Meryl
Rank in 2025
#8362
recorded as girls
Down 2,919 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
12
girls 12
Peak year
1956
156 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
5,599
since 1892
Born a Meryl? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Meryl was most popular in 1956, when 156 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.08 per 1,000). In 2025, 12 babies were named Meryl, ranking #8362 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 16%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 8362 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 23 | 5443 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 20 | 5960 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 16 | 6984 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 17 | 6691 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 22 | 5487 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 22 | 5612 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 25 | 5152 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 20 | 6044 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 30 | 4632 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 50 | 3254 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 29 | 4768 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 18 | 6729 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 34 | 4296 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 17 | 7118 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 18 | 6904 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 27 | 5226 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 17 | 7408 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 22 | 6093 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 25 | 5383 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 25 | 5113 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 15 | 7391 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 22 | 5419 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 20 | 5673 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 11 | 8758 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 19 | 5705 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 24 | 4576 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 31 | 3730 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 25 | 4239 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 26 | 4059 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 33 | 3357 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 39 | 2988 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 33 | 3351 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 45 | 2687 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 30 | 3540 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 49 | 2464 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 59 | 2096 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 68 | 1822 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 65 | 1792 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 79 | 1539 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 72 | 1632 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 71 | 1583 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 72 | 1552 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 68 | 1672 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 46 | 2195 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 63 | 1749 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 24 | 3333 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 12 | 5214 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 7 | 7567 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 17 | 3812 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 14 | 4370 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 18 | 3558 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 21 | 3122 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 31 | 2356 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 21 | 3166 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 34 | 2267 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 46 | 1809 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 37 | 1975 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 34 | 2012 | 5 | 3966 |
| 1966 | 45 | 1669 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 51 | 1561 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 65 | 1393 | 5 | 4039 |
| 1963 | 78 | 1241 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 76 | 1266 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 79 | 1243 | 5 | 4065 |
| 1960 | 100 | 1073 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 108 | 1018 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 94 | 1081 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 141 | 855 | 9 | 2822 |
| 1956 | 156 | 792 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 125 | 869 | 9 | 2764 |
| 1954 | 143 | 782 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 132 | 801 | 7 | 3143 |
| 1952 | 141 | 747 | 5 | 3734 |
| 1951 | 119 | 819 | 8 | 2844 |
| 1950 | 124 | 777 | 6 | 3329 |
| 1949 | 125 | 772 | 5 | 3690 |
| 1948 | 112 | 821 | 7 | 3010 |
| 1947 | 97 | 898 | 11 | 2356 |
| 1946 | 70 | 1006 | 13 | 2030 |
| 1945 | 69 | 904 | 6 | 2996 |
| 1944 | 45 | 1175 | 9 | 2467 |
| 1943 | 31 | 1492 | 13 | 2074 |
| 1942 | 33 | 1413 | 5 | 3560 |
| 1941 | 30 | 1418 | 14 | 1903 |
| 1940 | 15 | 2109 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 31 | 1327 | 6 | 3113 |
| 1938 | 25 | 1505 | 9 | 2479 |
| 1937 | 16 | 1999 | 5 | 3518 |
| 1936 | 37 | 1165 | 9 | 2452 |
| 1935 | 25 | 1483 | 7 | 2951 |
| 1934 | 22 | 1603 | 10 | 2393 |
| 1933 | 28 | 1364 | 13 | 1997 |
| 1932 | 29 | 1382 | 10 | 2465 |
| 1931 | 40 | 1127 | 16 | 1843 |
| 1930 | 37 | 1232 | 12 | 2293 |
| 1929 | 30 | 1393 | 9 | 2766 |
| 1928 | 41 | 1191 | 8 | 3076 |
| 1927 | 25 | 1669 | 14 | 2193 |
| 1926 | 36 | 1303 | 7 | 3385 |
| 1925 | 35 | 1347 | 17 | 1935 |
| 1924 | 36 | 1354 | 13 | 2347 |
| 1923 | 37 | 1283 | 17 | 1941 |
| 1922 | 22 | 1836 | 15 | 2143 |
| 1921 | 21 | 1927 | 18 | 1904 |
| 1920 | 32 | 1407 | 13 | 2336 |
| 1919 | 18 | 1989 | 15 | 2063 |
| 1918 | 29 | 1451 | 11 | 2543 |
| 1917 | 29 | 1377 | 9 | 2732 |
| 1916 | 22 | 1630 | 12 | 2259 |
| 1915 | 19 | 1738 | 10 | 2458 |
| 1914 | 16 | 1665 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 18 | 1358 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 21 | 1143 | 5 | 2544 |
| 1911 | 8 | 1792 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 8 | 1773 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 5 | 2208 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 9 | 1439 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 8 | 1416 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 8 | 1420 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 7 | 1440 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 7 | 1438 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 5 | 1679 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 9 | 1171 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 6 | 1385 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 5 | 1583 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | 1437 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 6 | 1278 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 92% · boys 8% across all years