Merle in Illinois
Babies in Illinois
2,836
since 1910
Rank in Illinois · 2025
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recorded as girls
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recorded as boys
Peak year in Illinois
1922
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Illinois, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Merle in Illinois from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
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| 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 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 6 | 765 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 7 | 691 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 9 | 611 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 6 | 745 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 6 | 715 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 9 | 543 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 5 | 717 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 9 | 542 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 6 | 684 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 8 | 581 |
| 1962 | 5 | 1,059 | 11 | 502 |
| 1961 | 9 | 780 | 12 | 490 |
| 1960 | 9 | 746 | 10 | 536 |
| 1959 | 6 | 934 | 16 | 425 |
| 1958 | 5 | 1,011 | 18 | 395 |
| 1957 | 8 | 787 | 20 | 358 |
| 1956 | 7 | 781 | 20 | 343 |
| 1955 | 9 | 665 | 19 | 341 |
| 1954 | 5 | 882 | 21 | 320 |
| 1953 | 9 | 616 | 24 | 284 |
| 1952 | 13 | 489 | 23 | 287 |
| 1951 | 16 | 428 | 18 | 303 |
| 1950 | 12 | 503 | 30 | 242 |
| 1949 | 16 | 415 | 26 | 255 |
| 1948 | 14 | 439 | 22 | 275 |
| 1947 | 12 | 482 | 22 | 281 |
| 1946 | 20 | 347 | 30 | 223 |
| 1945 | 34 | 222 | 15 | 279 |
| 1944 | 18 | 317 | 32 | 193 |
| 1943 | 21 | 313 | 34 | 203 |
| 1942 | 29 | 262 | 23 | 256 |
| 1941 | 21 | 285 | 35 | 183 |
| 1940 | 15 | 340 | 38 | 176 |
| 1939 | 19 | 286 | 43 | 160 |
| 1938 | 23 | 255 | 46 | 163 |
| 1937 | 21 | 265 | 38 | 167 |
| 1936 | 30 | 211 | 42 | 159 |
| 1935 | 19 | 281 | 49 | 146 |
| 1934 | 13 | 333 | 46 | 140 |
| 1933 | 9 | 404 | 36 | 160 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 54 | 133 |
| 1931 | 10 | 396 | 60 | 131 |
| 1930 | 13 | 360 | 56 | 137 |
| 1929 | 13 | 376 | 51 | 150 |
| 1928 | 6 | 586 | 59 | 129 |
| 1927 | 9 | 465 | 47 | 159 |
| 1926 | 14 | 361 | 73 | 120 |
| 1925 | 11 | 421 | 73 | 121 |
| 1924 | 26 | 261 | 62 | 141 |
| 1923 | 19 | 302 | 71 | 121 |
| 1922 | 14 | 346 | 81 | 105 |
| 1921 | 17 | 323 | 70 | 123 |
| 1920 | 15 | 340 | 63 | 130 |
| 1919 | 23 | 269 | 49 | 145 |
| 1918 | 16 | 344 | 52 | 155 |
| 1917 | 21 | 283 | 69 | 120 |
| 1916 | 16 | 331 | 44 | 155 |
| 1915 | 18 | 280 | 49 | 144 |
| 1914 | 13 | 292 | 33 | 157 |
| 1913 | 10 | 308 | 33 | 137 |
| 1912 | 11 | 281 | 25 | 133 |
| 1911 | 5 | 350 | 9 | 141 |
| 1910 | 5 | 347 | 11 | 123 |