Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Myer” in the USA?

Number of people named “Myer” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Myer” by birth year

This chart shows how “Myer” 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
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 10 0.000019561 10 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1911 17 0.000026386 17 -100%
1912 32 0.000032387 32 -100%
1913 34 0.0000299 34 -100%
1914 39 0.000027536 39 -100%
1915 46 0.000025103 46 -100%
1916 33 0.000017059 33 -100%
1917 45 0.000022424 45 -100%
1918 48 0.000022108 48 -100%
1919 29 0.000013742 29 -100%
1920 23 0.000010165 23 -100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 -100%
1922 15 0.000006553 15 -100%
1923 21 0.000009121 21 -100%
1924 18 0.000007558 18 -100%
1925 15 0.000006429 15 -100%
1926 13 0.000005662 13 -100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 -100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 -100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 -100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2006 13 0.000003286 13 -100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 -100%
2009 17 0.00000445 17 -100%
2010 16 0.000004329 16 -100%
2011 19 0.000005194 19 -100%
2012 18 0.000004922 18 -100%
2013 28 0.00000768 5 23 -64%
2014 19 0.000005126 19 -100%
2015 28 0.000007566 28 -100%
2016 27 0.00000736 6 21 -56%
2017 25 0.000006991 25 -100%
2018 14 0.000003982 14 -100%
2019 31 0.000008931 5 26 -68%
2020 31 0.00000928 8 23 -48%
2021 14 0.000004132 14 -100%
2022 21 0.000006207 21 -100%
2023 36 0.000010872 9 27 -50%
2024 36 0.000010816 5 31 -72%

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