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How popular is “Merced” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merced” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merced” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merced” 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
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 14 0.000009885 5 9 -29%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 10 0.000004606 10 -100%
1919 21 0.000009951 5 16 -52%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 100%
1921 11 0.000004712 5 6 -9%
1922 15 0.000006553 5 10 -33%
1923 19 0.000008252 7 12 -26%
1924 23 0.000009657 12 11 4%
1925 15 0.000006429 5 10 -33%
1926 19 0.000008276 10 9 5%
1927 21 0.000009054 9 12 -14%
1928 13 0.00000575 7 6 8%
1929 15 0.000006843 9 6 20%
1930 21 0.000009445 6 15 -43%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 13 0.000006257 13 -100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 -100%
1940 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1942 19 0.000006955 19 -100%
1945 14 0.000005277 14 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1947 20 0.000005552 6 14 -40%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 -100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 -100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 -100%
1953 12 0.000003114 5 7 -17%
1954 12 0.000003015 5 7 -17%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 -100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1961 12 0.000002897 12 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1972 13 0.000004136 5 8 -23%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 100%
1981 14 0.000004047 6 8 -14%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 17 0.000004715 6 11 -29%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1989 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
1990 14 0.000003542 8 6 14%
1991 14 0.000003594 5 9 -29%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 12 0.000003183 5 7 -17%
1994 18 0.000004842 6 12 -33%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 13 0.000003439 13 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 -100%
2010 11 0.000002976 5 6 -9%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 -100%

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