Merrilyn
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1944
40 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
751
since 1923
Born a Merrilyn? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Merrilyn was most popular in 1944, when 40 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.03 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Merrilyn in 2025. Not recorded since 1973.
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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 | — |
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| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 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 | 6 | 7435 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 5 | 8292 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 9 | 5543 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 7 | 6362 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | 7471 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 5 | 6804 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 8 | 5008 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 12 | 3801 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 11 | 4011 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 6 | 5851 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 10 | 4184 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 12 | 3489 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 19 | 2622 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 14 | 3095 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 10 | 3718 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 15 | 2812 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 23 | 2126 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 20 | 2245 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 25 | 1911 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 31 | 1697 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 30 | 1708 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 27 | 1863 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 28 | 1678 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 25 | 1660 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 40 | 1255 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 38 | 1327 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 38 | 1300 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 22 | 1696 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 12 | 2424 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 16 | 2038 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 19 | 1805 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 13 | 2317 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 14 | 2153 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 20 | 1720 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 11 | 2567 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 17 | 1906 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 16 | 2037 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 9 | 2972 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 11 | 2690 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 11 | 2737 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 16 | 2194 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 17 | 2169 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 10 | 3046 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 12 | 2778 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 12 | 2809 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 14 | 2465 | <5 | — |
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