Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Merrissa” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merrissa” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merrissa” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merrissa” 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
1979 5 0.000001503 5 100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 100%
1989 16 0.000004162 16 100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 100%

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