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How popular is “Murriel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Murriel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Murriel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Murriel” 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
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 100%
1915 14 0.00000764 14 100%
1916 15 0.000007754 15 100%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 100%
1918 8 0.000003685 8 100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 100%
1920 19 0.000008397 14 5 47%
1921 27 0.000011566 18 9 33%
1922 25 0.000010921 18 7 44%
1923 21 0.000009121 14 7 33%
1924 24 0.000010077 18 6 50%
1925 33 0.000014143 28 5 70%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 100%
1927 28 0.000012072 20 8 43%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 100%
1929 15 0.000006843 15 100%
1930 25 0.000011245 17 8 36%
1931 16 0.000007603 11 5 38%
1932 14 0.000006631 14 100%
1933 24 0.000012003 15 9 25%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 100%
1935 19 0.000009091 14 5 47%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 100%
1937 20 0.000009387 14 6 40%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 100%
1939 15 0.000006808 9 6 20%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1941 13 0.000005336 8 5 23%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 100%
1943 12 0.000004251 7 5 17%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 100%
1946 14 0.000004381 9 5 29%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 100%
1954 11 0.000002763 6 5 9%
1955 11 0.00000274 6 5 9%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 100%

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