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How popular is “Merrill” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merrill” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merrill” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merrill” 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
1880 13 0.000064521 13 -100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 -100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 -100%
1883 20 0.000092189 20 -100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 -100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1887 12 0.000048506 12 -100%
1888 14 0.000046749 14 -100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 -100%
1890 14 0.00004645 14 -100%
1891 11 0.000038371 11 -100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 -100%
1893 26 0.000079945 26 -100%
1894 16 0.000047241 16 -100%
1895 25 0.000071221 25 -100%
1896 23 0.000064339 23 -100%
1897 21 0.000060526 21 -100%
1898 27 0.000070782 27 -100%
1899 27 0.000079591 27 -100%
1900 23 0.000051082 23 -100%
1901 26 0.000075185 26 -100%
1902 26 0.00006723 26 -100%
1903 31 0.000081322 31 -100%
1904 34 0.000084266 34 -100%
1905 40 0.000094357 5 35 -75%
1906 38 0.000088692 5 33 -74%
1907 33 0.000070908 33 -100%
1908 34 0.00006958 34 -100%
1909 48 0.000093892 6 42 -75%
1910 39 0.000066022 39 -100%
1911 57 0.000088471 57 -100%
1912 131 0.000132583 12 119 -82%
1913 142 0.000124878 6 136 -92%
1914 176 0.000124264 10 166 -89%
1915 272 0.000148437 11 261 -92%
1916 286 0.000147848 16 270 -89%
1917 271 0.000135044 14 257 -90%
1918 313 0.000144166 17 296 -89%
1919 287 0.000136003 8 279 -94%
1920 306 0.00013524 17 289 -89%
1921 296 0.000126793 13 283 -91%
1922 282 0.00012319 6 276 -96%
1923 292 0.00012682 14 278 -90%
1924 279 0.000117148 13 266 -91%
1925 310 0.000132859 18 292 -88%
1926 321 0.000139814 16 305 -90%
1927 293 0.000126328 9 284 -94%
1928 295 0.000130477 17 278 -88%
1929 285 0.000130009 16 269 -89%
1930 268 0.000120542 8 260 -94%
1931 269 0.000127828 12 257 -91%
1932 257 0.000121726 14 243 -89%
1933 221 0.000110531 14 207 -87%
1934 251 0.000120858 12 239 -90%
1935 210 0.000100483 22 188 -79%
1936 248 0.00011937 15 233 -88%
1937 241 0.00011311 20 221 -83%
1938 235 0.000106211 20 215 -83%
1939 247 0.000112097 12 235 -90%
1940 234 0.00010162 19 215 -84%
1941 230 0.000094401 20 210 -83%
1942 272 0.000099567 42 230 -69%
1943 267 0.000094595 25 242 -81%
1944 188 0.000069886 14 174 -85%
1945 204 0.000076897 33 171 -68%
1946 230 0.000071981 39 191 -66%
1947 238 0.000066068 44 194 -63%
1948 201 0.000058218 38 163 -62%
1949 203 0.000058253 52 151 -49%
1950 216 0.000061655 52 164 -52%
1951 194 0.000052664 45 149 -54%
1952 212 0.000055819 49 163 -54%
1953 200 0.000051899 51 149 -49%
1954 205 0.000051498 50 155 -51%
1955 194 0.000048318 46 148 -53%
1956 184 0.000044627 31 153 -66%
1957 177 0.000042121 28 149 -68%
1958 151 0.000036527 37 114 -51%
1959 132 0.000031746 30 102 -55%
1960 143 0.000034426 32 111 -55%
1961 138 0.000033315 36 102 -48%
1962 110 0.000027259 22 88 -60%
1963 121 0.000030569 27 94 -55%
1964 95 0.000024437 23 72 -52%
1965 88 0.000024273 19 69 -57%
1966 84 0.000024168 29 55 -31%
1967 74 0.000021797 12 62 -68%
1968 96 0.000028416 32 64 -33%
1969 78 0.000022444 21 57 -46%
1970 68 0.000018855 19 49 -44%
1971 68 0.000019811 16 52 -53%
1972 58 0.000018454 17 41 -41%
1973 53 0.000017568 14 39 -47%
1974 57 0.00001875 12 45 -58%
1975 52 0.000017222 10 42 -62%
1976 62 0.000020433 10 52 -68%
1977 58 0.000018259 11 47 -62%
1978 63 0.00001985 12 51 -62%
1979 56 0.000016832 6 50 -79%
1980 74 0.000021483 24 50 -35%
1981 64 0.0000185 21 43 -34%
1982 46 0.000013113 14 32 -39%
1983 54 0.000015592 13 41 -52%
1984 45 0.000012899 13 32 -42%
1985 45 0.000012608 18 27 -20%
1986 45 0.000012651 22 23 -2%
1987 46 0.000012758 14 32 -39%
1988 28 0.000007578 11 17 -21%
1989 38 0.000009884 17 21 -11%
1990 44 0.000011132 20 24 -9%
1991 52 0.00001335 16 36 -38%
1992 38 0.000009893 19 19 0%
1993 35 0.000009283 13 22 -26%
1994 32 0.000008608 16 16 0%
1995 35 0.000009557 17 18 -3%
1996 24 0.00000658 10 14 -17%
1997 23 0.000006344 8 15 -30%
1998 19 0.000005166 10 9 5%
1999 36 0.000009746 17 19 -6%
2000 19 0.000005027 10 9 5%
2001 16 0.000004274 9 7 13%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 100%
2003 19 0.000004997 9 10 -5%
2004 22 0.000005758 11 11 0%
2005 20 0.000005202 7 13 -30%
2006 22 0.000005561 14 8 27%
2007 21 0.000005253 12 9 14%
2008 23 0.000005851 12 11 4%
2009 16 0.000004188 10 6 25%
2010 22 0.000005953 10 12 -9%
2011 20 0.000005468 9 11 -10%
2012 19 0.000005195 11 8 16%
2013 14 0.00000384 8 6 14%
2014 14 0.000003777 7 7 0%
2015 24 0.000006485 12 12 0%
2016 25 0.000006814 14 11 12%
2017 13 0.000003635 7 6 8%
2018 14 0.000003982 6 8 -14%
2019 22 0.000006338 12 10 9%
2020 15 0.00000449 9 6 20%
2021 16 0.000004723 10 6 25%
2022 15 0.000004434 7 8 -7%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 -100%
2024 13 0.000003906 7 6 8%

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