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How popular is “Mervyn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mervyn” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Mervyn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mervyn” 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%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 -100%
1913 20 0.000017588 20 -100%
1914 14 0.000009885 14 -100%
1915 29 0.000015826 29 -100%
1916 25 0.000012924 5 20 -60%
1917 24 0.00001196 24 -100%
1918 24 0.000011054 24 -100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 -100%
1920 36 0.000015911 36 -100%
1921 36 0.000015421 36 -100%
1922 22 0.000009611 22 -100%
1923 23 0.000009989 23 -100%
1924 28 0.000011757 28 -100%
1925 35 0.000015 35 -100%
1926 30 0.000013067 30 -100%
1927 23 0.000009917 23 -100%
1928 27 0.000011942 27 -100%
1929 35 0.000015966 35 -100%
1930 47 0.00002114 47 -100%
1931 32 0.000015206 32 -100%
1932 39 0.000018472 39 -100%
1933 47 0.000023506 47 -100%
1934 48 0.000023112 48 -100%
1935 54 0.000025839 54 -100%
1936 52 0.000025029 52 -100%
1937 55 0.000025813 55 -100%
1938 36 0.000016271 36 -100%
1939 41 0.000018607 41 -100%
1940 39 0.000016937 39 -100%
1941 25 0.000010261 25 -100%
1942 33 0.00001208 33 -100%
1943 34 0.000012046 34 -100%
1944 24 0.000008922 24 -100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 -100%
1946 22 0.000006885 22 -100%
1947 13 0.000003609 13 -100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 -100%
1949 21 0.000006026 21 -100%
1950 16 0.000004567 16 -100%
1951 14 0.0000038 14 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1953 13 0.000003373 13 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 14 0.000003396 14 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 -100%
1963 17 0.000004295 17 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 -100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1971 13 0.000003787 13 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 -100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 -100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 -100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%

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