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How popular is “Marvel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Marvel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Marvel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Marvel” 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 9 0.000031148 9 100%
1891 15 0.000052324 15 100%
1892 17 0.000050841 17 100%
1893 19 0.000058421 19 100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 100%
1895 20 0.000056977 20 100%
1896 27 0.000075528 27 100%
1897 25 0.000072055 25 100%
1898 35 0.000091754 35 100%
1899 37 0.000109069 37 100%
1900 42 0.00009328 42 100%
1901 35 0.000101211 35 100%
1902 34 0.000087916 34 100%
1903 29 0.000076076 29 100%
1904 33 0.000081787 33 100%
1905 28 0.00006605 28 100%
1906 43 0.000100362 43 100%
1907 45 0.000096693 40 5 78%
1908 46 0.000094137 46 100%
1909 43 0.000084112 43 100%
1910 49 0.000082951 49 100%
1911 50 0.000077606 43 7 72%
1912 69 0.000069834 63 6 83%
1913 73 0.000064198 64 9 75%
1914 84 0.000059308 74 10 76%
1915 146 0.000079676 135 11 85%
1916 139 0.000071856 129 10 86%
1917 152 0.000075744 127 25 67%
1918 161 0.000074156 150 11 86%
1919 142 0.000067291 128 14 80%
1920 166 0.000073366 149 17 80%
1921 148 0.000063397 136 12 84%
1922 147 0.000064216 130 17 77%
1923 178 0.000077308 153 25 72%
1924 171 0.0000718 152 19 78%
1925 126 0.000054001 108 18 71%
1926 151 0.000065769 138 13 83%
1927 151 0.000065104 134 17 77%
1928 113 0.000049979 101 12 79%
1929 181 0.000082567 171 10 89%
1930 148 0.000066568 137 11 85%
1931 119 0.000056549 105 14 76%
1932 112 0.000053048 103 9 84%
1933 97 0.000048513 90 7 86%
1934 116 0.000055855 108 8 86%
1935 98 0.000046892 90 8 84%
1936 81 0.000038988 73 8 80%
1937 74 0.000034731 67 7 81%
1938 97 0.00004384 84 13 73%
1939 66 0.000029953 59 7 79%
1940 69 0.000029965 63 6 83%
1941 63 0.000025858 63 100%
1942 72 0.000026356 61 11 69%
1943 66 0.000023383 58 8 76%
1944 60 0.000022304 48 12 60%
1945 55 0.000020732 44 11 60%
1946 42 0.000013144 42 100%
1947 46 0.00001277 41 5 78%
1948 53 0.000015351 40 13 51%
1949 47 0.000013487 38 9 62%
1950 43 0.000012274 37 6 72%
1951 45 0.000012216 35 10 56%
1952 38 0.000010005 33 5 74%
1953 43 0.000011158 35 8 63%
1954 30 0.000007536 22 8 47%
1955 43 0.00001071 35 8 63%
1956 51 0.00001237 45 6 76%
1957 34 0.000008091 28 6 65%
1958 25 0.000006048 18 7 44%
1959 30 0.000007215 21 9 40%
1960 17 0.000004093 12 5 41%
1961 27 0.000006518 17 10 26%
1962 26 0.000006443 16 10 23%
1963 25 0.000006316 20 5 60%
1964 23 0.000005916 15 8 30%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 100%
1966 24 0.000006905 12 12 0%
1967 34 0.000010015 18 16 6%
1968 16 0.000004736 7 9 -13%
1969 22 0.00000633 13 9 18%
1970 27 0.000007486 14 13 4%
1971 22 0.00000641 6 16 -45%
1972 19 0.000006045 8 11 -16%
1973 17 0.000005635 7 10 -18%
1974 15 0.000004934 5 10 -33%
1975 17 0.00000563 6 11 -29%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 12 0.000003778 5 7 -17%
1978 17 0.000005356 7 10 -18%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 -100%
1980 15 0.000004355 5 10 -33%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 15 0.000004276 15 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 19 0.000005323 7 12 -26%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1988 19 0.000005142 7 12 -26%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 27 0.000006831 5 22 -63%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 -100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 -100%
1994 19 0.000005111 19 -100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 12 0.00000321 12 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 13 0.000003402 13 -100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2006 13 0.000003286 13 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2008 16 0.000004071 5 11 -38%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 -100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
2011 13 0.000003554 13 -100%
2012 21 0.000005742 8 13 -24%
2013 28 0.00000768 11 17 -21%
2014 53 0.0000143 29 24 9%
2015 31 0.000008376 14 17 -10%
2016 40 0.000010903 20 20 0%
2017 50 0.000013981 21 29 -16%
2018 47 0.000013368 29 18 23%
2019 66 0.000019015 34 32 3%
2020 63 0.000018859 40 23 27%
2021 57 0.000016824 28 29 -2%
2022 60 0.000017735 30 30 0%
2023 55 0.00001661 27 28 -2%
2024 31 0.000009314 15 16 -3%

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