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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Merrick” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merrick” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merrick” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merrick” 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
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 -100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 -100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 -100%
1918 6 0.000002764 6 -100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 -100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 -100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 -100%
1922 16 0.000006989 16 -100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1925 7 0.000003 7 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 -100%
1929 6 0.000002737 6 -100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 -100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 -100%
1945 13 0.0000049 13 -100%
1946 18 0.000005633 18 -100%
1947 16 0.000004442 16 -100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 -100%
1952 17 0.000004476 17 -100%
1953 17 0.000004411 17 -100%
1954 19 0.000004773 19 -100%
1955 17 0.000004234 17 -100%
1956 18 0.000004366 18 -100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 -100%
1958 18 0.000004354 18 -100%
1959 17 0.000004089 17 -100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 -100%
1961 16 0.000003863 16 -100%
1962 20 0.000004956 5 15 -50%
1963 22 0.000005558 22 -100%
1964 14 0.000003601 14 -100%
1965 23 0.000006344 23 -100%
1966 16 0.000004603 16 -100%
1967 14 0.000004124 14 -100%
1968 18 0.000005328 18 -100%
1969 21 0.000006043 21 -100%
1970 27 0.000007486 27 -100%
1971 26 0.000007575 26 -100%
1972 23 0.000007318 23 -100%
1973 18 0.000005966 18 -100%
1974 28 0.000009211 28 -100%
1975 19 0.000006293 19 -100%
1976 29 0.000009557 29 -100%
1977 28 0.000008815 28 -100%
1978 29 0.000009137 29 -100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 -100%
1980 18 0.000005226 18 -100%
1981 25 0.000007227 6 19 -52%
1982 27 0.000007697 12 15 -11%
1983 23 0.000006641 9 14 -22%
1984 22 0.000006306 5 17 -55%
1985 41 0.000011487 10 31 -51%
1986 27 0.00000759 7 20 -48%
1987 32 0.000008875 6 26 -63%
1988 23 0.000006225 23 -100%
1989 28 0.000007283 6 22 -57%
1990 22 0.000005566 22 -100%
1991 27 0.000006931 27 -100%
1992 34 0.000008851 34 -100%
1993 49 0.000012996 49 -100%
1994 40 0.000010759 40 -100%
1995 67 0.000018295 6 61 -82%
1996 68 0.000018644 9 59 -74%
1997 57 0.000015721 15 42 -47%
1998 63 0.000017128 5 58 -84%
1999 77 0.000020845 6 71 -84%
2000 76 0.000020106 7 69 -82%
2001 104 0.000027782 24 80 -54%
2002 77 0.000020598 13 64 -66%
2003 95 0.000024985 16 79 -66%
2004 142 0.000037164 14 128 -80%
2005 154 0.000040054 18 136 -77%
2006 182 0.000046004 23 159 -75%
2007 188 0.000047027 18 170 -81%
2008 161 0.00004096 16 145 -80%
2009 155 0.000040574 10 145 -87%
2010 139 0.000037611 13 126 -81%
2011 127 0.00003472 11 116 -83%
2012 156 0.000042654 13 143 -83%
2013 167 0.000045808 13 154 -84%
2014 209 0.000056389 12 197 -89%
2015 212 0.000057283 20 192 -81%
2016 223 0.000060785 15 208 -87%
2017 296 0.00008277 24 272 -84%
2018 293 0.000083336 19 274 -87%
2019 228 0.000065688 12 216 -89%
2020 218 0.000065258 13 205 -88%
2021 239 0.000070544 21 218 -82%
2022 223 0.000065915 15 208 -87%
2023 229 0.000069159 19 210 -83%
2024 181 0.000054379 16 165 -82%

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