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How popular is “Merlene” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merlene” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merlene” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merlene” 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
1913 5 0.000004397 5 100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 100%
1919 23 0.000010899 23 100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 100%
1923 24 0.000010424 24 100%
1924 37 0.000015536 37 100%
1925 25 0.000010714 25 100%
1926 30 0.000013067 30 100%
1927 29 0.000012503 29 100%
1928 54 0.000023884 54 100%
1929 56 0.000025546 56 100%
1930 42 0.000018891 42 100%
1931 66 0.000031363 66 100%
1932 62 0.000029366 62 100%
1933 69 0.00003451 69 100%
1934 68 0.000032742 68 100%
1935 79 0.000037801 79 100%
1936 74 0.000035618 74 100%
1937 81 0.000038016 81 100%
1938 83 0.000037513 83 100%
1939 63 0.000028592 63 100%
1940 93 0.000040388 93 100%
1941 57 0.000023395 57 100%
1942 70 0.000025624 70 100%
1943 62 0.000021966 62 100%
1944 66 0.000024535 66 100%
1945 57 0.000021486 57 100%
1946 75 0.000023472 75 100%
1947 49 0.000013602 49 100%
1948 56 0.00001622 56 100%
1949 47 0.000013487 47 100%
1950 49 0.000013987 49 100%
1951 48 0.00001303 48 100%
1952 44 0.000011585 44 100%
1953 48 0.000012456 48 100%
1954 41 0.0000103 41 100%
1955 49 0.000012204 49 100%
1956 37 0.000008974 37 100%
1957 36 0.000008567 36 100%
1958 40 0.000009676 40 100%
1959 40 0.00000962 40 100%
1960 30 0.000007222 30 100%
1961 25 0.000006035 25 100%
1962 22 0.000005452 22 100%
1963 19 0.0000048 19 100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 100%
1965 19 0.000005241 19 100%
1966 19 0.000005467 19 100%
1967 14 0.000004124 14 100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 100%
1969 13 0.000003741 13 100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 100%

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