Merle in California
Babies in California
1,646
since 1910
Rank in California · 2025
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recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1911
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Merle in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 5 | 3,040 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,690 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 8 | 1,190 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 7 | 1,850 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,498 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 13 | 800 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 6 | 1,048 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 7 | 996 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 7 | 992 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 10 | 857 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 6 | 1,044 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,093 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 8 | 824 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 8 | 814 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 12 | 680 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 14 | 642 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 15 | 636 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 17 | 568 |
| 1961 | 5 | 1,600 | 19 | 549 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 11 | 707 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 15 | 596 |
| 1958 | 5 | 1,440 | 14 | 591 |
| 1957 | 7 | 1,184 | 15 | 569 |
| 1956 | 6 | 1,225 | 22 | 458 |
| 1955 | 8 | 1,003 | 18 | 477 |
| 1954 | 17 | 628 | 19 | 450 |
| 1953 | 6 | 1,114 | 20 | 433 |
| 1952 | 5 | 1,183 | 24 | 378 |
| 1951 | 7 | 934 | 9 | 581 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 26 | 338 |
| 1949 | 7 | 900 | 17 | 410 |
| 1948 | 9 | 768 | 21 | 366 |
| 1947 | 10 | 713 | 19 | 388 |
| 1946 | 10 | 670 | 19 | 358 |
| 1945 | 14 | 499 | 21 | 332 |
| 1944 | 11 | 556 | 17 | 344 |
| 1943 | 17 | 431 | 19 | 333 |
| 1942 | 14 | 448 | 20 | 299 |
| 1941 | 14 | 400 | 18 | 297 |
| 1940 | 11 | 440 | 22 | 250 |
| 1939 | 14 | 363 | 23 | 236 |
| 1938 | 23 | 272 | 17 | 269 |
| 1937 | 17 | 301 | 21 | 240 |
| 1936 | 23 | 249 | 17 | 245 |
| 1935 | 10 | 377 | 18 | 238 |
| 1934 | 5 | 549 | 13 | 270 |
| 1933 | 7 | 447 | 20 | 211 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 13 | 282 |
| 1931 | 8 | 416 | 19 | 234 |
| 1930 | 9 | 433 | 19 | 248 |
| 1929 | 9 | 430 | 19 | 231 |
| 1928 | 18 | 284 | 21 | 223 |
| 1927 | 11 | 392 | 37 | 165 |
| 1926 | 18 | 275 | 20 | 229 |
| 1925 | 19 | 269 | 26 | 196 |
| 1924 | 15 | 309 | 19 | 244 |
| 1923 | 24 | 225 | 25 | 195 |
| 1922 | 20 | 224 | 26 | 177 |
| 1921 | 20 | 228 | 24 | 172 |
| 1920 | 14 | 274 | 18 | 193 |
| 1919 | 17 | 227 | 15 | 206 |
| 1918 | 12 | 263 | 20 | 163 |
| 1917 | 5 | 413 | 16 | 180 |
| 1916 | 15 | 208 | 14 | 184 |
| 1915 | 13 | 223 | 15 | 164 |
| 1914 | 11 | 198 | 6 | 264 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 8 | 192 |
| 1912 | 8 | 204 | 6 | 197 |
| 1911 | 6 | 197 | 5 | 125 |
| 1910 | 9 | 138 | <5 | — |