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How popular is “Merinda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merinda” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merinda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merinda” 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
1919 5 0.000002369 5 100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 100%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 100%
1958 15 0.000003629 15 100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 100%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 100%
1964 13 0.000003344 13 100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 100%
1967 21 0.000006186 21 100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1970 16 0.000004436 16 100%
1971 17 0.000004953 17 100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 100%
1973 16 0.000005303 16 100%
1974 19 0.00000625 19 100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 100%
1976 14 0.000004614 14 100%
1977 17 0.000005352 17 100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 100%
1979 18 0.00000541 18 100%
1980 15 0.000004355 15 100%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 100%
1982 15 0.000004276 15 100%
1984 17 0.000004873 17 100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 100%

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