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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Missie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Missie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Missie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Missie” 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
1883 8 0.000036876 8 100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 100%
1886 9 0.00003525 9 100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 100%
1892 12 0.000035888 12 100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 100%
1895 10 0.000028488 10 100%
1897 12 0.000034586 12 100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 100%
1916 9 0.000004653 9 100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 100%
1918 8 0.000003685 8 100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 100%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 100%
1925 13 0.000005572 13 100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 100%
1930 7 0.000003148 7 100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 100%
1961 15 0.000003621 15 100%
1962 20 0.000004956 20 100%
1963 15 0.00000379 15 100%
1964 13 0.000003344 13 100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1966 16 0.000004603 16 100%
1967 37 0.000010899 37 100%
1968 38 0.000011248 38 100%
1969 34 0.000009783 34 100%
1970 27 0.000007486 27 100%
1971 23 0.000006701 23 100%
1972 18 0.000005727 18 100%
1973 19 0.000006298 19 100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 100%
1975 18 0.000005961 18 100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1977 12 0.000003778 12 100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 100%
1980 19 0.000005516 19 100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 100%

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