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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Meg” in the USA?

Number of people named “Meg” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Meg” by birth year

This chart shows how “Meg” 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
1941 5 0.000002052 5 100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 100%
1944 11 0.000004089 11 100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 100%
1948 16 0.000004634 16 100%
1949 21 0.000006026 21 100%
1950 26 0.000007421 26 100%
1951 40 0.000010859 40 100%
1952 47 0.000012375 47 100%
1953 53 0.000013753 53 100%
1954 56 0.000014068 56 100%
1955 75 0.00001868 75 100%
1956 110 0.000026679 110 100%
1957 129 0.000030699 129 100%
1958 125 0.000030238 125 100%
1959 196 0.000047138 196 100%
1960 179 0.000043093 179 100%
1961 154 0.000037177 154 100%
1962 184 0.000045597 184 100%
1963 179 0.000045223 179 100%
1964 161 0.000041414 161 100%
1965 120 0.000033099 120 100%
1966 106 0.000030498 106 100%
1967 81 0.000023859 81 100%
1968 83 0.000024568 83 100%
1969 96 0.000027623 96 100%
1970 87 0.000024123 87 100%
1971 80 0.000023308 80 100%
1972 92 0.000029271 92 100%
1973 61 0.00002022 61 100%
1974 85 0.000027961 85 100%
1975 63 0.000020865 63 100%
1976 44 0.000014501 44 100%
1977 41 0.000012907 41 100%
1978 36 0.000011343 36 100%
1979 69 0.000020739 69 100%
1980 52 0.000015097 52 100%
1981 49 0.000014164 49 100%
1982 34 0.000009692 34 100%
1983 33 0.000009528 33 100%
1984 33 0.000009459 33 100%
1985 37 0.000010367 37 100%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 100%
1987 32 0.000008875 32 100%
1988 52 0.000014073 52 100%
1989 51 0.000013266 51 100%
1990 79 0.000019987 79 100%
1991 55 0.00001412 55 100%
1992 79 0.000020566 79 100%
1993 61 0.000016179 61 100%
1994 82 0.000022057 82 100%
1995 107 0.000029218 107 100%
1996 102 0.000027967 102 100%
1997 90 0.000024822 90 100%
1998 92 0.000025012 92 100%
1999 99 0.000026801 99 100%
2000 109 0.000028837 109 100%
2001 111 0.000029652 111 100%
2002 109 0.000029158 109 100%
2003 129 0.000033927 129 100%
2004 88 0.000023031 88 100%
2005 100 0.000026009 100 100%
2006 65 0.00001643 65 100%
2007 64 0.000016009 64 100%
2008 53 0.000013484 53 100%
2009 50 0.000013088 50 100%
2010 52 0.00001407 52 100%
2011 30 0.000008202 30 100%
2012 27 0.000007382 27 100%
2013 24 0.000006583 24 100%
2014 14 0.000003777 14 100%
2015 20 0.000005404 20 100%
2016 19 0.000005179 19 100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 100%
2018 18 0.00000512 18 100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 100%
2021 15 0.000004427 15 100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 100%

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