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How popular is “Meriah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Meriah” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Meriah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Meriah” 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
1973 6 0.000001989 6 100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 100%
1976 13 0.000004284 13 100%
1977 12 0.000003778 12 100%
1978 13 0.000004096 13 100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 100%
1980 15 0.000004355 15 100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 100%
1988 10 0.000002706 10 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 19 0.000004807 19 100%
1991 52 0.00001335 52 100%
1992 43 0.000011194 43 100%
1993 31 0.000008222 31 100%
1994 36 0.000009684 36 100%
1995 43 0.000011742 43 100%
1996 38 0.000010419 38 100%
1997 42 0.000011584 42 100%
1998 43 0.00001169 43 100%
1999 29 0.000007851 29 100%
2000 42 0.000011111 42 100%
2001 26 0.000006946 26 100%
2002 17 0.000004548 17 100%
2003 22 0.000005786 22 100%
2004 23 0.000006019 23 100%
2005 18 0.000004682 18 100%
2006 25 0.000006319 25 100%
2007 25 0.000006254 25 100%
2008 25 0.00000636 25 100%
2009 18 0.000004712 18 100%
2010 16 0.000004329 16 100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 100%
2013 11 0.000003017 11 100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 100%

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