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How popular is “Marlen” in the USA?

Number of people named “Marlen” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Marlen” by birth year

This chart shows how “Marlen” 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 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 -100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 -100%
1918 7 0.000003224 7 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1921 16 0.000006854 16 -100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 -100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 -100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 -100%
1925 16 0.000006857 16 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 -100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 -100%
1929 8 0.000003649 8 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 -100%
1932 18 0.000008526 6 12 -33%
1933 19 0.000009503 8 11 -16%
1934 21 0.000010112 5 16 -52%
1935 18 0.000008613 18 -100%
1936 32 0.000015403 9 23 -44%
1937 21 0.000009856 9 12 -14%
1938 31 0.000014011 5 26 -68%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 26 0.000010671 9 17 -31%
1942 17 0.000006223 8 9 -6%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 -100%
1945 18 0.000006785 6 12 -33%
1946 16 0.000005007 8 8 0%
1947 21 0.00000583 7 14 -33%
1948 11 0.000003186 6 5 9%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 -100%
1951 13 0.000003529 5 8 -23%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1955 16 0.000003985 5 11 -38%
1956 20 0.000004851 10 10 0%
1957 15 0.00000357 6 9 -20%
1958 14 0.000003387 6 8 -14%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1960 16 0.000003852 7 9 -13%
1961 14 0.00000338 8 6 14%
1962 17 0.000004213 11 6 29%
1963 20 0.000005053 13 7 30%
1964 29 0.00000746 21 8 45%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1966 22 0.00000633 13 9 18%
1967 19 0.000005597 13 6 37%
1968 21 0.000006216 16 5 52%
1969 14 0.000004028 14 100%
1970 26 0.000007209 16 10 23%
1971 25 0.000007284 12 13 -4%
1972 34 0.000010818 17 17 0%
1973 37 0.000012264 21 16 14%
1974 30 0.000009868 20 10 33%
1975 38 0.000012585 25 13 32%
1976 41 0.000013512 27 14 32%
1977 31 0.000009759 23 8 48%
1978 30 0.000009452 30 100%
1979 38 0.000011422 38 100%
1980 51 0.000014806 44 7 73%
1981 48 0.000013875 40 8 67%
1982 63 0.000017959 56 7 78%
1983 45 0.000012993 45 100%
1984 51 0.000014618 44 7 73%
1985 45 0.000012608 39 6 73%
1986 46 0.000012932 40 6 74%
1987 46 0.000012758 40 6 74%
1988 67 0.000018132 58 9 73%
1989 75 0.000019509 67 8 79%
1990 121 0.000030614 113 8 87%
1991 137 0.000035171 124 13 81%
1992 149 0.000038789 139 10 87%
1993 131 0.000034745 122 9 86%
1994 155 0.000041693 148 7 91%
1995 155 0.000042325 138 17 78%
1996 167 0.000045789 157 10 88%
1997 136 0.000037509 126 10 85%
1998 162 0.000044043 149 13 84%
1999 129 0.000034923 121 8 88%
2000 218 0.000057673 212 6 94%
2001 194 0.000051825 184 10 90%
2002 200 0.0000535 200 100%
2003 272 0.000071535 259 13 90%
2004 226 0.000059148 216 10 91%
2005 241 0.000062681 230 11 91%
2006 231 0.00005839 224 7 94%
2007 268 0.000067039 263 5 96%
2008 225 0.000057242 213 12 89%
2009 178 0.000046595 170 8 91%
2010 147 0.000039776 138 9 88%
2011 121 0.00003308 116 5 92%
2012 93 0.000025428 93 100%
2013 89 0.000024413 80 9 80%
2014 58 0.000015649 58 100%
2015 62 0.000016753 62 100%
2016 63 0.000017172 63 100%
2017 55 0.000015379 55 100%
2018 63 0.000017919 55 8 75%
2019 53 0.00001527 53 100%
2020 61 0.00001826 56 5 84%
2021 57 0.000016824 52 5 82%
2022 47 0.000013892 47 100%
2023 49 0.000014798 44 5 80%
2024 44 0.000013219 44 100%

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