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How popular is “Meda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Meda” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Meda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Meda” 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
1880 19 0.0000943 19 100%
1881 8 0.000041518 8 100%
1882 18 0.000081252 18 100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 100%
1884 12 0.000049289 12 100%
1885 25 0.000103797 25 100%
1886 20 0.000078334 20 100%
1887 22 0.000088928 22 100%
1888 18 0.000060105 18 100%
1889 26 0.000089982 26 100%
1890 18 0.000059721 18 100%
1891 27 0.000094184 27 100%
1892 27 0.000080748 27 100%
1893 19 0.000058421 19 100%
1894 21 0.000062004 21 100%
1895 27 0.000076919 27 100%
1896 25 0.000069933 25 100%
1897 22 0.000063408 22 100%
1898 25 0.000065539 25 100%
1899 24 0.000070748 24 100%
1900 33 0.000073291 33 100%
1901 12 0.000034701 12 100%
1902 17 0.000043958 17 100%
1903 15 0.000039349 15 100%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 100%
1905 24 0.000056614 24 100%
1906 15 0.00003501 15 100%
1907 28 0.000060165 28 100%
1908 25 0.000051161 25 100%
1909 26 0.000050858 26 100%
1910 26 0.000044015 26 100%
1911 16 0.000024834 16 100%
1912 29 0.00002935 29 100%
1913 25 0.000021986 25 100%
1914 39 0.000027536 39 100%
1915 55 0.000030015 55 100%
1916 36 0.00001861 36 100%
1917 35 0.000017441 35 100%
1918 41 0.000018884 41 100%
1919 41 0.000019429 41 100%
1920 36 0.000015911 36 100%
1921 43 0.000018419 43 100%
1922 35 0.000015289 35 100%
1923 28 0.000012161 28 100%
1924 38 0.000015956 38 100%
1925 34 0.000014572 34 100%
1926 33 0.000014373 33 100%
1927 27 0.000011641 27 100%
1928 21 0.000009288 21 100%
1929 25 0.000011404 25 100%
1930 25 0.000011245 25 100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 100%
1932 24 0.000011367 24 100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 100%
1934 18 0.000008667 18 100%
1935 21 0.000010048 21 100%
1936 26 0.000012515 26 100%
1937 17 0.000007979 17 100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1941 24 0.00000985 24 100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 100%
1946 16 0.000005007 16 100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 100%
1948 22 0.000006372 22 100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 100%
1950 11 0.00000314 11 100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 100%
1952 18 0.000004739 18 100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 100%
1954 21 0.000005275 21 100%
1955 16 0.000003985 16 100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 100%
1958 15 0.000003629 15 100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 100%

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