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How popular is “Melvyn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Melvyn” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Melvyn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Melvyn” 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
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 -100%
1917 33 0.000016444 33 -100%
1918 24 0.000011054 24 -100%
1919 20 0.000009478 20 -100%
1920 24 0.000010607 24 -100%
1921 42 0.000017991 42 -100%
1922 32 0.000013979 32 -100%
1923 43 0.000018676 43 -100%
1924 41 0.000017215 41 -100%
1925 54 0.000023143 54 -100%
1926 43 0.000018729 43 -100%
1927 43 0.00001854 43 -100%
1928 31 0.000013711 31 -100%
1929 50 0.000022809 5 45 -80%
1930 38 0.000017092 38 -100%
1931 54 0.000025661 54 -100%
1932 93 0.000044049 93 -100%
1933 73 0.00003651 73 -100%
1934 74 0.000035631 74 -100%
1935 90 0.000043064 90 -100%
1936 120 0.00005776 120 -100%
1937 221 0.000103723 221 -100%
1938 293 0.000132425 293 -100%
1939 273 0.000123897 273 -100%
1940 254 0.000110306 254 -100%
1941 290 0.000119027 290 -100%
1942 282 0.000103228 282 -100%
1943 177 0.000062709 177 -100%
1944 89 0.000033085 89 -100%
1945 78 0.000029402 78 -100%
1946 76 0.000023785 76 -100%
1947 100 0.00002776 100 -100%
1948 82 0.000023751 5 77 -88%
1949 80 0.000022957 80 -100%
1950 39 0.000011132 39 -100%
1951 36 0.000009773 36 -100%
1952 18 0.000004739 18 -100%
1953 23 0.000005968 23 -100%
1954 22 0.000005527 22 -100%
1955 33 0.000008219 33 -100%
1956 21 0.000005093 21 -100%
1957 21 0.000004997 21 -100%
1958 29 0.000007015 29 -100%
1959 33 0.000007937 33 -100%
1960 29 0.000006982 29 -100%
1961 19 0.000004587 19 -100%
1962 16 0.000003965 16 -100%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 -100%
1964 24 0.000006173 24 -100%
1965 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1966 27 0.000007768 27 -100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 -100%
1968 21 0.000006216 21 -100%
1969 19 0.000005467 19 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 18 0.000005244 18 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 14 0.000004641 14 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 21 0.000006921 21 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 -100%
1980 14 0.000004064 14 -100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 -100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 -100%
1983 12 0.000003465 12 -100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 -100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 -100%
1999 11 0.000002978 11 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 -100%
2002 18 0.000004815 18 -100%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 -100%
2004 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2005 13 0.000003381 13 -100%
2006 20 0.000005055 20 -100%
2007 14 0.000003502 14 -100%
2008 18 0.000004579 18 -100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 -100%
2021 11 0.000003247 11 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%

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