Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Calais” in the USA?

Number of people named “Calais” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Calais” by birth year

This chart shows how “Calais” 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
1984 6 0.00000172 6 100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2010 13 0.000003518 13 100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 100%
2017 12 0.000003356 5 7 -17%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 -100%
2019 15 0.000004322 15 -100%
2020 17 0.000005089 5 12 -41%
2021 17 0.000005018 6 11 -29%
2022 14 0.000004138 5 9 -29%
2023 8 0.000002416 8 -100%
2024 18 0.000005408 6 12 -33%

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