Merlene
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1940
93 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
2,379
since 1913
Born a Merlene? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Merlene was most popular in 1940, when 93 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.08 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Merlene in 2025. Not recorded since 1984.
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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 | 10422 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 6 | 9237 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 6 | 8562 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 7 | 7567 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 6 | 7680 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 8 | 6080 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 7 | 6558 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 7 | 6619 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 12 | 4492 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 13 | 3958 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 5 | 7016 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 14 | 3484 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 19 | 2839 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 19 | 2833 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 15 | 3379 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 19 | 2864 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 22 | 2605 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 25 | 2411 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 30 | 2097 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 40 | 1741 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 40 | 1703 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 36 | 1808 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 37 | 1738 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 49 | 1445 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 41 | 1585 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 48 | 1410 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 44 | 1454 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 48 | 1339 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 49 | 1302 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 47 | 1335 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 56 | 1209 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 49 | 1302 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 75 | 961 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 57 | 1022 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 66 | 953 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 62 | 1006 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 70 | 936 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 57 | 970 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 93 | 721 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 63 | 882 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 83 | 764 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 81 | 752 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 74 | 785 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 79 | 763 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 68 | 815 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 69 | 801 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 62 | 891 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 66 | 844 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 42 | 1144 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 56 | 959 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 54 | 1015 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 29 | 1523 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 30 | 1483 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 25 | 1700 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 37 | 1328 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 24 | 1736 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 18 | 2109 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 19 | 2048 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 15 | 2357 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 23 | 1698 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 15 | 2289 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 7 | 3713 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 12 | 2498 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 7 | 3434 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 7 | 2876 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 5 | 3187 | <5 | — |
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