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How popular is “Merritt” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merritt” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merritt” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merritt” 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 18 0.000089337 18 -100%
1881 13 0.000067467 13 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1883 9 0.000041485 9 -100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 -100%
1885 19 0.000078886 19 -100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 -100%
1887 14 0.00005659 14 -100%
1888 12 0.00004007 12 -100%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 -100%
1890 12 0.000039814 12 -100%
1891 13 0.000045348 13 -100%
1892 17 0.000050841 17 -100%
1893 15 0.000046122 15 -100%
1894 22 0.000064956 22 -100%
1895 14 0.000039884 14 -100%
1896 14 0.000039163 14 -100%
1897 17 0.000048997 17 -100%
1898 22 0.000057674 22 -100%
1899 22 0.000064852 22 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 -100%
1902 14 0.000036201 14 -100%
1903 12 0.00003148 12 -100%
1904 16 0.000039655 16 -100%
1905 19 0.00004482 19 -100%
1906 19 0.000044346 19 -100%
1907 13 0.000027934 13 -100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 -100%
1909 14 0.000027385 14 -100%
1910 14 0.0000237 14 -100%
1911 19 0.00002949 19 -100%
1912 52 0.000052628 52 -100%
1913 65 0.000057162 65 -100%
1914 55 0.000038832 55 -100%
1915 80 0.000043658 80 -100%
1916 95 0.00004911 95 -100%
1917 97 0.000048337 97 -100%
1918 93 0.000042835 93 -100%
1919 85 0.00004028 5 80 -88%
1920 107 0.00004729 107 -100%
1921 115 0.000049261 115 -100%
1922 107 0.000046742 107 -100%
1923 89 0.000038654 89 -100%
1924 121 0.000050806 121 -100%
1925 82 0.000035143 82 -100%
1926 94 0.000040942 94 -100%
1927 83 0.000035786 83 -100%
1928 89 0.000039364 89 -100%
1929 79 0.000036037 79 -100%
1930 75 0.000033734 75 -100%
1931 69 0.000032789 69 -100%
1932 58 0.000027471 58 -100%
1933 62 0.000031009 62 -100%
1934 63 0.000030335 63 -100%
1935 51 0.000024403 51 -100%
1936 69 0.000033212 69 -100%
1937 61 0.000028629 61 -100%
1938 63 0.000028474 63 -100%
1939 67 0.000030407 67 -100%
1940 53 0.000023017 53 -100%
1941 61 0.000025037 61 -100%
1942 53 0.000019401 53 -100%
1943 68 0.000024092 68 -100%
1944 57 0.000021189 57 -100%
1945 54 0.000020355 54 -100%
1946 60 0.000018778 60 -100%
1947 56 0.000015546 56 -100%
1948 57 0.00001651 57 -100%
1949 55 0.000015783 55 -100%
1950 51 0.000014557 51 -100%
1951 54 0.000014659 6 48 -78%
1952 46 0.000012112 46 -100%
1953 57 0.000014791 57 -100%
1954 57 0.000014319 57 -100%
1955 49 0.000012204 49 -100%
1956 41 0.000009944 41 -100%
1957 44 0.000010471 44 -100%
1958 32 0.000007741 5 27 -69%
1959 49 0.000011785 49 -100%
1960 38 0.000009148 38 -100%
1961 61 0.000014726 17 44 -44%
1962 52 0.000012886 13 39 -50%
1963 43 0.000010864 12 31 -44%
1964 56 0.000014405 16 40 -43%
1965 28 0.000007723 28 -100%
1966 71 0.000020428 37 34 4%
1967 52 0.000015317 27 25 4%
1968 56 0.000016576 32 24 14%
1969 63 0.000018128 33 30 5%
1970 59 0.000016359 31 28 5%
1971 40 0.000011654 15 25 -25%
1972 46 0.000014636 21 25 -9%
1973 34 0.00001127 16 18 -6%
1974 38 0.0000125 19 19 0%
1975 40 0.000013248 21 19 5%
1976 31 0.000010217 17 14 10%
1977 43 0.000013537 18 25 -16%
1978 48 0.000015123 29 19 21%
1979 48 0.000014427 25 23 4%
1980 34 0.000009871 16 18 -6%
1981 34 0.000009828 14 20 -18%
1982 27 0.000007697 11 16 -19%
1983 33 0.000009528 12 21 -27%
1984 37 0.000010606 21 16 14%
1985 44 0.000012328 23 21 5%
1986 47 0.000013213 22 25 -6%
1987 47 0.000013035 23 24 -2%
1988 39 0.000010555 21 18 8%
1989 50 0.000013006 21 29 -16%
1990 38 0.000009614 22 16 16%
1991 39 0.000010012 21 18 8%
1992 37 0.000009632 19 18 3%
1993 32 0.000008487 11 21 -31%
1994 42 0.000011297 24 18 14%
1995 60 0.000016384 35 25 17%
1996 50 0.000013709 30 20 20%
1997 54 0.000014893 34 20 26%
1998 35 0.000009516 20 15 14%
1999 55 0.00001489 32 23 16%
2000 53 0.000014022 29 24 9%
2001 57 0.000015227 36 21 26%
2002 51 0.000013643 25 26 -2%
2003 64 0.000016832 44 20 38%
2004 62 0.000016226 34 28 10%
2005 66 0.000017166 39 27 18%
2006 50 0.000012638 22 28 -12%
2007 67 0.00001676 35 32 4%
2008 72 0.000018318 44 28 22%
2009 65 0.000017015 31 34 -5%
2010 67 0.000018129 31 36 -7%
2011 78 0.000021324 38 40 -3%
2012 85 0.000023241 43 42 1%
2013 112 0.000030721 50 62 -11%
2014 152 0.00004101 87 65 14%
2015 152 0.000041071 81 71 7%
2016 233 0.00006351 155 78 33%
2017 280 0.000078296 175 105 25%
2018 257 0.000073097 151 106 18%
2019 220 0.000063384 133 87 21%
2020 219 0.000065558 139 80 27%
2021 209 0.000061689 127 82 22%
2022 217 0.000064142 139 78 28%
2023 219 0.000066139 136 83 24%
2024 242 0.000072705 158 84 31%

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