Merla
#12,153 most common girls' name of all time · #20,148 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1908–1966
Rank among girls
#12,153
Rank overall
#20,148 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
44 of 146
All-time
424
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1949 #2,558
Best rank
#2,094 1908
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Merla first appears in 1908. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,717 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,417 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,833 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,004 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,035 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,245 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1954 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,572 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,343 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,269 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,010 |
| 1950 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,302 |
| 1949 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,558 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,330 |
| 1947 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,967 |
| 1946 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,542 |
| 1945 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,814 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,512 |
| 1942 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,365 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,336 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,834 |
| 1938 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,523 |
| 1937 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,661 |
| 1936 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,345 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,266 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,294 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,914 |
| 1932 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,316 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,869 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,201 |
| 1929 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,667 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,062 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,029 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,072 |
| 1925 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,243 |
| 1924 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,525 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,665 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,449 |
| 1916 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,717 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,985 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,094 |