Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Melita” in the USA?

Number of people named “Melita” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Melita” by birth year

This chart shows how “Melita” 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
1894 6 0.000017715 6 100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 100%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1924 10 0.000004199 10 100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 100%
1926 10 0.000004356 10 100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 100%
1929 14 0.000006386 14 100%
1930 15 0.000006747 15 100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 100%
1936 11 0.000005295 11 100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 100%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 100%
1943 6 0.000002126 6 100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 100%
1947 20 0.000005552 20 100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 100%
1949 19 0.000005452 19 100%
1950 22 0.00000628 22 100%
1951 31 0.000008415 31 100%
1952 19 0.000005003 19 100%
1953 16 0.000004152 16 100%
1954 21 0.000005275 21 100%
1955 37 0.000009215 37 100%
1956 38 0.000009217 38 100%
1957 26 0.000006187 26 100%
1958 20 0.000004838 20 100%
1959 22 0.000005291 22 100%
1960 21 0.000005056 21 100%
1961 29 0.000007001 29 100%
1962 35 0.000008673 35 100%
1963 37 0.000009348 37 100%
1964 29 0.00000746 29 100%
1965 26 0.000007172 26 100%
1966 34 0.000009782 34 100%
1967 35 0.00001031 35 100%
1968 35 0.00001036 35 100%
1969 37 0.000010646 37 100%
1970 41 0.000011368 41 100%
1971 42 0.000012236 42 100%
1972 35 0.000011136 35 100%
1973 45 0.000014916 45 100%
1974 36 0.000011842 36 100%
1975 39 0.000012916 39 100%
1976 41 0.000013512 41 100%
1977 42 0.000013222 42 100%
1978 45 0.000014178 45 100%
1979 31 0.000009318 31 100%
1980 42 0.000012193 42 100%
1981 36 0.000010407 36 100%
1982 18 0.000005131 18 100%
1983 20 0.000005775 20 100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 100%
1987 18 0.000004992 18 100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 100%
1991 15 0.000003851 15 100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 100%
2001 14 0.00000374 14 100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 100%
2003 14 0.000003682 14 100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 100%
2008 15 0.000003816 15 100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 100%

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