Merilyn
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1935
70 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
2,317
since 1915
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Merilyn was most popular in 1935, when 70 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.07 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Merilyn in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 123%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 6 | 13477 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 6 | 13592 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 9 | 10689 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 5 | 16215 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 5 | 16419 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 13 | 8485 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 5 | 16547 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 10 | 10429 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 9 | 11246 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 10 | 10679 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 16 | 7742 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 14 | 8520 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 10 | 10611 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 19 | 6245 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 17 | 6768 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 11 | 9048 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 14 | 7444 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 12 | 8196 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 7 | 11801 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 6 | 12688 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 10 | 8334 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 5 | 13518 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 11 | 7514 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 8 | 9586 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 6 | 11780 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 8 | 9491 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 6 | 11509 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 7 | 9681 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 5 | 11798 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 6 | 9825 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 5 | 10677 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | 10517 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 8 | 7409 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 5 | 10392 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 7 | 7649 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 5 | 9652 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 6 | 8156 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 6 | 7680 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 7 | 6558 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 6 | 7388 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 12 | 4198 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 8 | 4982 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 8 | 4866 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 14 | 3402 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 20 | 2825 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 14 | 3458 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 14 | 3438 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 17 | 3060 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 16 | 3095 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 16 | 2980 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 24 | 2322 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 22 | 2416 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 20 | 2530 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 30 | 1940 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 43 | 1540 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 36 | 1648 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 51 | 1351 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 33 | 1665 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 36 | 1550 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 44 | 1393 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 54 | 1238 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 66 | 1097 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 75 | 961 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 56 | 1032 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 72 | 900 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 56 | 1070 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 62 | 993 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 48 | 1052 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 52 | 989 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 62 | 891 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 54 | 967 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 51 | 981 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 63 | 853 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 70 | 813 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 65 | 848 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 51 | 957 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 68 | 830 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 52 | 959 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 47 | 1072 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 52 | 1003 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 40 | 1210 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 51 | 1071 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 44 | 1148 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 35 | 1347 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 32 | 1475 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 32 | 1428 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 32 | 1430 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 16 | 2282 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 12 | 2731 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 15 | 2264 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 11 | 2822 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 7 | 3434 | <5 | — |
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