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How popular is “Meleah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Meleah” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Meleah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Meleah” 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
1955 9 0.000002242 9 100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 100%
1969 14 0.000004028 14 100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 100%
1975 15 0.000004968 15 100%
1976 20 0.000006591 20 100%
1977 20 0.000006296 20 100%
1978 29 0.000009137 29 100%
1979 24 0.000007214 24 100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 100%
1981 19 0.000005492 19 100%
1982 24 0.000006842 24 100%
1983 19 0.000005486 19 100%
1984 18 0.000005159 18 100%
1985 22 0.000006164 22 100%
1986 22 0.000006185 22 100%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 100%
1988 26 0.000007036 26 100%
1989 25 0.000006503 25 100%
1990 17 0.000004301 17 100%
1991 21 0.000005391 21 100%
1992 18 0.000004686 18 100%
1993 18 0.000004774 18 100%
1994 26 0.000006994 26 100%
1995 23 0.00000628 23 100%
1996 25 0.000006855 25 100%
1997 39 0.000010756 39 100%
1998 39 0.000010603 39 100%
1999 32 0.000008663 32 100%
2000 42 0.000011111 42 100%
2001 42 0.00001122 42 100%
2002 40 0.0000107 40 100%
2003 37 0.000009731 37 100%
2004 43 0.000011254 43 100%
2005 31 0.000008063 31 100%
2006 39 0.000009858 39 100%
2007 49 0.000012257 49 100%
2008 39 0.000009922 39 100%
2009 46 0.000012041 46 100%
2010 37 0.000010012 37 100%
2011 44 0.000012029 44 100%
2012 44 0.000012031 44 100%
2013 28 0.00000768 28 100%
2014 29 0.000007824 29 100%
2015 27 0.000007295 27 100%
2016 27 0.00000736 27 100%
2017 18 0.000005033 18 100%
2018 23 0.000006542 23 100%
2019 16 0.00000461 16 100%
2020 18 0.000005388 18 100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 100%
2022 13 0.000003843 13 100%
2023 14 0.000004228 14 100%
2024 12 0.000003605 12 100%

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