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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Merline” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merline” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merline” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merline” 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
1910 7 0.00001185 7 100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 100%
1919 13 0.00000616 13 100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 100%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 100%
1922 23 0.000010047 23 100%
1923 25 0.000010858 25 100%
1924 37 0.000015536 37 100%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 100%
1926 29 0.000012631 29 100%
1927 36 0.000015522 36 100%
1928 20 0.000008846 20 100%
1929 16 0.000007299 16 100%
1930 25 0.000011245 25 100%
1931 36 0.000017107 36 100%
1932 26 0.000012315 26 100%
1933 30 0.000015004 30 100%
1934 25 0.000012038 25 100%
1935 26 0.000012441 26 100%
1936 24 0.000011552 24 100%
1937 22 0.000010325 22 100%
1938 28 0.000012655 28 100%
1939 31 0.000014069 31 100%
1940 35 0.0000152 35 100%
1941 26 0.000010671 26 100%
1942 25 0.000009151 25 100%
1943 18 0.000006377 18 100%
1944 17 0.00000632 17 100%
1945 20 0.000007539 20 100%
1946 18 0.000005633 18 100%
1947 21 0.00000583 21 100%
1948 20 0.000005793 20 100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 100%
1950 18 0.000005138 18 100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 100%
1952 16 0.000004213 16 100%
1953 11 0.000002854 11 100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 100%

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