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How popular is “Melvina” in the USA?

Number of people named “Melvina” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Melvina” by birth year

This chart shows how “Melvina” 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 21 0.000104227 21 100%
1881 25 0.000129743 25 100%
1882 25 0.00011285 25 100%
1883 21 0.000096798 21 100%
1884 31 0.00012733 31 100%
1885 44 0.000182683 44 100%
1886 23 0.000090084 23 100%
1887 38 0.000153602 38 100%
1888 40 0.000133568 40 100%
1889 30 0.000103826 30 100%
1890 37 0.00012276 37 100%
1891 18 0.000062789 18 100%
1892 38 0.000113645 38 100%
1893 35 0.000107618 35 100%
1894 35 0.000103339 35 100%
1895 39 0.000111105 39 100%
1896 40 0.000111893 40 100%
1897 38 0.000109524 38 100%
1898 45 0.000117969 45 100%
1899 28 0.000082539 28 100%
1900 45 0.000099943 45 100%
1901 34 0.000098319 34 100%
1902 52 0.00013446 52 100%
1903 43 0.000112802 43 100%
1904 47 0.000116485 47 100%
1905 46 0.000108511 46 100%
1906 35 0.00008169 35 100%
1907 46 0.000098842 46 100%
1908 40 0.000081858 40 100%
1909 46 0.00008998 46 100%
1910 50 0.000084644 50 100%
1911 59 0.000091575 59 100%
1912 57 0.000057689 57 100%
1913 66 0.000058042 66 100%
1914 97 0.000068486 97 100%
1915 106 0.000057847 106 100%
1916 85 0.000043941 85 100%
1917 112 0.000055812 112 100%
1918 96 0.000044217 96 100%
1919 96 0.000045492 96 100%
1920 136 0.000060107 136 100%
1921 113 0.000048404 113 100%
1922 118 0.000051547 118 100%
1923 121 0.000052552 121 100%
1924 116 0.000048707 116 100%
1925 88 0.000037715 88 100%
1926 105 0.000045734 105 100%
1927 92 0.000039666 92 100%
1928 90 0.000039806 90 100%
1929 79 0.000036037 79 100%
1930 76 0.000034184 76 100%
1931 72 0.000034214 72 100%
1932 81 0.000038365 81 100%
1933 66 0.000033009 66 100%
1934 63 0.000030335 63 100%
1935 68 0.000032537 68 100%
1936 71 0.000034174 71 100%
1937 62 0.000029099 62 100%
1938 62 0.000028022 62 100%
1939 64 0.000029045 64 100%
1940 84 0.000036479 84 100%
1941 76 0.000031193 76 100%
1942 64 0.000023428 64 100%
1943 75 0.000026572 75 100%
1944 69 0.00002565 69 100%
1945 71 0.000026763 71 100%
1946 65 0.000020342 65 100%
1947 85 0.000023596 85 100%
1948 69 0.000019985 69 100%
1949 79 0.00002267 79 100%
1950 82 0.000023406 82 100%
1951 71 0.000019274 71 100%
1952 78 0.000020537 78 100%
1953 70 0.000018165 70 100%
1954 60 0.000015073 60 100%
1955 91 0.000022665 91 100%
1956 79 0.000019161 79 100%
1957 64 0.00001523 64 100%
1958 70 0.000016933 70 100%
1959 66 0.000015873 66 100%
1960 60 0.000014445 60 100%
1961 71 0.00001714 71 100%
1962 51 0.000012638 51 100%
1963 73 0.000018443 73 100%
1964 60 0.000015434 60 100%
1965 51 0.000014067 51 100%
1966 50 0.000014386 50 100%
1967 49 0.000014433 49 100%
1968 53 0.000015688 53 100%
1969 64 0.000018416 64 100%
1970 49 0.000013587 49 100%
1971 55 0.000016024 55 100%
1972 34 0.000010818 34 100%
1973 43 0.000014253 43 100%
1974 39 0.000012829 39 100%
1975 55 0.000018216 55 100%
1976 45 0.00001483 45 100%
1977 44 0.000013852 44 100%
1978 28 0.000008822 28 100%
1979 35 0.00001052 35 100%
1980 40 0.000011613 40 100%
1981 32 0.00000925 32 100%
1982 33 0.000009407 33 100%
1983 18 0.000005197 18 100%
1984 29 0.000008312 29 100%
1985 24 0.000006724 24 100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 100%
1987 35 0.000009707 35 100%
1988 25 0.000006766 25 100%
1989 17 0.000004422 17 100%
1990 16 0.000004048 16 100%
1991 23 0.000005905 23 100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 100%
1993 17 0.000004509 17 100%
1994 13 0.000003497 13 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 100%
2019 7 0.000002017 7 100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 100%

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