Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Merilee

#6,418 most common girls' name of all time · #10,825 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1929–2014

Rank among girls
#6,418
Rank overall
#10,825 of 105,966
First appeared
1929
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,150
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1961 #1,546
Best rank
#1,348 1942
Girls Boys peak 54/yr
1940196019802000

Merilee first appears in 1929. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2014 5 — 5 #16,810
1998 5 — 5 #14,407
1989 11 — 11 #7,066
1988 5 — 5 #12,138
1987 5 — 5 #11,633
1985 8 — 8 #7,719
1984 10 — 10 #6,419
1983 7 — 7 #8,233
1982 15 — 15 #4,778
1981 13 — 13 #5,345
1980 17 — 17 #4,404
1979 16 — 16 #4,484
1978 18 — 18 #3,975
1977 15 — 15 #4,496
1976 6 — 6 #8,387
1975 18 — 18 #3,683
1974 15 — 15 #4,113
1973 16 — 16 #3,850
1972 21 — 21 #3,114
1971 22 — 22 #3,100
1970 22 — 22 #3,064
1969 21 — 21 #2,961
1968 11 — 11 #4,327
1967 12 — 12 #3,931
1966 21 — 21 #2,711
1965 24 — 24 #2,505
1964 24 — 24 #2,569
1963 25 — 25 #2,461
1962 36 — 36 #1,933
1961 54 — 54 #1,546
1960 26 — 26 #2,349
1959 21 — 21 #2,561
1958 36 — 36 #1,844
1957 45 — 45 #1,623
1956 32 — 32 #1,921
1955 37 — 37 #1,717
1954 38 — 38 #1,668
1953 38 — 38 #1,615
1952 28 — 28 #1,926
1951 34 — 34 #1,658
1950 31 — 31 #1,713
1949 37 — 37 #1,535
1948 39 — 39 #1,496
1947 31 — 31 #1,746
1946 36 — 36 #1,479
1945 16 — 16 #2,225
1944 22 — 22 #1,860
1943 22 — 22 #1,886
1942 37 — 37 #1,348
1940 12 — 12 #2,561
1939 5 — 5 #4,801
1937 9 — 9 #3,128
1936 7 — 7 #3,663
1930 7 — 7 #4,040
1929 6 — 6 #4,564