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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Marlon” in the USA?

Number of people named “Marlon” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Marlon” by birth year

This chart shows how “Marlon” 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
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 -100%
1920 23 0.000010165 23 -100%
1921 13 0.000005569 13 -100%
1922 10 0.000004368 10 -100%
1923 24 0.000010424 9 15 -25%
1924 23 0.000009657 23 -100%
1925 21 0.000009 21 -100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 -100%
1927 21 0.000009054 21 -100%
1928 25 0.000011057 25 -100%
1929 28 0.000012773 28 -100%
1930 27 0.000012144 5 22 -63%
1931 25 0.00001188 25 -100%
1932 23 0.000010894 23 -100%
1933 31 0.000015504 5 26 -68%
1934 21 0.000010112 21 -100%
1935 31 0.000014833 31 -100%
1936 27 0.000012996 27 -100%
1937 25 0.000011733 25 -100%
1938 20 0.000009039 20 -100%
1939 25 0.000011346 25 -100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 -100%
1941 40 0.000016417 40 -100%
1942 40 0.000014642 40 -100%
1943 30 0.000010629 30 -100%
1944 22 0.000008178 22 -100%
1945 37 0.000013947 7 30 -62%
1946 29 0.000009076 29 -100%
1947 30 0.000008328 30 -100%
1948 27 0.00000782 27 -100%
1949 36 0.000010331 36 -100%
1950 52 0.000014843 52 -100%
1951 68 0.00001846 68 -100%
1952 98 0.000025803 98 -100%
1953 84 0.000021798 84 -100%
1954 211 0.000053006 8 203 -92%
1955 457 0.000113821 8 449 -96%
1956 375 0.000090952 10 365 -95%
1957 303 0.000072106 10 293 -93%
1958 351 0.000084908 6 345 -97%
1959 275 0.000066138 6 269 -96%
1960 301 0.000072464 5 296 -97%
1961 303 0.000073148 303 -100%
1962 295 0.000073104 5 290 -97%
1963 357 0.000090193 7 350 -96%
1964 267 0.00006868 267 -100%
1965 266 0.00007337 6 260 -95%
1966 259 0.000074518 259 -100%
1967 320 0.000094259 9 311 -94%
1968 248 0.000073407 13 235 -90%
1969 231 0.000066469 231 -100%
1970 467 0.000129488 9 458 -96%
1971 778 0.000226667 12 766 -97%
1972 1037 0.00032994 9 1028 -98%
1973 924 0.000306276 20 904 -96%
1974 771 0.000253618 14 757 -96%
1975 650 0.000215275 11 639 -97%
1976 757 0.000249481 14 743 -96%
1977 661 0.000208091 9 652 -97%
1978 540 0.000170139 10 530 -96%
1979 604 0.000181545 13 591 -96%
1980 544 0.000157933 6 538 -98%
1981 438 0.000126612 9 429 -96%
1982 462 0.0001317 5 457 -98%
1983 401 0.000115784 401 -100%
1984 483 0.000138445 7 476 -97%
1985 518 0.000145134 9 509 -97%
1986 411 0.000115544 9 402 -96%
1987 415 0.000115098 415 -100%
1988 496 0.000134234 8 488 -97%
1989 420 0.000109248 7 413 -97%
1990 477 0.000120684 8 469 -97%
1991 481 0.000123483 481 -100%
1992 458 0.000119231 6 452 -97%
1993 441 0.000116967 5 436 -98%
1994 445 0.000119699 445 -100%
1995 449 0.000122605 6 443 -97%
1996 466 0.000127769 466 -100%
1997 484 0.00013349 5 479 -98%
1998 442 0.000120167 442 -100%
1999 437 0.000118304 437 -100%
2000 458 0.000121167 6 452 -97%
2001 454 0.00012128 454 -100%
2002 447 0.000119573 447 -100%
2003 462 0.000121505 462 -100%
2004 460 0.00012039 460 -100%
2005 479 0.000124582 479 -100%
2006 509 0.000128659 509 -100%
2007 467 0.000116818 467 -100%
2008 455 0.000115756 455 -100%
2009 382 0.000099995 382 -100%
2010 411 0.000111209 411 -100%
2011 367 0.000100334 367 -100%
2012 340 0.000092963 340 -100%
2013 327 0.000089696 327 -100%
2014 319 0.000086068 319 -100%
2015 277 0.000074846 277 -100%
2016 284 0.000077412 284 -100%
2017 291 0.000081371 291 -100%
2018 262 0.000074519 262 -100%
2019 260 0.000074908 260 -100%
2020 217 0.000064959 217 -100%
2021 213 0.00006287 213 -100%
2022 225 0.000066506 225 -100%
2023 240 0.000072481 240 -100%
2024 200 0.000060087 200 -100%

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