Mearl**
#3,540 most common boys' name of all time · #8,638 across all names · 74% male / 26% female · used 1893–1977 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,540
Rank overall
#8,638 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
1,638
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1915 #1,118
Best rank
#678 1909
Girls
Boys
peak 56/yr
Mearl first appears in 1893. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,194 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,381 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,305 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,658 |
| 1967 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,048 |
| 1965 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,310 |
| 1964 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,361 |
| 1963 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1962 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,414 |
| 1961 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,155 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,134 |
| 1959 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,708 |
| 1958 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,201 |
| 1957 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,313 |
| 1956 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,207 |
| 1955 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #2,615 |
| 1954 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,152 |
| 1953 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1952 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,895 |
| 1951 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,868 |
| 1950 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 1949 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #2,164 |
| 1948 | 9 | 26 | 35 | #1,442 |
| 1947 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,820 |
| 1946 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,787 |
| 1945 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,736 |
| 1944 | 9 | 18 | 27 | #1,656 |
| 1943 | 8 | 18 | 26 | #1,730 |
| 1942 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,700 |
| 1941 | 5 | 23 | 28 | #1,431 |
| 1940 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #1,546 |
| 1939 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #1,444 |
| 1938 | 9 | 19 | 28 | #1,588 |
| 1937 | 8 | 17 | 25 | #1,724 |
| 1936 | 9 | 16 | 25 | #1,768 |
| 1935 | 10 | 22 | 32 | #1,473 |
| 1934 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,980 |
| 1933 | 11 | 28 | 39 | #1,267 |
| 1932 | 14 | 24 | 38 | #1,451 |
| 1931 | 17 | 23 | 40 | #1,470 |
| 1930 | 10 | 30 | 40 | #1,316 |
| 1929 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #1,466 |
| 1928 | 12 | 23 | 35 | #1,586 |
| 1927 | 17 | 32 | 49 | #1,311 |
| 1926 | 10 | 34 | 44 | #1,252 |
| 1925 | 14 | 28 | 42 | #1,408 |
| 1924 | 16 | 24 | 40 | #1,604 |
| 1923 | 19 | 25 | 44 | #1,523 |
| 1922 | 16 | 31 | 47 | #1,326 |
| 1921 | 5 | 36 | 41 | #1,214 |
| 1920 | 12 | 38 | 50 | #1,171 |
| 1919 | 10 | 30 | 40 | #1,315 |
| 1918 | 16 | 37 | 53 | #1,144 |
| 1917 | 11 | 30 | 41 | #1,258 |
| 1916 | 18 | 23 | 41 | #1,487 |
| 1915 | 22 | 34 | 56 | #1,118 |
| 1914 | 10 | 21 | 31 | #1,325 |
| 1913 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,140 |
| 1912 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #1,578 |
| 1911 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #1,859 |
| 1910 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,105 |
| 1909 | 8 | 17 | 25 | #678 |
| 1908 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #1,193 |
| 1907 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #1,080 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1904 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #1,168 |
| 1903 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,000 |
| 1902 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #1,276 |
| 1901 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #929 |
| 1900 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #961 |
| 1894 | — | 7 | 7 | #942 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | 5 | — |