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How popular is “Merilyn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merilyn” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merilyn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merilyn” 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
1915 7 0.00000382 7 100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 100%
1921 16 0.000006854 16 100%
1922 32 0.000013979 32 100%
1923 32 0.000013898 32 100%
1924 32 0.000013436 32 100%
1925 35 0.000015 35 100%
1926 44 0.000019165 44 100%
1927 51 0.000021989 51 100%
1928 40 0.000017692 40 100%
1929 52 0.000023721 52 100%
1930 47 0.00002114 47 100%
1931 52 0.00002471 52 100%
1932 68 0.000032208 68 100%
1933 51 0.000025507 51 100%
1934 65 0.000031298 65 100%
1935 70 0.000033494 70 100%
1936 63 0.000030324 63 100%
1937 51 0.000023936 51 100%
1938 54 0.000024406 54 100%
1939 62 0.000028138 62 100%
1940 52 0.000022582 52 100%
1941 48 0.000019701 48 100%
1942 62 0.000022696 62 100%
1943 56 0.00001984 56 100%
1944 72 0.000026765 72 100%
1945 56 0.000021109 56 100%
1946 75 0.000023472 75 100%
1947 66 0.000018322 66 100%
1948 54 0.000015641 54 100%
1949 44 0.000012626 44 100%
1950 36 0.000010276 36 100%
1951 33 0.000008958 33 100%
1952 51 0.000013428 51 100%
1953 36 0.000009342 36 100%
1954 43 0.000010802 43 100%
1955 30 0.000007472 30 100%
1956 20 0.000004851 20 100%
1957 22 0.000005235 22 100%
1958 24 0.000005806 24 100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 100%
1960 16 0.000003852 16 100%
1961 17 0.000004104 17 100%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 100%
1963 14 0.000003537 14 100%
1964 20 0.000005145 20 100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 100%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 100%
2004 17 0.000004449 17 100%
2005 19 0.000004942 19 100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 100%
2007 14 0.000003502 14 100%
2008 16 0.000004071 16 100%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 100%
2012 10 0.000002734 10 100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 100%
2017 9 0.000002517 9 100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 100%

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