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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Melba” in the USA?

Number of people named “Melba” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Melba” by birth year

This chart shows how “Melba” 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
1893 7 0.000021524 7 100%
1894 15 0.000044288 15 100%
1895 19 0.000054128 19 100%
1896 33 0.000092312 33 100%
1897 36 0.000103759 36 100%
1898 60 0.000157292 60 100%
1899 46 0.0001356 46 100%
1900 44 0.000097722 44 100%
1901 36 0.000104103 36 100%
1902 35 0.000090502 35 100%
1903 45 0.000118048 45 100%
1904 61 0.000151183 61 100%
1905 102 0.00024061 102 100%
1906 98 0.000228731 98 100%
1907 113 0.000242807 113 100%
1908 106 0.000216925 106 100%
1909 123 0.000240599 123 100%
1910 160 0.00027086 160 100%
1911 146 0.00022661 146 100%
1912 218 0.000220634 218 100%
1913 274 0.000240962 274 100%
1914 352 0.000248527 352 100%
1915 493 0.000269042 493 100%
1916 581 0.000300349 581 100%
1917 701 0.000349321 701 100%
1918 822 0.000378608 822 100%
1919 791 0.000374838 791 100%
1920 907 0.000400859 907 100%
1921 919 0.000393659 910 9 98%
1922 929 0.000405826 929 100%
1923 922 0.000400438 922 100%
1924 1003 0.000421144 998 5 99%
1925 938 0.000402005 938 100%
1926 918 0.000399842 918 100%
1927 898 0.000387176 892 6 99%
1928 868 0.000383911 868 100%
1929 822 0.000374972 817 5 99%
1930 862 0.000387714 862 100%
1931 778 0.000369704 770 8 98%
1932 873 0.000413491 873 100%
1933 781 0.000390608 776 5 99%
1934 771 0.000371241 771 100%
1935 758 0.000362697 758 100%
1936 728 0.000350408 721 7 98%
1937 789 0.000370306 789 100%
1938 850 0.000384168 850 100%
1939 781 0.000354445 781 100%
1940 731 0.000317456 731 100%
1941 722 0.000296336 715 7 98%
1942 648 0.000237205 648 100%
1943 597 0.00021151 597 100%
1944 565 0.000210031 565 100%
1945 502 0.000189226 502 100%
1946 529 0.000165555 529 100%
1947 523 0.000145184 523 100%
1948 454 0.000131498 454 100%
1949 427 0.000122533 427 100%
1950 393 0.000112178 393 100%
1951 423 0.000114829 423 100%
1952 368 0.000096893 368 100%
1953 460 0.000119368 460 100%
1954 439 0.000110282 439 100%
1955 404 0.000100621 404 100%
1956 358 0.000086829 358 100%
1957 388 0.000092334 388 100%
1958 294 0.000071119 294 100%
1959 265 0.000063733 265 100%
1960 255 0.000061389 255 100%
1961 238 0.000057456 238 100%
1962 188 0.000046588 188 100%
1963 183 0.000046233 183 100%
1964 142 0.000036526 142 100%
1965 144 0.000039719 144 100%
1966 125 0.000035964 125 100%
1967 105 0.000030929 105 100%
1968 81 0.000023976 81 100%
1969 77 0.000022156 77 100%
1970 94 0.000026064 94 100%
1971 87 0.000025347 87 100%
1972 113 0.000035953 113 100%
1973 85 0.000028175 85 100%
1974 65 0.000021382 65 100%
1975 69 0.000022852 69 100%
1976 64 0.000021092 64 100%
1977 51 0.000016055 51 100%
1978 61 0.000019219 61 100%
1979 47 0.000014127 47 100%
1980 46 0.000013355 46 100%
1981 40 0.000011563 40 100%
1982 35 0.000009977 35 100%
1983 36 0.000010395 36 100%
1984 28 0.000008026 28 100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 100%
1986 28 0.000007872 28 100%
1987 35 0.000009707 35 100%
1988 23 0.000006225 23 100%
1989 22 0.000005723 22 100%
1990 23 0.000005819 23 100%
1991 18 0.000004621 18 100%
1992 17 0.000004426 17 100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 100%
1994 16 0.000004304 16 100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 100%
2000 17 0.000004497 17 100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 100%
2022 11 0.000003251 11 100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 100%

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