Merl*
#2,521 most common boys' name of all time · #6,074 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1886–1986 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#2,521
Rank overall
#6,074 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
2,852
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1922 #719
Best rank
#611 1907
Girls
Boys
peak 92/yr
Merl first appears in 1886. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,808 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,596 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,376 |
| 1977 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,206 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,997 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,369 |
| 1974 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,357 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,266 |
| 1972 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,686 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,031 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,569 |
| 1969 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,328 |
| 1968 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,766 |
| 1967 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1966 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #3,589 |
| 1965 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,112 |
| 1964 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,062 |
| 1963 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,637 |
| 1962 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1961 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,789 |
| 1960 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1959 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,935 |
| 1958 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,542 |
| 1957 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,727 |
| 1956 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,584 |
| 1955 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,591 |
| 1954 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,978 |
| 1953 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,363 |
| 1952 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,216 |
| 1951 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #1,313 |
| 1950 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,246 |
| 1949 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,334 |
| 1948 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,102 |
| 1947 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,203 |
| 1946 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,419 |
| 1945 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,240 |
| 1944 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,224 |
| 1943 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,095 |
| 1942 | 6 | 37 | 43 | #1,132 |
| 1941 | 5 | 29 | 34 | #1,243 |
| 1940 | 7 | 33 | 40 | #1,173 |
| 1939 | 5 | 27 | 32 | #1,286 |
| 1938 | — | 42 | 42 | #982 |
| 1937 | 5 | 44 | 49 | #950 |
| 1936 | 8 | 43 | 51 | #944 |
| 1935 | 8 | 31 | 39 | #1,211 |
| 1934 | — | 46 | 46 | #937 |
| 1933 | 6 | 33 | 39 | #1,154 |
| 1932 | — | 48 | 48 | #944 |
| 1931 | — | 53 | 53 | #883 |
| 1930 | 9 | 44 | 53 | #1,046 |
| 1929 | 8 | 60 | 68 | #853 |
| 1928 | 5 | 61 | 66 | #852 |
| 1927 | 8 | 65 | 73 | #834 |
| 1926 | 15 | 70 | 85 | #782 |
| 1925 | 9 | 70 | 79 | #789 |
| 1924 | 13 | 66 | 79 | #846 |
| 1923 | 10 | 70 | 80 | #801 |
| 1922 | 9 | 83 | 92 | #719 |
| 1921 | 6 | 74 | 80 | #788 |
| 1920 | 15 | 74 | 89 | #771 |
| 1919 | 9 | 82 | 91 | #689 |
| 1918 | 11 | 79 | 90 | #720 |
| 1917 | 11 | 69 | 80 | #758 |
| 1916 | 6 | 74 | 80 | #693 |
| 1915 | 10 | 57 | 67 | #812 |
| 1914 | 11 | 52 | 63 | #731 |
| 1913 | 5 | 38 | 43 | #773 |
| 1912 | 12 | 31 | 43 | #796 |
| 1911 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,253 |
| 1910 | — | 12 | 12 | #968 |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,228 |
| 1908 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #865 |
| 1907 | — | 18 | 18 | #611 |
| 1906 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #1,084 |
| 1904 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,035 |
| 1903 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #992 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1901 | — | 7 | 7 | #921 |
| 1899 | — | 10 | 10 | #710 |
| 1898 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #1,232 |
| 1897 | — | 8 | 8 | #844 |
| 1896 | — | 9 | 9 | #823 |
| 1895 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #1,197 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,013 |
| 1892 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,045 |
| 1891 | — | 9 | 9 | #697 |
| 1887 | — | 8 | 8 | #749 |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | #839 |