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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Mela” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mela” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Mela” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mela” 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
1905 5 0.000011795 5 100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 100%
1918 9 0.000004145 9 100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 100%
1922 10 0.000004368 10 100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 100%
1925 6 0.000002571 6 100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 100%
1927 15 0.000006467 15 100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 100%
1934 14 0.000006741 14 100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 100%
1953 11 0.000002854 11 100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 100%
1959 11 0.000002646 11 100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 100%
2005 13 0.000003381 13 100%
2006 24 0.000006066 24 100%
2007 23 0.000005753 23 100%
2008 20 0.000005088 20 100%
2009 15 0.000003927 15 100%
2010 18 0.00000487 18 100%
2011 27 0.000007382 27 100%
2012 29 0.000007929 29 100%
2013 31 0.000008503 31 100%
2014 38 0.000010253 38 100%
2015 37 0.000009998 37 100%
2016 32 0.000008722 32 100%
2017 31 0.000008668 31 100%
2018 40 0.000011377 40 100%
2019 55 0.000015846 55 100%
2020 48 0.000014369 48 100%
2021 33 0.00000974 33 100%
2022 32 0.000009459 32 100%
2023 27 0.000008154 27 100%
2024 23 0.00000691 23 100%

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