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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Merita” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merita” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merita” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merita” 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
1912 5 0.00000506 5 100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 100%
1922 8 0.000003495 8 100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 100%
1930 20 0.000008996 20 100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 100%
1932 20 0.000009473 20 100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 100%
1934 18 0.000008667 18 100%
1935 18 0.000008613 18 100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 100%
1937 25 0.000011733 25 100%
1938 16 0.000007231 16 100%
1939 21 0.000009531 21 100%
1940 28 0.00001216 28 100%
1941 22 0.00000903 22 100%
1942 20 0.000007321 20 100%
1943 23 0.000008149 23 100%
1944 18 0.000006691 18 100%
1945 13 0.0000049 13 100%
1946 18 0.000005633 18 100%
1947 27 0.000007495 27 100%
1948 28 0.00000811 28 100%
1949 29 0.000008322 29 100%
1950 26 0.000007421 26 100%
1951 28 0.000007601 28 100%
1952 25 0.000006582 25 100%
1953 27 0.000007006 27 100%
1954 29 0.000007285 29 100%
1955 46 0.000011457 46 100%
1956 35 0.000008489 35 100%
1957 33 0.000007853 33 100%
1958 23 0.000005564 23 100%
1959 30 0.000007215 30 100%
1960 17 0.000004093 17 100%
1961 23 0.000005552 23 100%
1962 15 0.000003717 15 100%
1963 20 0.000005053 20 100%
1964 23 0.000005916 23 100%
1965 15 0.000004137 15 100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 100%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 100%
1970 16 0.000004436 16 100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 100%

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