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.

Merlinda

#10,643 most common girls' name of all time · #17,666 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1931–2009

Rank among girls
#10,643
Rank overall
#17,666 of 105,966
First appeared
1931
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
530
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1964 #2,714
Best rank
#2,630 1958
Girls Boys peak 22/yr
1940196019802000

Merlinda first appears in 1931. 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
2009 6 — 6 #15,442
2005 5 — 5 #16,735
1993 8 — 8 #9,712
1990 6 — 6 #11,629
1987 5 — 5 #11,637
1986 7 — 7 #8,744
1985 7 — 7 #8,526
1984 6 — 6 #9,364
1983 6 — 6 #9,262
1982 8 — 8 #7,631
1981 13 — 13 #5,348
1980 9 — 9 #6,938
1979 13 — 13 #5,189
1978 7 — 7 #7,852
1976 8 — 8 #6,794
1975 8 — 8 #6,657
1974 14 — 14 #4,294
1973 11 — 11 #5,001
1972 14 — 14 #4,167
1971 11 — 11 #4,940
1970 7 — 7 #6,595
1969 14 — 14 #3,850
1968 16 — 16 #3,386
1967 14 — 14 #3,560
1966 18 — 18 #2,984
1965 18 — 18 #2,995
1964 22 — 22 #2,714
1963 18 — 18 #3,020
1962 11 — 11 #4,138
1961 8 — 8 #5,083
1960 11 — 11 #4,062
1959 13 — 13 #3,557
1958 20 — 20 #2,630
1957 10 — 10 #4,093
1956 12 — 12 #3,632
1955 13 — 13 #3,321
1954 10 — 10 #3,869
1953 10 — 10 #3,870
1952 8 — 8 #4,347
1951 15 — 15 #2,784
1950 10 — 10 #3,601
1949 10 — 10 #3,558
1948 6 — 6 #5,040
1947 7 — 7 #4,629
1946 9 — 9 #3,602
1945 10 — 10 #3,096
1942 9 — 9 #3,408
1941 8 — 8 #3,526
1940 6 — 6 #4,260
1938 5 — 5 #4,856
1937 5 — 5 #4,803
1931 5 — 5 #4,958