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How popular is “Myrtle” in the USA?

Number of people named “Myrtle” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Myrtle” by birth year

This chart shows how “Myrtle” 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 620 0.003077167 615 5 98%
1881 643 0.003337001 643 100%
1882 803 0.003624742 803 100%
1883 851 0.003922635 851 100%
1884 985 0.004045823 979 6 99%
1885 1031 0.004280602 1026 5 99%
1886 1102 0.00431622 1094 8 99%
1887 1094 0.004422131 1087 7 99%
1888 1310 0.004374336 1310 100%
1889 1371 0.004744831 1361 10 99%
1890 1411 0.004681471 1406 5 99%
1891 1464 0.005106864 1458 6 99%
1892 1671 0.004997398 1666 5 99%
1893 1767 0.005433195 1759 8 99%
1894 1824 0.005385456 1818 6 99%
1895 1950 0.005555239 1938 12 99%
1896 1941 0.005429613 1928 13 99%
1897 1833 0.005283075 1833 100%
1898 2097 0.005497372 2090 7 99%
1899 1828 0.005388611 1821 7 99%
1900 2252 0.005001577 2252 100%
1901 1901 0.005497206 1892 9 99%
1902 1893 0.00489485 1884 9 99%
1903 1994 0.00523085 1980 14 99%
1904 1911 0.004736235 1905 6 99%
1905 2026 0.004779181 2026 100%
1906 1928 0.004499931 1921 7 99%
1907 1936 0.004159952 1929 7 99%
1908 1959 0.004009013 1952 7 99%
1909 1955 0.003824155 1950 5 99%
1910 2152 0.003643067 2145 7 99%
1911 2041 0.003167887 2033 8 99%
1912 2604 0.002635462 2599 5 100%
1913 2851 0.002507233 2843 8 99%
1914 3057 0.002158374 3049 8 99%
1915 3887 0.002121232 3865 22 99%
1916 3974 0.002054366 3960 14 99%
1917 4063 0.002024667 4046 17 99%
1918 4094 0.00188567 4076 18 99%
1919 3826 0.00181306 3816 10 99%
1920 3963 0.001751491 3955 8 100%
1921 3805 0.001629896 3791 14 99%
1922 3655 0.001596658 3649 6 100%
1923 3323 0.001443226 3314 9 99%
1924 3214 0.001349507 3205 9 99%
1925 2989 0.001281017 2980 9 99%
1926 2771 0.001206931 2756 15 99%
1927 2560 0.001103754 2550 10 99%
1928 2259 0.000999143 2243 16 99%
1929 2132 0.000972556 2126 6 99%
1930 2012 0.000904966 1997 15 99%
1931 1728 0.000821141 1711 17 98%
1932 1680 0.000795722 1669 11 99%
1933 1403 0.000701694 1398 5 99%
1934 1443 0.000694814 1435 8 99%
1935 1319 0.000631131 1312 7 99%
1936 1250 0.000601662 1240 10 98%
1937 1203 0.000564611 1193 10 98%
1938 1123 0.000507554 1116 7 99%
1939 1063 0.000482427 1063 100%
1940 1025 0.000445133 1020 5 99%
1941 971 0.000398535 966 5 99%
1942 911 0.000333478 911 100%
1943 848 0.000300437 843 5 99%
1944 686 0.000255011 686 100%
1945 621 0.000234083 621 100%
1946 571 0.0001787 571 100%
1947 596 0.000165449 596 100%
1948 537 0.000155539 537 100%
1949 523 0.000150081 523 100%
1950 460 0.000131303 460 100%
1951 397 0.000107771 397 100%
1952 366 0.000096366 366 100%
1953 378 0.000098089 378 100%
1954 325 0.000081644 325 100%
1955 316 0.000078703 316 100%
1956 257 0.000062333 257 100%
1957 229 0.000054496 229 100%
1958 196 0.000047413 196 100%
1959 182 0.000043771 182 100%
1960 175 0.00004213 175 100%
1961 186 0.000044903 186 100%
1962 145 0.000035932 145 100%
1963 110 0.00002779 110 100%
1964 115 0.000029581 115 100%
1965 117 0.000032272 117 100%
1966 88 0.000025319 88 100%
1967 85 0.000025038 85 100%
1968 74 0.000021904 74 100%
1969 71 0.00002043 71 100%
1970 50 0.000013864 50 100%
1971 57 0.000016607 57 100%
1972 37 0.000011772 37 100%
1973 36 0.000011933 36 100%
1974 34 0.000011184 34 100%
1975 41 0.000013579 41 100%
1976 27 0.000008898 27 100%
1977 30 0.000009444 30 100%
1978 22 0.000006932 22 100%
1979 22 0.000006613 22 100%
1980 27 0.000007839 27 100%
1981 18 0.000005203 18 100%
1982 24 0.000006842 24 100%
1983 14 0.000004042 14 100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 100%
2019 12 0.000003457 12 100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 100%

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