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How popular is “Metta” in the USA?

Number of people named “Metta” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Metta” by birth year

This chart shows how “Metta” 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 15 0.000074448 15 100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 100%
1883 12 0.000055313 12 100%
1884 16 0.000065719 16 100%
1885 12 0.000049823 12 100%
1886 13 0.000050917 13 100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 100%
1888 20 0.000066784 20 100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 100%
1890 18 0.000059721 18 100%
1891 15 0.000052324 15 100%
1892 20 0.000059813 20 100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 100%
1895 21 0.000059826 21 100%
1896 18 0.000050352 18 100%
1897 20 0.000057644 20 100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 100%
1899 14 0.000041269 14 100%
1900 15 0.000033314 15 100%
1901 14 0.000040484 14 100%
1902 15 0.000038786 15 100%
1903 11 0.000028856 11 100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1906 12 0.000028008 12 100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 100%
1909 10 0.000019561 10 100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 100%
1911 13 0.000020178 13 100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 100%
1914 17 0.000012003 17 100%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 100%
1916 22 0.000011373 22 100%
1917 23 0.000011461 23 100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 100%
1924 25 0.000010497 25 100%
1925 23 0.000009857 23 100%
1926 10 0.000004356 10 100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 100%
1935 12 0.000005742 12 100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 100%
1938 17 0.000007683 17 100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 100%
2015 11 0.000002972 11 100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 100%

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