Merle in Iowa
Babies in Iowa
2,640
since 1910
Rank in Iowa · 2025
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recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Peak year in Iowa
1919
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Iowa, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Merle in Iowa 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 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 7 | 268 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 8 | 262 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 7 | 289 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 9 | 263 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 9 | 260 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 11 | 251 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 7 | 301 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 11 | 244 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 13 | 231 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 13 | 219 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 20 | 177 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 19 | 179 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 21 | 174 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 21 | 165 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 22 | 169 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 27 | 150 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 20 | 181 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 40 | 117 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 22 | 172 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 26 | 153 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 27 | 147 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 31 | 131 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 32 | 106 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 28 | 129 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 50 | 81 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 40 | 99 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 44 | 90 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 42 | 90 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 42 | 92 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 44 | 90 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 42 | 91 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 40 | 104 |
| 1935 | 5 | 328 | 42 | 94 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 61 | 73 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 48 | 85 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 51 | 77 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 42 | 94 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 64 | 67 |
| 1929 | 5 | 327 | 78 | 59 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 74 | 64 |
| 1927 | 12 | 218 | 70 | 68 |
| 1926 | 5 | 351 | 86 | 58 |
| 1925 | 8 | 293 | 90 | 55 |
| 1924 | 6 | 353 | 93 | 54 |
| 1923 | 8 | 284 | 90 | 57 |
| 1922 | 14 | 219 | 104 | 48 |
| 1921 | 13 | 232 | 96 | 62 |
| 1920 | 6 | 355 | 91 | 61 |
| 1919 | 9 | 276 | 101 | 48 |
| 1918 | 7 | 327 | 106 | 50 |
| 1917 | 12 | 237 | 71 | 62 |
| 1916 | 9 | 277 | 66 | 66 |
| 1915 | 15 | 197 | 52 | 78 |
| 1914 | 11 | 196 | 43 | 72 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 26 | 88 |
| 1912 | 7 | 208 | 30 | 63 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 11 | 58 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 7 | 75 |