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How popular is “Melinda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Melinda” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Melinda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Melinda” 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
1880 14 0.000069484 14 100%
1881 11 0.000057087 11 100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 100%
1883 12 0.000055313 12 100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 100%
1886 19 0.000074418 19 100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 100%
1888 21 0.000070123 21 100%
1889 17 0.000058835 17 100%
1890 13 0.000043132 13 100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 100%
1892 20 0.000059813 20 100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 100%
1894 14 0.000041336 14 100%
1895 22 0.000062674 22 100%
1896 14 0.000039163 14 100%
1897 15 0.000043233 15 100%
1898 20 0.000052431 20 100%
1899 17 0.000050113 17 100%
1900 20 0.000044419 20 100%
1901 17 0.00004916 17 100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 100%
1903 11 0.000028856 11 100%
1904 18 0.000044611 18 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1906 11 0.000025674 11 100%
1907 15 0.000032231 15 100%
1908 14 0.00002865 14 100%
1909 15 0.000029341 15 100%
1910 16 0.000027086 16 100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 100%
1912 24 0.00002429 24 100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 100%
1914 23 0.000016239 23 100%
1915 24 0.000013097 24 100%
1916 24 0.000012407 24 100%
1917 19 0.000009468 19 100%
1918 22 0.000010133 22 100%
1919 25 0.000011847 25 100%
1920 23 0.000010165 23 100%
1921 16 0.000006854 16 100%
1922 22 0.000009611 22 100%
1923 23 0.000009989 23 100%
1924 24 0.000010077 24 100%
1925 26 0.000011143 26 100%
1926 17 0.000007404 17 100%
1927 22 0.000009485 22 100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 100%
1930 21 0.000009445 21 100%
1931 18 0.000008554 18 100%
1932 20 0.000009473 20 100%
1933 21 0.000010503 21 100%
1934 20 0.00000963 20 100%
1935 39 0.000018661 39 100%
1936 48 0.000023104 48 100%
1937 80 0.000037547 80 100%
1938 108 0.000048812 108 100%
1939 192 0.000087136 192 100%
1940 302 0.000131151 302 100%
1941 328 0.000134623 328 100%
1942 442 0.000161797 442 100%
1943 510 0.000180687 510 100%
1944 393 0.000146092 393 100%
1945 355 0.000133815 355 100%
1946 484 0.000151472 484 100%
1947 696 0.000193209 696 100%
1948 840 0.000243301 840 100%
1949 1073 0.000307911 1073 100%
1950 1163 0.000331967 1163 100%
1951 1410 0.000382763 1410 100%
1952 1513 0.000398367 1513 100%
1953 1773 0.000460084 1773 100%
1954 1959 0.000492124 1954 5 99%
1955 2418 0.00060223 2413 5 100%
1956 2713 0.00065801 2713 100%
1957 2828 0.00067299 2828 100%
1958 2941 0.000711434 2936 5 100%
1959 2813 0.000676528 2806 7 100%
1960 3051 0.000734506 3046 5 100%
1961 3514 0.000848321 3507 7 100%
1962 3861 0.000956789 3853 8 100%
1963 3583 0.000905209 3575 8 100%
1964 3709 0.000954058 3702 7 100%
1965 3802 0.001048698 3796 6 100%
1966 3392 0.000975931 3382 10 99%
1967 3640 0.001072197 3632 8 100%
1968 3822 0.0011313 3814 8 100%
1969 4003 0.001151835 3988 15 99%
1970 4236 0.001174541 4225 11 99%
1971 4076 0.001187523 4057 19 99%
1972 3686 0.001172767 3671 15 99%
1973 4156 0.001377579 4144 12 99%
1974 3769 0.001239803 3752 17 99%
1975 3300 0.001092935 3282 18 99%
1976 3006 0.000990673 2995 11 99%
1977 3054 0.000961437 3044 10 99%
1978 3576 0.0011267 3563 13 99%
1979 3718 0.001117523 3705 13 99%
1980 3216 0.000933661 3201 15 99%
1981 2782 0.000804192 2774 8 99%
1982 2420 0.000689859 2409 11 99%
1983 2151 0.000621077 2142 9 99%
1984 2237 0.000641203 2228 9 99%
1985 2119 0.000593705 2114 5 100%
1986 1966 0.000552701 1959 7 99%
1987 1928 0.000534722 1920 8 99%
1988 1889 0.000511225 1879 10 99%
1989 1593 0.000414364 1586 7 99%
1990 1381 0.000349401 1381 100%
1991 1266 0.00032501 1266 100%
1992 1085 0.000282458 1085 100%
1993 980 0.000259928 980 100%
1994 770 0.00020712 765 5 99%
1995 633 0.000172849 633 100%
1996 540 0.000148059 540 100%
1997 462 0.000127422 462 100%
1998 414 0.000112555 414 100%
1999 401 0.000108558 401 100%
2000 337 0.000089156 337 100%
2001 306 0.000081744 306 100%
2002 242 0.000064735 242 100%
2003 209 0.000054966 209 100%
2004 219 0.000057316 219 100%
2005 217 0.000056439 217 100%
2006 252 0.000063698 252 100%
2007 251 0.000062786 251 100%
2008 253 0.000064366 253 100%
2009 209 0.00005471 209 100%
2010 227 0.000061422 227 100%
2011 193 0.000052764 193 100%
2012 174 0.000047575 174 100%
2013 150 0.000041145 150 100%
2014 165 0.000044518 165 100%
2015 174 0.000047015 174 100%
2016 139 0.000037888 139 100%
2017 131 0.000036631 131 100%
2018 120 0.000034131 120 100%
2019 98 0.000028234 98 100%
2020 105 0.000031432 105 100%
2021 93 0.00002745 93 100%
2022 83 0.000024533 83 100%
2023 91 0.000027483 91 100%
2024 91 0.00002734 91 100%

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