Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Melven” in the USA?

Number of people named “Melven” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Melven” by birth year

This chart shows how “Melven” 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
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 -100%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 -100%
1917 14 0.000006976 14 -100%
1918 10 0.000004606 10 -100%
1919 14 0.000006634 14 -100%
1920 14 0.000006187 14 -100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 -100%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 -100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 16 0.000006718 16 -100%
1925 22 0.000009429 22 -100%
1926 15 0.000006533 15 -100%
1927 20 0.000008623 20 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 -100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 -100%
1932 21 0.000009947 21 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 -100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 -100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 -100%
1938 15 0.000006779 15 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 -100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 -100%
1943 10 0.000003543 10 -100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 -100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1953 11 0.000002854 11 -100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1964 10 0.000002572 10 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%

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