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How popular is “Mar” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mar” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Mar” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mar” 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
1913 10 0.000008794 5 5 0%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 100%
1929 15 0.000006843 15 100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 100%
1955 18 0.000004483 10 8 11%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 -100%
1958 14 0.000003387 6 8 -14%
1959 23 0.000005532 15 8 30%
1960 10 0.000002407 5 5 0%
1961 13 0.000003138 6 7 -8%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1966 14 0.000004028 7 7 0%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1970 9 0.000002495 9 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 12 0.000003778 6 6 0%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1985 16 0.000004483 9 7 13%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 100%
1995 15 0.000004096 8 7 7%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 14 0.000003806 7 7 0%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 100%
2002 16 0.00000428 11 5 38%
2003 13 0.000003419 13 100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 100%
2006 18 0.00000455 11 7 22%
2007 16 0.000004002 16 100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 100%
2009 15 0.000003927 10 5 33%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 100%
2016 14 0.000003816 14 100%
2017 9 0.000002517 9 100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 100%
2019 11 0.000003169 11 100%
2020 21 0.000006286 21 100%
2021 33 0.00000974 26 7 58%
2022 67 0.000019804 53 14 58%
2023 92 0.000027785 72 20 57%
2024 65 0.000019528 55 10 69%

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