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How popular is “Malissa” in the USA?

Number of people named “Malissa” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Malissa” by birth year

This chart shows how “Malissa” 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 22 0.00010919 22 100%
1881 16 0.000083036 16 100%
1882 7 0.000031598 7 100%
1883 24 0.000110627 24 100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 100%
1885 25 0.000103797 25 100%
1886 21 0.000082251 21 100%
1887 17 0.000068717 17 100%
1888 16 0.000053427 16 100%
1889 24 0.000083061 24 100%
1890 20 0.000066357 20 100%
1891 17 0.000059301 17 100%
1892 21 0.000062804 21 100%
1893 20 0.000061496 20 100%
1894 18 0.000053146 18 100%
1895 24 0.000068372 24 100%
1896 25 0.000069933 25 100%
1897 17 0.000048997 17 100%
1898 12 0.000031458 12 100%
1899 18 0.000053061 18 100%
1900 30 0.000066628 30 100%
1901 14 0.000040484 14 100%
1902 24 0.000062058 24 100%
1903 14 0.000036726 14 100%
1904 20 0.000049568 20 100%
1905 23 0.000054255 23 100%
1906 20 0.00004668 20 100%
1907 22 0.000047272 22 100%
1908 15 0.000030697 15 100%
1909 14 0.000027385 14 100%
1910 22 0.000037243 22 100%
1911 17 0.000026386 17 100%
1912 25 0.000025302 25 100%
1913 22 0.000019347 22 100%
1914 35 0.000024712 35 100%
1915 23 0.000012552 23 100%
1916 25 0.000012924 25 100%
1917 23 0.000011461 23 100%
1918 28 0.000012897 28 100%
1919 30 0.000014216 30 100%
1920 28 0.000012375 28 100%
1921 32 0.000013707 32 100%
1922 29 0.000012668 29 100%
1923 29 0.000012595 29 100%
1924 42 0.000017635 42 100%
1925 18 0.000007714 18 100%
1926 25 0.000010889 25 100%
1927 26 0.00001121 26 100%
1928 17 0.000007519 17 100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 100%
1930 21 0.000009445 21 100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 100%
1940 18 0.000007817 18 100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 100%
1942 17 0.000006223 17 100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 100%
1946 18 0.000005633 18 100%
1947 24 0.000006662 24 100%
1948 15 0.000004345 15 100%
1949 17 0.000004878 17 100%
1950 20 0.000005709 20 100%
1951 31 0.000008415 31 100%
1952 23 0.000006056 23 100%
1953 22 0.000005709 22 100%
1954 22 0.000005527 22 100%
1955 22 0.000005479 22 100%
1956 36 0.000008731 36 100%
1957 47 0.000011185 47 100%
1958 38 0.000009192 38 100%
1959 32 0.000007696 32 100%
1960 51 0.000012278 51 100%
1961 56 0.000013519 56 100%
1962 62 0.000015364 62 100%
1963 83 0.000020969 83 100%
1964 96 0.000024694 96 100%
1965 126 0.000034754 126 100%
1966 183 0.000052652 183 100%
1967 221 0.000065098 221 100%
1968 257 0.000076071 257 100%
1969 268 0.000077115 268 100%
1970 265 0.000073478 265 100%
1971 294 0.000085655 294 100%
1972 305 0.000097041 305 100%
1973 288 0.000095463 288 100%
1974 234 0.000076974 234 100%
1975 231 0.000076505 231 100%
1976 231 0.00007613 231 100%
1977 258 0.000081222 258 100%
1978 244 0.000076878 244 100%
1979 307 0.000092275 307 100%
1980 207 0.000060096 207 100%
1981 228 0.000065908 228 100%
1982 211 0.000060149 211 100%
1983 177 0.000051107 177 100%
1984 183 0.000052454 183 100%
1985 170 0.000047631 170 100%
1986 169 0.000047511 169 100%
1987 148 0.000041047 148 100%
1988 158 0.00004276 158 100%
1989 153 0.000039798 153 100%
1990 150 0.000037951 150 100%
1991 129 0.000033117 129 100%
1992 129 0.000033583 129 100%
1993 112 0.000029706 112 100%
1994 95 0.000025554 95 100%
1995 60 0.000016384 60 100%
1996 65 0.000017822 65 100%
1997 64 0.000017652 64 100%
1998 55 0.000014953 55 100%
1999 43 0.000011641 43 100%
2000 35 0.000009259 35 100%
2001 32 0.000008548 32 100%
2002 32 0.00000856 32 100%
2003 30 0.00000789 30 100%
2004 30 0.000007852 30 100%
2005 31 0.000008063 31 100%
2006 28 0.000007078 28 100%
2007 32 0.000008005 32 100%
2008 32 0.000008141 32 100%
2009 20 0.000005235 20 100%
2010 12 0.000003247 12 100%
2011 16 0.000004374 16 100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2013 13 0.000003566 13 100%
2014 16 0.000004317 16 100%
2015 11 0.000002972 11 100%
2016 12 0.000003271 12 100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 100%
2018 14 0.000003982 14 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 100%

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