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How popular is “Meta” in the USA?

Number of people named “Meta” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Meta” by birth year

This chart shows how “Meta” 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 37 0.000183637 37 100%
1881 30 0.000155692 30 100%
1882 51 0.000230214 51 100%
1883 52 0.000239691 52 100%
1884 76 0.000312165 76 100%
1885 72 0.000298936 72 100%
1886 77 0.000301587 77 100%
1887 71 0.000286994 71 100%
1888 99 0.00033058 99 100%
1889 85 0.000294173 85 100%
1890 115 0.000381551 115 100%
1891 91 0.000317435 91 100%
1892 127 0.000379814 127 100%
1893 118 0.000362828 118 100%
1894 93 0.000274587 93 100%
1895 122 0.000347559 122 100%
1896 122 0.000341274 122 100%
1897 109 0.00031416 109 100%
1898 100 0.000262154 100 100%
1899 107 0.000315416 107 100%
1900 96 0.000213211 96 100%
1901 106 0.000306525 106 100%
1902 83 0.000214618 83 100%
1903 78 0.000204617 78 100%
1904 62 0.000153661 62 100%
1905 72 0.000169843 72 100%
1906 82 0.000191387 82 100%
1907 70 0.000150411 70 100%
1908 67 0.000137113 67 100%
1909 58 0.000113453 58 100%
1910 48 0.000081258 48 100%
1911 55 0.000085367 55 100%
1912 85 0.000086027 85 100%
1913 92 0.000080907 92 100%
1914 99 0.000069898 99 100%
1915 126 0.000068761 126 100%
1916 122 0.000063068 122 100%
1917 112 0.000055812 112 100%
1918 117 0.000053889 117 100%
1919 94 0.000044545 94 100%
1920 92 0.00004066 92 100%
1921 102 0.000043692 102 100%
1922 81 0.000035384 81 100%
1923 98 0.000042563 98 100%
1924 76 0.000031911 76 100%
1925 79 0.000033858 79 100%
1926 68 0.000029618 68 100%
1927 56 0.000024145 56 100%
1928 58 0.000025653 58 100%
1929 46 0.000020984 46 100%
1930 43 0.000019341 43 100%
1931 36 0.000017107 36 100%
1932 43 0.000020367 43 100%
1933 41 0.000020506 41 100%
1934 37 0.000017816 37 100%
1935 44 0.000021054 44 100%
1936 46 0.000022141 46 100%
1937 31 0.000014549 31 100%
1938 32 0.000014463 32 100%
1939 38 0.000017246 38 100%
1940 36 0.000015634 36 100%
1941 47 0.000019291 47 100%
1942 42 0.000015374 42 100%
1943 18 0.000006377 18 100%
1944 31 0.000011524 31 100%
1945 30 0.000011308 30 100%
1946 30 0.000009389 30 100%
1947 34 0.000009438 34 100%
1948 31 0.000008979 31 100%
1949 34 0.000009757 34 100%
1950 38 0.000010847 38 100%
1951 36 0.000009773 36 100%
1952 56 0.000014745 56 100%
1953 69 0.000017905 69 100%
1954 42 0.000010551 42 100%
1955 37 0.000009215 37 100%
1956 46 0.000011157 46 100%
1957 42 0.000009995 42 100%
1958 43 0.000010402 43 100%
1959 42 0.000010101 42 100%
1960 41 0.00000987 41 100%
1961 47 0.000011346 47 100%
1962 43 0.000010656 43 100%
1963 37 0.000009348 37 100%
1964 33 0.000008489 33 100%
1965 32 0.000008826 32 100%
1966 36 0.000010358 36 100%
1967 19 0.000005597 19 100%
1968 18 0.000005328 18 100%
1969 17 0.000004892 17 100%
1970 19 0.000005268 19 100%
1971 17 0.000004953 17 100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 100%
1973 19 0.000006298 19 100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 100%
1975 23 0.000007617 23 100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 100%
1977 16 0.000005037 16 100%
1978 15 0.000004726 15 100%
1979 25 0.000007514 25 100%
1980 13 0.000003774 13 100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 100%
1982 16 0.000004561 16 100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 100%
2014 14 0.000003777 14 100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 100%

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