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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Melaney” in the USA?

Number of people named “Melaney” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Melaney” by birth year

This chart shows how “Melaney” 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
1947 7 0.000001943 7 100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 100%
1955 15 0.000003736 15 100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 100%
1958 18 0.000004354 18 100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 100%
1961 12 0.000002897 12 100%
1962 16 0.000003965 16 100%
1963 19 0.0000048 19 100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 100%
1968 23 0.000006808 23 100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 100%
1970 20 0.000005546 20 100%
1971 20 0.000005827 20 100%
1972 35 0.000011136 35 100%
1973 17 0.000005635 17 100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 100%
1975 27 0.000008942 27 100%
1976 20 0.000006591 20 100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 100%
1978 20 0.000006301 20 100%
1979 20 0.000006011 20 100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 100%
1981 22 0.00000636 22 100%
1982 19 0.000005416 19 100%
1983 18 0.000005197 18 100%
1984 14 0.000004013 14 100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 100%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 100%
1989 25 0.000006503 25 100%
1990 15 0.000003795 15 100%
1991 26 0.000006675 26 100%
1992 21 0.000005467 21 100%
1993 18 0.000004774 18 100%
1994 20 0.00000538 20 100%
1995 18 0.000004915 18 100%
1996 20 0.000005484 20 100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 100%
1999 16 0.000004332 16 100%
2000 18 0.000004762 18 100%
2001 22 0.000005877 22 100%
2002 19 0.000005083 19 100%
2003 23 0.000006049 23 100%
2004 23 0.000006019 23 100%
2005 35 0.000009103 35 100%
2006 22 0.000005561 22 100%
2007 38 0.000009506 38 100%
2008 30 0.000007632 30 100%
2009 32 0.000008377 32 100%
2010 28 0.000007576 28 100%
2011 21 0.000005741 21 100%
2012 26 0.000007109 26 100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 100%
2015 16 0.000004323 16 100%
2016 12 0.000003271 12 100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 100%
2018 12 0.000003413 12 100%
2019 12 0.000003457 12 100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 100%
2023 8 0.000002416 8 100%
2024 11 0.000003305 11 100%

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