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How popular is “Merida” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merida” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merida” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merida” 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
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1916 6 0.000003102 6 100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2012 19 0.000005195 19 100%
2013 110 0.000030173 110 100%
2014 103 0.00002779 103 100%
2015 99 0.00002675 99 100%
2016 102 0.000027803 102 100%
2017 116 0.000032437 116 100%
2018 85 0.000024176 85 100%
2019 85 0.000024489 85 100%
2020 91 0.000027241 91 100%
2021 90 0.000026565 90 100%
2022 80 0.000023647 80 100%
2023 66 0.000019932 66 100%
2024 73 0.000021932 73 100%

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