Merlin in California
Babies in California
503
since 1921
Rank in California · 2025
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recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1931
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Merlin 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 | — | 8 | 1,854 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 7 | 2,013 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 6 | 2,214 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 5 | 2,557 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 7 | 2,062 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 7 | 2,006 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,535 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,197 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,633 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 7 | 2,670 | 5 | 2,255 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 6 | 1,916 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 8 | 1,549 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 6 | 1,838 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 5 | 2,103 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 7 | 1,698 |
| 1994 | 10 | 1,975 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 7 | 1,736 |
| 1992 | 8 | 2,366 | 6 | 1,954 |
| 1991 | 5 | 3,202 | 6 | 1,924 |
| 1990 | 5 | 3,197 | 5 | 2,169 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,929 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,690 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 6 | 1,415 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 9 | 1,057 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 7 | 1,216 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 9 | 956 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 6 | 1,087 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 6 | 1,048 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 7 | 996 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,188 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 6 | 1,095 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 6 | 1,044 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 9 | 779 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,005 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,061 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 6 | 964 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 7 | 853 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 6 | 964 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 12 | 654 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 9 | 707 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 8 | 750 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 5 | 919 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 6 | 820 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 5 | 853 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 7 | 722 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 6 | 742 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 6 | 704 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 7 | 639 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 6 | 706 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 8 | 601 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 8 | 605 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 6 | 640 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 6 | 603 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 12 | 412 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 8 | 501 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 5 | 543 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 10 | 359 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 7 | 443 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 6 | 431 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 5 | 470 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 5 | 473 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 9 | 348 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 11 | 314 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 10 | 350 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 5 | 527 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 7 | 437 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 5 | 508 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 5 | 524 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 5 | 500 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 9 | 332 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 7 | 373 |