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How popular is “Merideth” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merideth” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merideth” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merideth” 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
1916 5 0.000002585 5 100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 100%
1946 17 0.00000532 17 100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 100%
1949 14 0.000004017 14 100%
1950 14 0.000003996 14 100%
1951 16 0.000004343 16 100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 100%
1955 13 0.000003238 13 100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 100%
1968 12 0.000003552 12 100%
1969 31 0.00000892 31 100%
1970 43 0.000011923 43 100%
1971 57 0.000016607 57 100%
1972 61 0.000019408 61 100%
1973 48 0.00001591 48 100%
1974 42 0.000013816 42 100%
1975 29 0.000009605 29 100%
1976 50 0.000016478 50 100%
1977 61 0.000019204 61 100%
1978 45 0.000014178 45 100%
1979 58 0.000017433 58 100%
1980 42 0.000012193 42 100%
1981 38 0.000010985 38 100%
1982 42 0.000011973 42 100%
1983 39 0.000011261 39 100%
1984 36 0.000010319 36 100%
1985 44 0.000012328 44 100%
1986 29 0.000008153 29 100%
1987 36 0.000009984 36 100%
1988 43 0.000011637 43 100%
1989 32 0.000008324 32 100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 100%
1991 23 0.000005905 23 100%
1992 30 0.00000781 30 100%
1993 25 0.000006631 25 100%
1994 27 0.000007263 27 100%
1995 26 0.0000071 26 100%
1996 27 0.000007403 27 100%
1997 32 0.000008826 32 100%
1998 37 0.000010059 37 100%
1999 30 0.000008122 30 100%
2000 26 0.000006878 26 100%
2001 29 0.000007747 29 100%
2002 29 0.000007758 29 100%
2003 18 0.000004734 18 100%
2004 24 0.000006281 24 100%
2005 23 0.000005982 23 100%
2006 17 0.000004297 17 100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 100%
2008 12 0.000003053 12 100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 100%

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