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How popular is “Mervin” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mervin” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Mervin” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mervin” 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 6 0.000029779 6 -100%
1881 8 0.000041518 8 -100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 14 0.000057504 14 -100%
1885 12 0.000049823 12 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 -100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 -100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 -100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 -100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 -100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 -100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 -100%
1895 14 0.000039884 14 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1897 14 0.000040351 14 -100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 -100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 -100%
1900 19 0.000042198 19 -100%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 -100%
1902 11 0.000028443 11 -100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 -100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 -100%
1905 14 0.000033025 14 -100%
1906 21 0.000049014 21 -100%
1907 21 0.000045123 21 -100%
1908 15 0.000030697 15 -100%
1909 20 0.000039122 20 -100%
1910 24 0.000040629 24 -100%
1911 38 0.000058981 38 -100%
1912 72 0.00007287 72 -100%
1913 96 0.000084425 96 -100%
1914 119 0.000084019 119 -100%
1915 163 0.000088953 163 -100%
1916 172 0.000088916 172 -100%
1917 202 0.00010066 202 -100%
1918 193 0.000088895 193 -100%
1919 218 0.000103306 8 210 -93%
1920 257 0.000113584 8 249 -94%
1921 222 0.000095095 6 216 -95%
1922 221 0.000096542 221 -100%
1923 245 0.000106407 6 239 -95%
1924 211 0.000088596 211 -100%
1925 199 0.000085287 199 -100%
1926 228 0.000099307 228 -100%
1927 221 0.000095285 221 -100%
1928 223 0.000098632 5 218 -96%
1929 214 0.000097621 214 -100%
1930 196 0.000088158 196 -100%
1931 181 0.000086011 181 -100%
1932 201 0.000095202 201 -100%
1933 168 0.000084023 168 -100%
1934 167 0.000080412 167 -100%
1935 208 0.000099526 5 203 -95%
1936 196 0.000094341 196 -100%
1937 192 0.000090113 192 -100%
1938 172 0.000077738 172 -100%
1939 163 0.000073975 163 -100%
1940 150 0.000065141 150 -100%
1941 173 0.000071006 173 -100%
1942 182 0.000066622 182 -100%
1943 160 0.000056686 160 -100%
1944 160 0.000059478 160 -100%
1945 105 0.000039579 105 -100%
1946 145 0.000045379 145 -100%
1947 134 0.000037198 134 -100%
1948 130 0.000037654 130 -100%
1949 122 0.000035009 122 -100%
1950 143 0.000040818 143 -100%
1951 126 0.000034204 126 -100%
1952 99 0.000026066 99 -100%
1953 122 0.000031658 122 -100%
1954 102 0.000025624 102 -100%
1955 108 0.000026899 108 -100%
1956 110 0.000026679 110 -100%
1957 119 0.000028319 119 -100%
1958 107 0.000025884 107 -100%
1959 99 0.00002381 99 -100%
1960 108 0.000026 108 -100%
1961 112 0.000027038 112 -100%
1962 103 0.000025524 103 -100%
1963 110 0.00002779 110 -100%
1964 90 0.000023151 90 -100%
1965 90 0.000024825 90 -100%
1966 74 0.000021291 74 -100%
1967 87 0.000025627 87 -100%
1968 65 0.00001924 65 -100%
1969 81 0.000023307 81 -100%
1970 86 0.000023846 86 -100%
1971 63 0.000018355 63 -100%
1972 62 0.000019726 62 -100%
1973 52 0.000017236 52 -100%
1974 61 0.000020066 61 -100%
1975 61 0.000020203 61 -100%
1976 48 0.000015819 48 -100%
1977 59 0.000018574 59 -100%
1978 52 0.000016384 52 -100%
1979 57 0.000017133 57 -100%
1980 46 0.000013355 46 -100%
1981 70 0.000020235 70 -100%
1982 54 0.000015394 54 -100%
1983 51 0.000014726 51 -100%
1984 59 0.000016911 59 -100%
1985 46 0.000012888 46 -100%
1986 59 0.000016587 59 -100%
1987 59 0.000016363 59 -100%
1988 54 0.000014614 54 -100%
1989 53 0.000013786 53 -100%
1990 66 0.000016698 66 -100%
1991 71 0.000018227 71 -100%
1992 72 0.000018744 72 -100%
1993 71 0.000018831 71 -100%
1994 53 0.000014256 53 -100%
1995 48 0.000013107 48 -100%
1996 44 0.000012064 44 -100%
1997 64 0.000017652 64 -100%
1998 68 0.000018487 68 -100%
1999 50 0.000013536 50 -100%
2000 50 0.000013228 50 -100%
2001 60 0.000016028 60 -100%
2002 46 0.000012305 46 -100%
2003 56 0.000014728 56 -100%
2004 51 0.000013348 51 -100%
2005 52 0.000013525 52 -100%
2006 65 0.00001643 65 -100%
2007 53 0.000013258 53 -100%
2008 58 0.000014756 58 -100%
2009 61 0.000015968 61 -100%
2010 62 0.000016776 62 -100%
2011 45 0.000012303 45 -100%
2012 56 0.000015312 56 -100%
2013 44 0.000012069 44 -100%
2014 48 0.000012951 48 -100%
2015 50 0.00001351 50 -100%
2016 54 0.000014719 54 -100%
2017 51 0.000014261 51 -100%
2018 43 0.00001223 43 -100%
2019 40 0.000011524 40 -100%
2020 58 0.000017362 58 -100%
2021 46 0.000013578 46 -100%
2022 42 0.000012415 42 -100%
2023 61 0.000018422 61 -100%
2024 58 0.000017425 58 -100%

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