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How popular is “Myrle” in the USA?

Number of people named “Myrle” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Myrle” by birth year

This chart shows how “Myrle” 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
1884 5 0.000020537 5 100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 100%
1888 12 0.00004007 12 100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 100%
1890 12 0.000039814 12 100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 100%
1893 19 0.000058421 19 100%
1894 20 0.000059051 20 100%
1895 16 0.000045581 16 100%
1896 19 0.000053149 19 100%
1897 24 0.000069173 24 100%
1898 25 0.000065539 25 100%
1899 18 0.000053061 18 100%
1900 21 0.00004664 21 100%
1901 21 0.000060727 21 100%
1902 24 0.000062058 24 100%
1903 29 0.000076076 24 5 66%
1904 24 0.000059482 24 100%
1905 22 0.000051896 22 100%
1906 30 0.00007002 23 7 53%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 100%
1908 34 0.00006958 34 100%
1909 37 0.000072375 31 6 68%
1910 27 0.000045708 27 100%
1911 41 0.000063637 33 8 61%
1912 52 0.000052628 43 9 65%
1913 50 0.000043971 37 13 48%
1914 89 0.000062838 66 23 48%
1915 120 0.000065487 98 22 63%
1916 104 0.000053763 81 23 56%
1917 114 0.000056808 85 29 49%
1918 122 0.000056192 96 26 57%
1919 92 0.000043597 77 15 67%
1920 102 0.00004508 73 29 43%
1921 102 0.000043692 82 20 61%
1922 79 0.000034511 66 13 67%
1923 83 0.000036048 68 15 64%
1924 93 0.000039049 72 21 55%
1925 97 0.000041572 66 31 36%
1926 93 0.000040507 69 24 48%
1927 85 0.000036648 61 24 44%
1928 76 0.000033614 62 14 63%
1929 88 0.000040143 65 23 48%
1930 63 0.000028336 47 16 49%
1931 59 0.000028037 41 18 39%
1932 55 0.00002605 45 10 64%
1933 60 0.000030008 43 17 43%
1934 45 0.000021668 32 13 42%
1935 45 0.000021532 30 15 33%
1936 52 0.000025029 42 10 62%
1937 36 0.000016896 27 9 50%
1938 44 0.000019886 30 14 36%
1939 33 0.000014977 21 12 27%
1940 30 0.000013028 22 8 47%
1941 36 0.000014776 27 9 50%
1942 32 0.000011714 23 9 44%
1943 32 0.000011337 20 12 25%
1944 30 0.000011152 16 14 7%
1945 31 0.000011685 21 10 35%
1946 36 0.000011267 21 15 17%
1947 24 0.000006662 15 9 25%
1948 18 0.000005214 11 7 22%
1949 16 0.000004591 10 6 25%
1950 21 0.000005994 13 8 24%
1951 22 0.000005972 12 10 9%
1952 13 0.000003423 6 7 -8%
1953 21 0.000005449 14 7 33%
1954 12 0.000003015 5 7 -17%
1955 14 0.000003487 8 6 14%
1957 12 0.000002856 6 6 0%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%

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