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How popular is “Merriam” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merriam” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merriam” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merriam” 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%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 100%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 100%
1917 12 0.00000598 12 100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 100%
1921 12 0.00000514 12 100%
1922 16 0.000006989 16 100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 100%

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