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How popular is “Mendel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mendel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Mendel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mendel” 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
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 -100%
1917 13 0.000006478 13 -100%
1918 10 0.000004606 10 -100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 -100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 -100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 -100%
1922 14 0.000006116 14 -100%
1923 12 0.000005212 12 -100%
1924 13 0.000005458 13 -100%
1925 13 0.000005572 13 -100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1943 13 0.000004606 13 -100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 -100%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 -100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 -100%
1952 20 0.000005266 20 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1954 24 0.000006029 24 -100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 -100%
1956 27 0.000006549 27 -100%
1957 26 0.000006187 26 -100%
1958 25 0.000006048 25 -100%
1959 23 0.000005532 23 -100%
1960 18 0.000004333 18 -100%
1961 17 0.000004104 17 -100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 -100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 -100%
1969 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1970 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1971 18 0.000005244 18 -100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 -100%
1973 16 0.000005303 16 -100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 -100%
1975 23 0.000007617 23 -100%
1976 23 0.00000758 23 -100%
1977 19 0.000005981 19 -100%
1978 18 0.000005671 18 -100%
1979 18 0.00000541 18 -100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 -100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 -100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 -100%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 -100%
1984 19 0.000005446 19 -100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 -100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 -100%
1987 22 0.000006102 22 -100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 -100%
1989 25 0.000006503 25 -100%
1990 26 0.000006578 26 -100%
1991 19 0.000004878 19 -100%
1992 20 0.000005207 20 -100%
1993 21 0.00000557 21 -100%
1994 25 0.000006725 25 -100%
1995 28 0.000007646 28 -100%
1996 45 0.000012338 45 -100%
1997 28 0.000007723 28 -100%
1998 33 0.000008972 33 -100%
1999 40 0.000010829 40 -100%
2000 35 0.000009259 35 -100%
2001 37 0.000009884 37 -100%
2002 49 0.000013108 49 -100%
2003 34 0.000008942 34 -100%
2004 44 0.000011516 44 -100%
2005 44 0.000011444 44 -100%
2006 55 0.000013902 55 -100%
2007 55 0.000013758 55 -100%
2008 53 0.000013484 53 -100%
2009 72 0.000018847 72 -100%
2010 69 0.00001867 69 -100%
2011 54 0.000014763 54 -100%
2012 74 0.000020233 74 -100%
2013 62 0.000017006 62 -100%
2014 73 0.000019696 73 -100%
2015 79 0.000021346 79 -100%
2016 60 0.000016355 60 -100%
2017 70 0.000019574 70 -100%
2018 57 0.000016212 57 -100%
2019 77 0.000022184 77 -100%
2020 85 0.000025445 85 -100%
2021 92 0.000027155 92 -100%
2022 68 0.0000201 68 -100%
2023 104 0.000031409 104 -100%
2024 108 0.000032447 108 -100%

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