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How popular is “Meyer” in the USA?

Number of people named “Meyer” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Meyer” by birth year

This chart shows how “Meyer” 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
1881 10 0.000051897 10 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 -100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 -100%
1896 14 0.000039163 14 -100%
1897 12 0.000034586 12 -100%
1898 11 0.000028837 11 -100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 -100%
1900 19 0.000042198 19 -100%
1901 15 0.000043376 15 -100%
1902 22 0.000056887 22 -100%
1903 20 0.000052466 20 -100%
1904 27 0.000066917 27 -100%
1905 22 0.000051896 22 -100%
1906 16 0.000037344 16 -100%
1907 31 0.000066611 31 -100%
1908 45 0.000092091 45 -100%
1909 35 0.000068463 35 -100%
1910 52 0.00008803 52 -100%
1911 63 0.000097784 63 -100%
1912 143 0.000144728 143 -100%
1913 167 0.000146864 167 -100%
1914 186 0.000131324 186 -100%
1915 203 0.000110782 203 -100%
1916 210 0.00010856 210 -100%
1917 214 0.00010664 214 -100%
1918 183 0.000084289 183 -100%
1919 172 0.000081507 172 -100%
1920 132 0.000058339 132 -100%
1921 150 0.000064253 150 -100%
1922 140 0.000061158 140 -100%
1923 128 0.000055592 128 -100%
1924 106 0.000044508 106 -100%
1925 87 0.000037286 87 -100%
1926 85 0.000037022 85 -100%
1927 75 0.000032337 75 -100%
1928 73 0.000032287 73 -100%
1929 57 0.000026002 57 -100%
1930 35 0.000015742 35 -100%
1931 33 0.000015682 33 -100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 -100%
1933 24 0.000012003 24 -100%
1934 20 0.00000963 20 -100%
1935 16 0.000007656 16 -100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 -100%
1937 20 0.000009387 20 -100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 -100%
1941 20 0.000008209 20 -100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 -100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1944 16 0.000005948 16 -100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 -100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 -100%
1947 19 0.000005274 19 -100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 -100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 -100%
1950 14 0.000003996 14 -100%
1951 16 0.000004343 16 -100%
1952 17 0.000004476 17 -100%
1953 11 0.000002854 11 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1955 16 0.000003985 16 -100%
1956 17 0.000004123 17 -100%
1957 14 0.000003332 14 -100%
1958 19 0.000004596 19 -100%
1959 20 0.00000481 20 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 22 0.000007292 22 -100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 -100%
1975 16 0.000005299 16 -100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 13 0.000004096 13 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 -100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 -100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 -100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 -100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
1989 14 0.000003642 14 -100%
1990 21 0.000005313 21 -100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 13 0.000003384 13 -100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 20 0.000005461 20 -100%
1996 15 0.000004113 15 -100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 -100%
1998 23 0.000006253 23 -100%
1999 22 0.000005956 22 -100%
2000 26 0.000006878 26 -100%
2001 19 0.000005076 19 -100%
2002 13 0.000003478 13 -100%
2003 22 0.000005786 22 -100%
2004 17 0.000004449 17 -100%
2005 33 0.000008583 33 -100%
2006 23 0.000005814 23 -100%
2007 39 0.000009756 39 -100%
2008 36 0.000009159 36 -100%
2009 46 0.000012041 46 -100%
2010 36 0.000009741 36 -100%
2011 33 0.000009022 33 -100%
2012 62 0.000016952 6 56 -81%
2013 81 0.000022218 19 62 -53%
2014 84 0.000022664 20 64 -52%
2015 87 0.000023508 14 73 -68%
2016 98 0.000026712 21 77 -57%
2017 86 0.000024048 20 66 -53%
2018 74 0.000021047 7 67 -81%
2019 68 0.000019591 6 62 -82%
2020 95 0.000028438 15 80 -68%
2021 110 0.000032468 13 97 -76%
2022 112 0.000033105 23 89 -59%
2023 118 0.000035637 17 101 -71%
2024 108 0.000032447 19 89 -65%

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