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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Merri” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merri” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merri” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merri” 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
1920 7 0.000003094 7 100%
1929 6 0.000002737 6 100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 100%
1942 15 0.000005491 15 100%
1943 15 0.000005314 15 100%
1944 22 0.000008178 22 100%
1945 20 0.000007539 20 100%
1946 30 0.000009389 30 100%
1947 40 0.000011104 40 100%
1948 39 0.000011296 39 100%
1949 55 0.000015783 55 100%
1950 47 0.000013416 47 100%
1951 53 0.000014388 53 100%
1952 64 0.000016851 64 100%
1953 89 0.000023095 89 100%
1954 120 0.000030145 120 100%
1955 128 0.00003188 128 100%
1956 115 0.000027892 115 100%
1957 120 0.000028557 120 100%
1958 115 0.000027819 115 100%
1959 140 0.00003367 140 100%
1960 150 0.000036111 150 100%
1961 139 0.000033556 139 100%
1962 144 0.000035684 144 100%
1963 157 0.000039664 157 100%
1964 136 0.000034983 136 100%
1965 96 0.000026479 96 100%
1966 95 0.000027333 95 100%
1967 90 0.00002651 90 100%
1968 78 0.000023088 78 100%
1969 65 0.000018703 65 100%
1970 77 0.00002135 77 100%
1971 54 0.000015733 54 100%
1972 56 0.000017817 56 100%
1973 35 0.000011601 35 100%
1974 28 0.000009211 28 100%
1975 41 0.000013579 41 100%
1976 38 0.000012523 38 100%
1977 37 0.000011648 37 100%
1978 27 0.000008507 27 100%
1979 26 0.000007815 26 100%
1980 31 0.000009 31 100%
1981 25 0.000007227 25 100%
1982 29 0.000008267 29 100%
1983 20 0.000005775 20 100%
1984 21 0.000006019 21 100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 100%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 100%
1988 18 0.000004871 18 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 100%
1991 22 0.000005648 22 100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
1999 13 0.000003519 13 100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 100%

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