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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Melton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Melton” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Melton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Melton” 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
1882 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 -100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1888 15 0.000050088 15 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 -100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 -100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1908 13 0.000026604 13 -100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 22 0.000037243 22 -100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 -100%
1912 32 0.000032387 32 -100%
1913 33 0.000029021 33 -100%
1914 33 0.000023299 33 -100%
1915 51 0.000027832 51 -100%
1916 63 0.000032568 63 -100%
1917 55 0.000027407 55 -100%
1918 49 0.000022569 49 -100%
1919 69 0.000032698 69 -100%
1920 63 0.000027844 63 -100%
1921 80 0.000034269 80 -100%
1922 78 0.000034074 78 -100%
1923 67 0.000029099 67 -100%
1924 77 0.000032331 77 -100%
1925 59 0.000025286 59 -100%
1926 73 0.000031796 73 -100%
1927 68 0.000029318 68 -100%
1928 65 0.000028749 65 -100%
1929 56 0.000025546 56 -100%
1930 66 0.000029686 66 -100%
1931 66 0.000031363 66 -100%
1932 78 0.000036944 78 -100%
1933 68 0.000034009 68 -100%
1934 63 0.000030335 63 -100%
1935 68 0.000032537 68 -100%
1936 72 0.000034656 72 -100%
1937 77 0.000036139 77 -100%
1938 58 0.000026214 58 -100%
1939 64 0.000029045 64 -100%
1940 70 0.000030399 70 -100%
1941 64 0.000026268 64 -100%
1942 76 0.00002782 76 -100%
1943 73 0.000025863 73 -100%
1944 78 0.000028995 78 -100%
1945 72 0.00002714 72 -100%
1946 69 0.000021594 69 -100%
1947 71 0.00001971 71 -100%
1948 71 0.000020565 71 -100%
1949 66 0.00001894 66 -100%
1950 70 0.000019981 70 -100%
1951 58 0.000015745 58 -100%
1952 61 0.000016061 61 -100%
1953 61 0.000015829 61 -100%
1954 65 0.000016329 65 -100%
1955 48 0.000011955 48 -100%
1956 62 0.000015037 62 -100%
1957 65 0.000015468 65 -100%
1958 61 0.000014756 61 -100%
1959 43 0.000010342 43 -100%
1960 54 0.000013 54 -100%
1961 39 0.000009415 39 -100%
1962 47 0.000011647 47 -100%
1963 46 0.000011621 46 -100%
1964 47 0.00001209 47 -100%
1965 43 0.000011861 43 -100%
1966 34 0.000009782 34 -100%
1967 41 0.000012077 41 -100%
1968 37 0.000010952 37 -100%
1969 27 0.000007769 27 -100%
1970 35 0.000009705 35 -100%
1971 39 0.000011362 39 -100%
1972 30 0.000009545 30 -100%
1973 14 0.000004641 14 -100%
1974 20 0.000006579 20 -100%
1975 25 0.00000828 25 -100%
1976 22 0.00000725 22 -100%
1977 27 0.0000085 27 -100%
1978 25 0.000007877 25 -100%
1979 15 0.000004509 15 -100%
1980 19 0.000005516 19 -100%
1981 15 0.000004336 15 -100%
1982 18 0.000005131 18 -100%
1983 13 0.000003754 13 -100%
1984 13 0.000003726 13 -100%
1985 16 0.000004483 16 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 -100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 -100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 -100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%

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