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How popular is “Meshell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Meshell” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Meshell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Meshell” 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
1958 6 0.000001451 6 100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 100%
1961 12 0.000002897 12 100%
1962 16 0.000003965 16 100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 100%
1965 17 0.000004689 17 100%
1966 35 0.00001007 35 100%
1967 19 0.000005597 19 100%
1968 18 0.000005328 18 100%
1969 22 0.00000633 22 100%
1970 27 0.000007486 27 100%
1971 25 0.000007284 25 100%
1972 16 0.000005091 16 100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 100%
1974 19 0.00000625 19 100%
1975 18 0.000005961 18 100%
1976 14 0.000004614 14 100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 100%
1981 11 0.00000318 11 100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 100%

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