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How popular is “Melvia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Melvia” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Melvia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Melvia” 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
1888 5 0.000016696 5 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 100%
1919 14 0.000006634 14 100%
1920 13 0.000005745 13 100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 100%
1923 19 0.000008252 19 100%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 100%
1926 20 0.000008711 20 100%
1927 24 0.000010348 24 100%
1928 26 0.0000115 26 100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 100%
1930 30 0.000013494 30 100%
1931 18 0.000008554 18 100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 100%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 100%
1934 21 0.000010112 21 100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 100%
1937 21 0.000009856 21 100%
1938 25 0.000011299 25 100%
1939 24 0.000010892 24 100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 100%
1941 22 0.00000903 22 100%
1942 18 0.000006589 18 100%
1943 25 0.000008857 25 100%
1944 17 0.00000632 17 100%
1945 20 0.000007539 20 100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 100%
1947 23 0.000006385 23 100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 100%
1949 17 0.000004878 17 100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 100%
1951 16 0.000004343 16 100%
1952 16 0.000004213 16 100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 100%
1954 27 0.000006783 27 100%
1955 22 0.000005479 22 100%
1956 14 0.000003396 14 100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 100%
1958 18 0.000004354 18 100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 100%
1961 15 0.000003621 15 100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1967 14 0.000004124 14 100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 100%
1969 13 0.000003741 13 100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%

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