Merlene
#3,988 most common girls' name of all time · #6,819 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1913–1984
Rank among girls
#3,988
Rank overall
#6,819 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
2,379
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1940 #725
Best rank
#725 1940
Girls
Boys
peak 93/yr
Merlene first appears in 1913. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,602 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,397 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,708 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,707 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,827 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,190 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,680 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,775 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,558 |
| 1969 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,018 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,230 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,530 |
| 1966 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,874 |
| 1965 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,870 |
| 1964 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,434 |
| 1963 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,903 |
| 1962 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,633 |
| 1961 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,435 |
| 1960 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,121 |
| 1959 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,753 |
| 1958 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,717 |
| 1957 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,826 |
| 1956 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,743 |
| 1955 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,454 |
| 1954 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,596 |
| 1953 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,418 |
| 1952 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,465 |
| 1951 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,351 |
| 1950 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,308 |
| 1949 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,346 |
| 1948 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,217 |
| 1947 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,312 |
| 1946 | 75 | — | 75 | #967 |
| 1945 | 57 | — | 57 | #1,030 |
| 1944 | 66 | — | 66 | #962 |
| 1943 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,017 |
| 1942 | 70 | — | 70 | #942 |
| 1941 | 57 | — | 57 | #974 |
| 1940 | 93 | — | 93 | #725 |
| 1939 | 63 | — | 63 | #887 |
| 1938 | 83 | — | 83 | #770 |
| 1937 | 81 | — | 81 | #757 |
| 1936 | 74 | — | 74 | #790 |
| 1935 | 79 | — | 79 | #765 |
| 1934 | 68 | — | 68 | #829 |
| 1933 | 69 | — | 69 | #807 |
| 1932 | 62 | — | 62 | #898 |
| 1931 | 66 | — | 66 | #855 |
| 1930 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,159 |
| 1929 | 56 | — | 56 | #965 |
| 1928 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,028 |
| 1927 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,556 |
| 1926 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,512 |
| 1925 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,743 |
| 1924 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,352 |
| 1923 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,779 |
| 1922 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,181 |
| 1921 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,109 |
| 1920 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,452 |
| 1919 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,742 |
| 1918 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,371 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,944 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,648 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,691 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | 5 | #3,652 |