024 408 0.000122578 408 -100%

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