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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Melda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Melda” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Melda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Melda” 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
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 100%
1900 14 0.000031093 14 100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 100%
1902 12 0.000031029 12 100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 100%
1905 13 0.000030666 13 100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 100%
1908 12 0.000024558 12 100%
1909 8 0.000015649 8 100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 100%
1912 22 0.000022266 22 100%
1913 16 0.000014071 16 100%
1914 24 0.000016945 24 100%
1915 32 0.000017463 32 100%
1916 26 0.000013441 26 100%
1917 38 0.000018936 38 100%
1918 39 0.000017963 39 100%
1919 32 0.000015164 32 100%
1920 40 0.000017678 40 100%
1921 37 0.000015849 37 100%
1922 31 0.000013542 31 100%
1923 24 0.000010424 24 100%
1924 30 0.000012597 30 100%
1925 44 0.000018857 44 100%
1926 35 0.000015245 35 100%
1927 31 0.000013366 31 100%
1928 44 0.000019461 44 100%
1929 33 0.000015054 33 100%
1930 26 0.000011694 26 100%
1931 29 0.000013781 29 100%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 100%
1933 24 0.000012003 24 100%
1934 25 0.000012038 25 100%
1935 24 0.000011484 24 100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 100%
1937 31 0.000014549 31 100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 100%
1939 25 0.000011346 25 100%
1940 16 0.000006948 16 100%
1941 20 0.000008209 20 100%
1942 26 0.000009517 26 100%
1943 25 0.000008857 25 100%
1944 18 0.000006691 18 100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 100%
1946 27 0.00000845 27 100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 100%
1948 20 0.000005793 20 100%
1949 18 0.000005165 18 100%
1950 20 0.000005709 20 100%
1951 19 0.000005158 19 100%
1952 19 0.000005003 19 100%
1953 15 0.000003892 15 100%
1954 17 0.000004271 17 100%
1955 16 0.000003985 16 100%
1956 23 0.000005578 23 100%
1957 20 0.000004759 20 100%
1958 24 0.000005806 24 100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 100%

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