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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Markel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Markel” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Markel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Markel” 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
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 -100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 -100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 15 0.000003621 15 -100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 -100%
1969 13 0.000003741 13 -100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 -100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 -100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 -100%
1975 16 0.000005299 5 11 -38%
1976 23 0.00000758 5 18 -57%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 -100%
1978 19 0.000005986 19 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 18 0.000005226 18 -100%
1981 32 0.00000925 32 -100%
1982 34 0.000009692 34 -100%
1983 22 0.000006352 22 -100%
1984 29 0.000008312 29 -100%
1985 42 0.000011768 42 -100%
1986 29 0.000008153 29 -100%
1987 38 0.000010539 38 -100%
1988 33 0.000008931 5 28 -70%
1989 54 0.000014046 54 -100%
1990 87 0.000022012 12 75 -72%
1991 84 0.000021565 5 79 -88%
1992 74 0.000019264 9 65 -76%
1993 89 0.000023606 6 83 -87%
1994 173 0.000046535 11 162 -87%
1995 175 0.000047786 8 167 -91%
1996 147 0.000040305 8 139 -89%
1997 163 0.000044956 7 156 -91%
1998 168 0.000045674 7 161 -92%
1999 183 0.000049542 11 172 -88%
2000 143 0.000037832 143 -100%
2001 170 0.000045413 6 164 -93%
2002 126 0.000033705 8 118 -87%
2003 136 0.000035768 136 -100%
2004 149 0.000038996 149 -100%
2005 177 0.000046036 8 169 -91%
2006 138 0.000034882 138 -100%
2007 139 0.00003477 139 -100%
2008 147 0.000037398 147 -100%
2009 144 0.000037695 144 -100%
2010 126 0.000034093 126 -100%
2011 123 0.000033627 123 -100%
2012 107 0.000029256 107 -100%
2013 110 0.000030173 110 -100%
2014 95 0.000025632 95 -100%
2015 110 0.000029722 110 -100%
2016 92 0.000025077 92 -100%
2017 81 0.00002265 81 -100%
2018 85 0.000024176 85 -100%
2019 86 0.000024777 86 -100%
2020 81 0.000024247 81 -100%
2021 73 0.000021547 73 -100%
2022 62 0.000018326 62 -100%
2023 63 0.000019026 63 -100%
2024 49 0.000014721 49 -100%

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