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How popular is “Marlan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Marlan” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Marlan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Marlan” 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
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 -100%
1918 6 0.000002764 6 -100%
1920 14 0.000006187 14 -100%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 -100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 -100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 -100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 -100%
1926 10 0.000004356 10 -100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 -100%
1928 25 0.000011057 25 -100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 -100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 -100%
1931 19 0.000009029 19 -100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 -100%
1933 17 0.000008502 17 -100%
1934 22 0.000010593 22 -100%
1935 13 0.00000622 13 -100%
1936 19 0.000009145 19 -100%
1937 26 0.000012203 26 -100%
1938 19 0.000008587 19 -100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 -100%
1940 15 0.000006514 15 -100%
1941 27 0.000011082 27 -100%
1942 18 0.000006589 18 -100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 -100%
1944 17 0.00000632 17 -100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 -100%
1946 15 0.000004694 15 -100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 -100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 -100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 -100%
1950 14 0.000003996 14 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 33 0.000008689 9 24 -45%
1953 17 0.000004411 17 -100%
1954 18 0.000004522 18 -100%
1955 17 0.000004234 17 -100%
1956 17 0.000004123 17 -100%
1957 21 0.000004997 21 -100%
1958 14 0.000003387 14 -100%
1959 19 0.00000457 19 -100%
1960 16 0.000003852 16 -100%
1961 18 0.000004345 18 -100%
1962 22 0.000005452 22 -100%
1963 19 0.0000048 5 14 -47%
1964 18 0.00000463 18 -100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 -100%
1967 15 0.000004418 15 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 -100%
1969 13 0.000003741 13 -100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 -100%
1971 26 0.000007575 26 -100%
1972 16 0.000005091 16 -100%
1973 25 0.000008287 25 -100%
1974 24 0.000007895 24 -100%
1975 18 0.000005961 18 -100%
1976 19 0.000006262 19 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 -100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 -100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 -100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 -100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 -100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 -100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2001 11 0.000002939 11 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 -100%

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