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How popular is “Merrell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merrell” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merrell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merrell” 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
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 27 0.000014735 27 -100%
1916 18 0.000009305 18 -100%
1917 24 0.00001196 5 19 -58%
1918 22 0.000010133 22 -100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 -100%
1920 24 0.000010607 6 18 -50%
1921 25 0.000010709 25 -100%
1922 26 0.000011358 26 -100%
1923 25 0.000010858 25 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 26 0.000011143 26 -100%
1926 24 0.000010453 7 17 -42%
1927 36 0.000015522 12 24 -33%
1928 34 0.000015038 9 25 -47%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 -100%
1930 21 0.000009445 21 -100%
1931 22 0.000010454 22 -100%
1932 23 0.000010894 7 16 -39%
1933 20 0.000010003 5 15 -50%
1934 14 0.000006741 5 9 -29%
1935 21 0.000010048 5 16 -52%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 -100%
1937 18 0.000008448 5 13 -44%
1938 16 0.000007231 16 -100%
1939 23 0.000010438 6 17 -48%
1940 24 0.000010423 24 -100%
1941 25 0.000010261 25 -100%
1942 26 0.000009517 6 20 -54%
1943 32 0.000011337 5 27 -69%
1944 19 0.000007063 6 13 -37%
1945 23 0.00000867 6 17 -48%
1946 15 0.000004694 15 -100%
1947 25 0.00000694 7 18 -44%
1948 16 0.000004634 16 -100%
1949 21 0.000006026 21 -100%
1950 26 0.000007421 5 21 -62%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 -100%
1952 24 0.000006319 5 19 -58%
1953 13 0.000003373 13 -100%
1954 22 0.000005527 5 17 -55%
1955 22 0.000005479 10 12 -9%
1956 24 0.000005821 7 17 -42%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 17 0.000004112 5 12 -41%
1959 15 0.000003608 6 9 -20%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1966 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 -100%
1972 16 0.000005091 16 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 -100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 -100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 -100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1980 13 0.000003774 13 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%

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