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How popular is “Mavis” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mavis” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Mavis” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mavis” 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
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 100%
1900 19 0.000042198 19 100%
1901 21 0.000060727 21 100%
1902 23 0.000059473 23 100%
1903 18 0.000047219 18 100%
1904 22 0.000054525 22 100%
1905 18 0.000042461 18 100%
1906 26 0.000060684 26 100%
1907 30 0.000064462 30 100%
1908 28 0.000057301 28 100%
1909 30 0.000058683 30 100%
1910 37 0.000062636 37 100%
1911 33 0.00005122 33 100%
1912 58 0.000058701 58 100%
1913 81 0.000071233 81 100%
1914 119 0.000084019 119 100%
1915 264 0.000144071 264 100%
1916 231 0.000119416 226 5 96%
1917 236 0.000117603 236 100%
1918 290 0.000133572 290 100%
1919 369 0.000174861 364 5 97%
1920 500 0.000220981 487 13 95%
1921 560 0.00023988 552 8 97%
1922 543 0.000237205 538 5 98%
1923 556 0.000241479 546 10 96%
1924 588 0.000246892 581 7 98%
1925 588 0.000252003 579 9 97%
1926 563 0.000245219 556 7 98%
1927 603 0.000259986 603 100%
1928 547 0.000241935 547 100%
1929 549 0.000250438 540 9 97%
1930 537 0.000241534 531 6 98%
1931 478 0.000227144 472 6 97%
1932 500 0.000236822 494 6 98%
1933 464 0.000232064 458 6 97%
1934 485 0.000233531 485 100%
1935 414 0.000198096 406 8 96%
1936 433 0.000208416 433 100%
1937 457 0.000214487 452 5 98%
1938 393 0.000177621 388 5 97%
1939 389 0.000176542 389 100%
1940 333 0.000144614 333 100%
1941 328 0.000134623 323 5 97%
1942 288 0.000105424 288 100%
1943 280 0.000099201 280 100%
1944 273 0.000101484 273 100%
1945 229 0.00008632 229 100%
1946 231 0.000072294 231 100%
1947 288 0.000079948 288 100%
1948 232 0.000067197 232 100%
1949 225 0.000064567 220 5 96%
1950 209 0.000059657 209 100%
1951 162 0.000043977 162 100%
1952 244 0.000064244 244 100%
1953 189 0.000049044 189 100%
1954 187 0.000046977 187 100%
1955 171 0.000042589 171 100%
1956 143 0.000034683 143 100%
1957 163 0.00003879 163 100%
1958 118 0.000028544 118 100%
1959 136 0.000032708 136 100%
1960 134 0.00003226 134 100%
1961 155 0.000037419 155 100%
1962 159 0.000039402 159 100%
1963 125 0.00003158 125 100%
1964 119 0.00003061 114 5 92%
1965 70 0.000019308 70 100%
1966 76 0.000021866 76 100%
1967 61 0.000017968 61 100%
1968 56 0.000016576 56 100%
1969 37 0.000010646 37 100%
1970 45 0.000012477 45 100%
1971 40 0.000011654 40 100%
1972 45 0.000014318 45 100%
1973 43 0.000014253 43 100%
1974 23 0.000007566 23 100%
1975 27 0.000008942 27 100%
1976 29 0.000009557 29 100%
1977 23 0.000007241 23 100%
1978 32 0.000010082 32 100%
1979 28 0.000008416 28 100%
1980 24 0.000006968 24 100%
1981 19 0.000005492 19 100%
1982 22 0.000006271 22 100%
1983 28 0.000008085 28 100%
1984 15 0.0000043 15 100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 100%
1990 16 0.000004048 16 100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 100%
1992 21 0.000005467 21 100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 100%
2002 12 0.00000321 12 100%
2003 13 0.000003419 13 100%
2004 15 0.000003926 15 100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 100%
2009 16 0.000004188 16 100%
2010 19 0.000005141 19 100%
2011 39 0.000010662 39 100%
2012 43 0.000011757 43 100%
2013 167 0.000045808 167 100%
2014 232 0.000062595 232 100%
2015 267 0.000072144 267 100%
2016 361 0.0000984 361 100%
2017 342 0.000095632 342 100%
2018 304 0.000086464 304 100%
2019 321 0.000092482 321 100%
2020 324 0.000096989 324 100%
2021 377 0.000111277 377 100%
2022 429 0.000126805 429 100%
2023 502 0.000151607 502 100%
2024 532 0.000159832 532 100%

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