Merion**
#10,071 most common boys' name of all time · #25,452 across all names · 57% male / 43% female · used 1915–1959 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#10,071
Rank overall
#25,452 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
276
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1934 #2,930
Best rank
#2,493 1921
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Merion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,750 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,163 |
| 1955 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #4,127 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,973 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1947 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,794 |
| 1944 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #3,322 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,841 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1941 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #3,383 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,408 |
| 1936 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #3,419 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,173 |
| 1934 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #2,930 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,938 |
| 1932 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,292 |
| 1931 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1930 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1928 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #3,578 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1926 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1924 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #3,441 |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,072 |
| 1922 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #3,750 |
| 1921 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,493 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,088 |
| 1918 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,003 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1915 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,363 |