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How popular is “Merilee” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merilee” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merilee” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merilee” 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
1929 6 0.000002737 6 100%
1930 7 0.000003148 7 100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 100%
1942 37 0.000013544 37 100%
1943 22 0.000007794 22 100%
1944 22 0.000008178 22 100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 100%
1946 36 0.000011267 36 100%
1947 31 0.000008606 31 100%
1948 39 0.000011296 39 100%
1949 37 0.000010618 37 100%
1950 31 0.000008849 31 100%
1951 34 0.00000923 34 100%
1952 28 0.000007372 28 100%
1953 38 0.000009861 38 100%
1954 38 0.000009546 38 100%
1955 37 0.000009215 37 100%
1956 32 0.000007761 32 100%
1957 45 0.000010709 45 100%
1958 36 0.000008708 36 100%
1959 21 0.000005051 21 100%
1960 26 0.000006259 26 100%
1961 54 0.000013036 54 100%
1962 36 0.000008921 36 100%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 100%
1964 24 0.000006173 24 100%
1965 24 0.00000662 24 100%
1966 21 0.000006042 21 100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 100%
1969 21 0.000006043 21 100%
1970 22 0.0000061 22 100%
1971 22 0.00000641 22 100%
1972 21 0.000006682 21 100%
1973 16 0.000005303 16 100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 100%
1975 18 0.000005961 18 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 100%
1978 18 0.000005671 18 100%
1979 16 0.000004809 16 100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 100%
1982 15 0.000004276 15 100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 100%

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