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.

Merland

#15,199 most common boys' name of all time · #39,458 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–1936

Rank among boys
#15,199
Rank overall
#39,458 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
107
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #2,451
Best rank
#2,451 1920
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
1920

Merland 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1936 — 6 6 #3,414
1931 — 5 5 #4,074
1930 — 10 10 #2,749
1929 — 8 8 #3,186
1928 — 10 10 #2,810
1926 — 5 5 #4,493
1925 — 5 5 #4,522
1924 — 11 11 #2,785
1923 — 7 7 #3,699
1920 — 13 13 #2,451
1919 — 7 7 #3,640
1918 — 5 5 #4,481
1917 — 7 7 #3,438
1915 — 8 8 #3,064