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How popular is “Melynda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Melynda” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Melynda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Melynda” 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
1943 6 0.000002126 6 100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 100%
1951 10 0.000002715 10 100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 100%
1955 22 0.000005479 22 100%
1956 28 0.000006791 28 100%
1957 21 0.000004997 21 100%
1958 33 0.000007983 33 100%
1959 22 0.000005291 22 100%
1960 32 0.000007704 32 100%
1961 49 0.000011829 49 100%
1962 44 0.000010904 44 100%
1963 60 0.000015158 60 100%
1964 60 0.000015434 60 100%
1965 55 0.000015171 55 100%
1966 71 0.000020428 71 100%
1967 80 0.000023565 80 100%
1968 82 0.000024272 82 100%
1969 84 0.00002417 84 100%
1970 92 0.000025509 92 100%
1971 96 0.000027969 96 100%
1972 78 0.000024817 78 100%
1973 100 0.000033147 100 100%
1974 79 0.000025987 79 100%
1975 95 0.000031463 95 100%
1976 70 0.00002307 70 100%
1977 75 0.000023611 75 100%
1978 94 0.000029617 94 100%
1979 100 0.000030057 100 100%
1980 90 0.000026129 90 100%
1981 79 0.000022836 79 100%
1982 67 0.000019099 67 100%
1983 66 0.000019057 66 100%
1984 57 0.000016338 57 100%
1985 55 0.00001541 55 100%
1986 59 0.000016587 59 100%
1987 50 0.000013867 50 100%
1988 43 0.000011637 43 100%
1989 41 0.000010665 41 100%
1990 38 0.000009614 38 100%
1991 36 0.000009242 36 100%
1992 39 0.000010153 39 100%
1993 34 0.000009018 34 100%
1994 24 0.000006456 24 100%
1995 25 0.000006827 25 100%
1996 15 0.000004113 15 100%
1997 23 0.000006344 23 100%
1998 18 0.000004894 18 100%
1999 19 0.000005144 19 100%
2000 14 0.000003704 14 100%
2001 13 0.000003473 13 100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 100%
2006 14 0.000003539 14 100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 100%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 100%

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