Merilyn
#4,066 most common girls' name of all time · #6,937 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1915–2024
Rank among girls
#4,066
Rank overall
#6,937 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
92 of 146
All-time
2,317
Since 2016
26
Peak year
1946 #968
Best rank
#822 1935
Girls
Boys
peak 75/yr
Merilyn first appears in 1915. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,614 |
| 2022 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,725 |
| 2017 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,784 |
| 2016 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,402 |
| 2015 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,612 |
| 2014 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,543 |
| 2013 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,734 |
| 2012 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,509 |
| 2010 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,326 |
| 2009 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,746 |
| 2008 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,779 |
| 2007 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,574 |
| 2006 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,669 |
| 2005 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,284 |
| 2004 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,810 |
| 2003 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,093 |
| 2002 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,492 |
| 2001 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,259 |
| 2000 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,911 |
| 1999 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,821 |
| 1997 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,413 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,712 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,596 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,675 |
| 1993 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,929 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,612 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,677 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,809 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,018 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,001 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,875 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,711 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,527 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,617 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,785 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,897 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,311 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,839 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,696 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,545 |
| 1969 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,262 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,102 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,996 |
| 1965 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,453 |
| 1964 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,858 |
| 1963 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,519 |
| 1962 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,482 |
| 1961 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,114 |
| 1960 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,140 |
| 1959 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,033 |
| 1958 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,347 |
| 1957 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,446 |
| 1956 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,573 |
| 1955 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,958 |
| 1954 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,555 |
| 1953 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,662 |
| 1952 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,362 |
| 1951 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,686 |
| 1950 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,566 |
| 1949 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,406 |
| 1948 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,248 |
| 1947 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,102 |
| 1946 | 75 | — | 75 | #968 |
| 1945 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,045 |
| 1944 | 72 | — | 72 | #908 |
| 1943 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,074 |
| 1942 | 62 | — | 62 | #996 |
| 1941 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,059 |
| 1940 | 52 | — | 52 | #995 |
| 1939 | 62 | — | 62 | #896 |
| 1938 | 54 | — | 54 | #971 |
| 1937 | 51 | — | 51 | #991 |
| 1936 | 63 | — | 63 | #861 |
| 1935 | 70 | — | 70 | #822 |
| 1934 | 65 | — | 65 | #854 |
| 1933 | 51 | — | 51 | #972 |
| 1932 | 68 | — | 68 | #844 |
| 1931 | 52 | — | 52 | #969 |
| 1930 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,083 |
| 1929 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,014 |
| 1928 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,222 |
| 1927 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,078 |
| 1926 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,164 |
| 1925 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,374 |
| 1924 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,502 |
| 1923 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,462 |
| 1922 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,463 |
| 1921 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,370 |
| 1920 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,882 |
| 1919 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,383 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,009 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,770 |