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How popular is “Marlin” in the USA?

Number of people named “Marlin” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Marlin” by birth year

This chart shows how “Marlin” 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
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 -100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 -100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 -100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 -100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 -100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 -100%
1902 15 0.000038786 15 -100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 -100%
1904 16 0.000039655 16 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 12 0.000028008 12 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 19 0.000038883 19 -100%
1909 15 0.000029341 15 -100%
1910 14 0.0000237 14 -100%
1911 35 0.000054324 35 -100%
1912 74 0.000074894 74 -100%
1913 79 0.000069474 79 -100%
1914 97 0.000068486 97 -100%
1915 134 0.000073127 6 128 -91%
1916 155 0.000080128 155 -100%
1917 164 0.000081724 164 -100%
1918 182 0.000083828 182 -100%
1919 188 0.000089089 5 183 -95%
1920 172 0.000076017 172 -100%
1921 210 0.000089955 210 -100%
1922 219 0.000095668 219 -100%
1923 196 0.000085126 196 -100%
1924 242 0.000101612 5 237 -96%
1925 241 0.000103287 241 -100%
1926 245 0.000106712 8 237 -93%
1927 258 0.000111238 7 251 -95%
1928 291 0.000128708 11 280 -92%
1929 265 0.000120885 265 -100%
1930 312 0.000140333 312 -100%
1931 311 0.000147786 9 302 -94%
1932 362 0.000171459 12 350 -93%
1933 350 0.000175048 10 340 -94%
1934 329 0.000158416 5 324 -97%
1935 400 0.000191397 14 386 -93%
1936 348 0.000167503 11 337 -94%
1937 362 0.0001699 16 346 -91%
1938 355 0.000160447 12 343 -93%
1939 379 0.000172004 10 369 -95%
1940 328 0.000142442 13 315 -92%
1941 363 0.000148989 18 345 -90%
1942 319 0.000116772 17 302 -89%
1943 343 0.000121521 12 331 -93%
1944 230 0.000085499 11 219 -90%
1945 287 0.000108183 7 280 -95%
1946 336 0.000105154 11 325 -93%
1947 332 0.000092163 16 316 -90%
1948 311 0.000090079 14 297 -91%
1949 294 0.000084367 11 283 -93%
1950 297 0.000084776 8 289 -95%
1951 283 0.000076824 15 268 -89%
1952 314 0.000082675 8 306 -95%
1953 300 0.000077848 5 295 -97%
1954 350 0.000087924 13 337 -93%
1955 303 0.000075465 10 293 -93%
1956 299 0.000072519 11 288 -93%
1957 292 0.000069488 15 277 -90%
1958 302 0.000073054 13 289 -91%
1959 248 0.000059644 9 239 -93%
1960 246 0.000059223 14 232 -89%
1961 256 0.000061801 10 246 -92%
1962 242 0.00005997 19 223 -84%
1963 226 0.000057097 14 212 -88%
1964 235 0.000060449 9 226 -92%
1965 234 0.000064544 15 219 -87%
1966 234 0.000067325 13 221 -89%
1967 180 0.000053021 7 173 -92%
1968 202 0.000059791 22 180 -78%
1969 173 0.00004978 12 161 -86%
1970 193 0.000053514 11 182 -89%
1971 262 0.000076332 13 249 -90%
1972 250 0.000079542 12 238 -90%
1973 208 0.000068945 10 198 -90%
1974 238 0.00007829 12 226 -90%
1975 163 0.000053984 7 156 -91%
1976 176 0.000058003 10 166 -89%
1977 162 0.000051 7 155 -91%
1978 153 0.000048206 12 141 -84%
1979 136 0.000040878 9 127 -87%
1980 127 0.00003687 8 119 -87%
1981 138 0.000039892 17 121 -75%
1982 135 0.000038484 15 120 -78%
1983 141 0.000040712 17 124 -76%
1984 120 0.000034396 12 108 -80%
1985 117 0.000032781 11 106 -81%
1986 104 0.000029237 18 86 -65%
1987 120 0.000033281 20 100 -67%
1988 145 0.000039242 20 125 -72%
1989 144 0.000037457 28 116 -61%
1990 144 0.000036433 27 117 -63%
1991 156 0.000040049 42 114 -46%
1992 134 0.000034884 26 108 -61%
1993 143 0.000037928 24 119 -66%
1994 141 0.000037927 29 112 -59%
1995 135 0.000036864 21 114 -69%
1996 124 0.000033999 23 101 -63%
1997 143 0.00003944 27 116 -62%
1998 130 0.000035343 32 98 -51%
1999 118 0.000031945 23 95 -61%
2000 115 0.000030424 27 88 -53%
2001 133 0.000035529 36 97 -46%
2002 117 0.000031298 37 80 -37%
2003 122 0.000032086 29 93 -52%
2004 122 0.000031929 38 84 -38%
2005 131 0.000034072 31 100 -53%
2006 136 0.000034377 40 96 -41%
2007 128 0.000032019 34 94 -47%
2008 119 0.000030275 41 78 -31%
2009 90 0.000023559 23 67 -49%
2010 95 0.000025705 26 69 -45%
2011 112 0.00003062 31 81 -45%
2012 118 0.000032264 32 86 -46%
2013 95 0.000026058 24 71 -49%
2014 92 0.000024822 11 81 -76%
2015 99 0.00002675 17 82 -66%
2016 86 0.000023442 16 70 -63%
2017 95 0.000026565 16 79 -66%
2018 95 0.00002702 9 86 -81%
2019 87 0.000025065 13 74 -70%
2020 77 0.00002305 9 68 -77%
2021 84 0.000024794 11 73 -74%
2022 90 0.000026603 12 78 -73%
2023 102 0.000030805 18 84 -65%
2024 91 0.00002734 10 81 -78%

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