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How popular is “Merry” in the USA?

Number of people named “Merry” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Merry” by birth year

This chart shows how “Merry” 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
1898 5 0.000013108 5 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1909 8 0.000015649 8 100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 100%
1914 17 0.000012003 17 100%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 100%
1916 22 0.000011373 22 100%
1917 34 0.000016943 34 100%
1918 29 0.000013357 29 100%
1919 48 0.000022746 48 100%
1920 61 0.00002696 61 100%
1921 57 0.000024416 57 100%
1922 54 0.000023589 54 100%
1923 65 0.00002823 65 100%
1924 48 0.000020154 48 100%
1925 47 0.000020143 47 100%
1926 44 0.000019165 44 100%
1927 40 0.000017246 40 100%
1928 45 0.000019903 45 100%
1929 34 0.00001551 34 100%
1930 40 0.000017991 40 100%
1931 42 0.000019958 42 100%
1932 52 0.000024629 52 100%
1933 53 0.000026507 53 100%
1934 67 0.000032261 67 100%
1935 65 0.000031102 65 100%
1936 55 0.000026473 55 100%
1937 88 0.000041302 88 100%
1938 96 0.000043388 96 100%
1939 103 0.000046745 103 100%
1940 124 0.00005385 124 100%
1941 118 0.000048432 118 100%
1942 200 0.000073211 200 100%
1943 221 0.000078298 221 100%
1944 202 0.000075091 202 100%
1945 214 0.000080666 214 100%
1946 276 0.000086377 276 100%
1947 300 0.00008328 300 100%
1948 307 0.000088921 307 100%
1949 284 0.000081497 284 100%
1950 292 0.000083349 292 100%
1951 264 0.000071666 264 100%
1952 323 0.000085045 323 100%
1953 328 0.000085114 328 100%
1954 355 0.00008918 355 100%
1955 334 0.000083186 334 100%
1956 297 0.000072034 297 100%
1957 255 0.000060683 255 100%
1958 240 0.000058056 240 100%
1959 284 0.000068302 284 100%
1960 274 0.000065963 274 100%
1961 268 0.000064698 268 100%
1962 218 0.000054022 218 100%
1963 207 0.000052296 207 100%
1964 221 0.000056847 221 100%
1965 163 0.00004496 163 100%
1966 112 0.000032224 112 100%
1967 144 0.000042417 144 100%
1968 99 0.000029304 99 100%
1969 127 0.000036543 127 100%
1970 125 0.00003466 125 100%
1971 101 0.000029426 101 100%
1972 69 0.000021954 69 100%
1973 61 0.00002022 61 100%
1974 73 0.000024013 73 100%
1975 59 0.00001954 59 100%
1976 47 0.00001549 47 100%
1977 48 0.000015111 48 100%
1978 62 0.000019535 62 100%
1979 53 0.00001593 53 100%
1980 45 0.000013064 45 100%
1981 52 0.000015032 52 100%
1982 47 0.000013398 47 100%
1983 60 0.000017324 60 100%
1984 42 0.000012039 42 100%
1985 52 0.000014569 52 100%
1986 28 0.000007872 28 100%
1987 44 0.000012203 44 100%
1988 34 0.000009202 34 100%
1989 32 0.000008324 32 100%
1990 34 0.000008602 34 100%
1991 42 0.000010782 42 100%
1992 22 0.000005727 22 100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 100%
1994 42 0.000011297 42 100%
1995 31 0.000008465 31 100%
1996 32 0.000008774 32 100%
1997 20 0.000005516 20 100%
1998 21 0.000005709 21 100%
1999 27 0.000007309 27 100%
2000 24 0.000006349 24 100%
2001 13 0.000003473 13 100%
2002 17 0.000004548 17 100%
2003 19 0.000004997 19 100%
2004 30 0.000007852 30 100%
2005 22 0.000005722 22 100%
2006 20 0.000005055 20 100%
2007 14 0.000003502 14 100%
2008 23 0.000005851 23 100%
2009 18 0.000004712 18 100%
2010 22 0.000005953 22 100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 100%
2012 18 0.000004922 18 100%
2013 23 0.000006309 23 100%
2014 22 0.000005936 22 100%
2015 24 0.000006485 24 100%
2016 32 0.000008722 32 100%
2017 14 0.000003915 14 100%
2018 19 0.000005404 19 100%
2019 17 0.000004898 17 100%
2020 17 0.000005089 17 100%
2021 17 0.000005018 17 100%
2022 16 0.000004729 16 100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 100%
2024 16 0.000004807 16 100%

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